THE recent certification of  Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, after many years of operating flight operations without International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, certification is a sign that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, is making efforts to make travellers in and out of Nigeria  experience improved services at the nation’s airports. The airports authority was established in 1976 as the Nigerian Airports Authority (NAA) and later became Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. FAAN was set up by the Nigerian government with Decree 45 of 1976, to oversee the operations and maintenance of all Federal airports.

Disturbed by the reaction of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN on Sukuk bond, The Muslim Congress (TMC) has joined other interest groups to condemn opposition against the policy.

Winner of The Voice Nigeria season 2, Daniel Diongoli popularly known as Idyl shares his experience, ordeals and aspirations with WG, shortly after he was declared winner of the singing competition. The 22-year-old Bayelsa State-born singer who defeated Ebube with whom he was in the top 2 also, narrated how he dumped his studies, as a final year student of Economics at Niger Delta University, Yenagoa, to pursue his dream in music. According to him, “ I am ready to sacrifice everything for my music.”

THE United State of America, USA, is set to create four million jobs annually in Nigeria through African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA, scheme, Fred Oladehinde, a US expert, has said.

ABUJA—Buoyed by the continued seizure of large cache of arms by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Federal Government has restated its plans to tighten security at the nation’s seaports, airports and land borders, saying it will not allow anyone or group to flood the country with arms.

Enugu—Chairman of The Patriots and Project Nigeria Movement, PNT, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has said Nigeria is a federation in name and not in practice and called for the restructuring of the country to reflect its true status to ensure a new beginning. 

The nation’s federally collected revenue recorded an appreciation, occasioned by rise in oil earnings and other sources in August, leading to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, sharing N637. 7 billion, among the three tiers of government, yesterday.

Gombe—Petroleum marketers have been told to key into the present administration’s anti-corruption agenda by approaching the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, directly for their needs instead of going through third parties.

The organisers of the annual Ika carnival in Delta State, have promised to consolidate on the gains of last year’s edition.

Awka—NO fewer than 13,000 households in Anambra State have been shortlisted for the N5,000 monthly stipends in the cash transfer programme initiative for the poor and vulnerable in the state.

Global Initiative Against Illegal Migration, GIAIM, has launched a special scheme aimed at training and empowering hundreds of widows.

STANDING ovation greeted the much awaited fresh season of Papa Ajasco Reloaded TV comedy when it finally premiered last Wednesday, at Silverbird Cinemas Ikeja City Mall, Lagos.  The colourful event was attended by selected audience members from different parts of the country, prominent entertainers, distinguished advertisers and several media houses.

THE Nigeria automobile  industry may collapse finally unless Federal Government and stakeholders in the sector chart a leeway for the ailing sector. This was the submission of Dr. Oscar Odiboh, an Automotive Communication Consultant and Senior Lecturer at Covenant University, Otta, Ogun State who was the guest lecturer at the monthly industry forum of the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association in Lagos.

The Abuja Division of Court of Appeal has assumed jurisdiction to determine whether or not the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should go ahead with the process for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye.

ANY moment from now,  some European-made one tonne pick-up trucks will be entering the Nigerian market to challenge the Japanese and American brands which have dominated the market for some decades. Information available to Vanguard revealed that not less than three European made brands of pick-ups will be introduced into the market by Peugeot Automobile Nigeria, Weststar Associates, representative of Mercedes Benz and Fiat Chrysler in Nigeria by the first quarter of next year.