The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday fined Arik Air Limited, N6million for contravening the provisions of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, Nig.CARs.

A cross section of stakeholders and non governmental organisations working in the area of health have raised alarm that the rate of infections with the Human Immuno deficiency Virus , HIV, in Imo State was on the high side.

DELTA State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that his vision for the state is to build critical infrastructure and create a conducive environment that encourages investments and the meaningful engagement of Deltans, especially the youths, upon whom the future rests.

THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has told the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, to extend the Employee Compensation Scheme, ECS, to the private sector.

HIGH cost of living in Nigeria has inflicted poverty on the people with many dying of hunger and diseases since they can no longer afford to buy basic food items and provisions which prices have gone beyond their reach.

LAST week I stated how over reliance on oil revenue by successive Nigerian governments had contributed to the current economic crisis in the country. I highlighted how Nigeria had failed to prepare adequately for the slump in the price of crude oil despite the fact that similar slumps had occurred in the past and how despite the warning signs, the country had undertaken measures such as creation of more states all of which have contributed to the present state of the economy

Former Super Eagles captain and coach, Sunday Oliseh has landed a job with Dutch second division club Fortuna Sittard.

The arrival of Africa’s Olympic legend, Segun Toriola in Nairobi on December 19, was greeted with a lot of excitement across the continent and his visit to the East African nation was seen as a plus to the growth of table tennis in Kenya.

FOR Public Private Partnership, PPP, to work for infrastructure delivery in Nigeria, experts have said that there is an urgent need for stakeholders to prioritise the review of existing legal framework, address adaptive and social challenges, effective communication and stakeholder management as well as gender and social inclusion.

AS the end of year approaches, it naturally lends itself for reflection. A stocktaking which in a sense, is the circle of life itself; a constant process of inevitable change which ensures that there is a progression towards desired goals.

The Presidential Amnesty Programme which began in 2009 is an effective strategy for Conflict Resolution.

OVER the Christmas weekend, news finally came that Sambisa forest, stronghold of the Boko Haram insurgency, has fallen to the superior might of the Nigerian military. The actual time of capitulation was the afternoon of Friday, 23 December. Report of the fall of Sambisa forest has been confirmed by President Muhammadu Buhari, and this should call for some celebration.

The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) has allocated the sum of N432. 193 million for the purchase of cars for the nation’s seven former Presidents/Heads of State and four Vice Presidents.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has commended the Federal Government and the nation’s Armed Forces for clearing the Sambisa forest of Boko Haram insurgents.

ABUJA—The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Mohammed Mustapha, has ordered a manhunt for suspected armed robbers, who killed an Inspector and two Non-Commissioned Police Officers, yesterday morning, at a checkpoint in Karmo, Abuja.

LAGOS—A 23-year-old man, Festus Omotoye, and another, yet-to-be-identified, have been confirmed dead after they drowned, in separate incidents, in a hotel’s swimming pool and Offin Lagoon, while on a picnic.