The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its committee on aviation to investigate the hike in international flight fares and poor service delivery by foreign airlines operating in Nigeria.

GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, assured the people of the state that his administration would provide an additional 10,000 affordable houses, and complete all on-going road projects, including the agro-cargo airport, in the next four years.

THE President of Auto Spare Parts and Machineries Dealers Association, ASPAMDA, Tradefair complex, Mr Ngozi Winful, yesterday, urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, the Commissioner for Environment, Mr WahabTokunbo and LAWMA CEO and MD, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin to reopen the Tradefair plaza, lamenting that most business there are run with bank loan.

FORMER Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday, lamented the myriad of issues bedeviling Nigeria and called for a democracy that incorporated her diversity.

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the Supreme Court which, Thursday, ruled that the President was validly elected by Nigerians.

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Presidential Candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has been appointed as chairman of the board of directors of the Africa Private Sector Summit, APSS.

“The drivers of these trucks bath, urinate and openly defecate in the gutter, thereby constituting menace and contributing to environmental pollution and degradation”

“It is the best brand in the Middle East and other regions and has outstanding service in safety and innovation from its competitors”

It is possible that in one fell swoop, Kefas would have found the solution to the out-of-school children crisis in Taraba State.  

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu seems to be modelling his unfolding economic agenda and strategy on those of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo started a flurry of international engagements soon after he was sworn in 1999, mainly to secure debt relief or outright debt forgiveness. He felt that as an international eminent person and fresh out of […]

Following a year of smash hit after smash hit, world-renowned DJ and music producer David Guetta has once again pushed the boundaries of music with his latest single, “BIG FU,” featuring the  Afropop sensation Ayra Starr and Chicago rap star Lil Durk.

CARLOS Trejo Sosa was perhaps the friendliest Cuban Ambassador I ever knew. He was a wise, widely travelled man with deep knowledge of Cuban sayings and proverbs which he said mainly emanated from Africa. When in 2016, he received the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, he told him: “We are the same family. I […]

I AM sure that I number among the millions of Nigerians that were stupefied when a senator justified expenditure of N160 million on one SUV for each of our lawmakers. To put it in street lingo, I was “flabberwhelmed and overgasted” when I read the rationalisation of the immoral act. To put it in proper context, […]

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) said they would use the 7th edition of the  Nigeria Manufacturing and Equipment Expo (NME Expo) and the Nigeria Raw Materials Exposition (NIRAM Expo)  Conference and Exhibition to empower Nigerian and African manufacturers to realize their true potentials and align with international standard.

The event is scheduled to hold in Lagos from November 21 to 23, 2023, with the theme, “The Future of African Manufacturing: Making Things in a Changing World”.

Value of  Collective Investment Schemes, CIS, rose 37.6 per cent, year-on-year, to  N2.034 trillion in September this year from N1.478 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2022.