The Airports Council International (ACI) and African Airlines Association (AFRAA) say the air transport industry in Africa will grow at a faster rate and contribute more significantly to the economic development of the continent if all stakeholders work together towards improvement of intra-Africa air services.

The Managing Director of Maevis Nigeria Limited,Mr Tunde Fagbemi in this interview speaks on airport development and how far his company has gone on the Niger State Government’s mega airport city project for the State capital,Minna.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has advocated a partnership with the Nigerian University Commission, NUC, for the inclusion of International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, in the national curriculum for accounting in Nigeria.

The declining fortune of investors’ holding on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, continued last week, as the value of listed equities, represented by market capitalisation, dropped by N123.67 billion.

Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has failed to fulfill its core responsibility of addressing the housing needs of Nigerians through the provision of mortgage financing.

As part of efforts to promote professionalism in the process of roofing installation in the construction industry, Nigerite Limited, manufacturers of NIT fibre cement roofing and ceiling sheets, has organised roofing technique training for building professionals.

A pressure group, Anambra Coalition For Good Governance, Equity and Justice, ACGGEJ, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for appointing Senator Joy Emodi as special adviser on National Assembly Matters.

THE National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu has dismissed the petition challenging the election of former Senate spokesman, Ayogu Eze, who represents Enugu North senatorial district at the National Assembly.

The Eastern Bar Forum, EBF, of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, weekend lamented the lingering strike embarked upon by judiciary workers in Anambra State now in its fifth month, saying litigants could no longer access the courts to seek for justice, following the stay-at-home action of the striking judiciary workers’ union.

Sunday’s heavy rainfall, which crippled Lagos State, has forced Governor Babatunde Fashola to declare a public holiday for all public and private schools in the state.

THE National Union of Local Government Employee, NULGE, Ebonyi State chapter, weekend, alleged that the state government had concluded plans to redeploy or swap some civil servants from state ministries with their counterparts in the local government areas.

Arrangements are in top gear to build a multi-billion Naira Cultural Centre aimed at showcasing the intellectual components of Mbaise people.

By Kenneth Ehigiator Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has appealed to state and local governments as well as corporate bodies to assist in the training and empowerment of youths across the country to enable the authorities at the centre sustain ongoing post-amnesty programme. Kuku spoke, weekend, as 258 […]

Ghana and Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien could be forced to retire from the game after he suffered a relapse of his knee injury during Chelsea training. Reports from their Cobham training camp suggest that midfielder Michael Essien has seriously damaged his knee.

A staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has been abducted in Rivers State.

Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ben Uguegbulam, who confirmed the development, gave the name of the kidnapped staff as Monday Uebari.