Arik Airlines is fast becoming a disgrace to itself, management and entire staff. The airline which used to be the pride of the country is now a shadow of its old self owing to how the once respected airline is degenerating from bad to worse in terms of service delivery to its customers. Global News…
A few months after a secret employment exercise by the Central Bank of Nigeria was unearthed by SaharaReporters, another government agency has been hit by a similar scandal. This time the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), headed by Mr. Babatunde Fowler, a protege of Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) has…
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press are increasingly facing limitations the world over; in order to counter the culture of disinformation and manipulation, “We need to rethink the way in which we perceive, demonstrate and spread our values.” With those words, DW Director General Peter Limbourg opened the Global Media Forum in Bonn…
The foreign airlines threatened to close shop in Nigeria due to the lingering forex crisis, the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies, NANTA has warned that the country travel industry is at the risk of losing over 300, 000 jobs. This is coming as anxiety continues to mount over the $591 million foreign airlines money…
The much-touted Federal Government’s national Home-Grown School Feeding Programme launched in Abuja on Thursday may suffer a setback as many state governments complain of lack of financial resources to embark on the project, investigation by Saturday PUNCH has revealed. The school meal programme is one of the cardinal campaign promises of the ruling All Progressives…
Following the resolution of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday relieving the Executive Secretaries of the 57 Local Governments Councils and Local Council Development Areas in the State of their responsibilities, the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the immediate dissolution of the Caretaker Committees. In a statement signed by the Secretary…
Below is the full list of Nigerian aAmbassador sent to the Nigerian Senate today. 1. Obinna Chukwuemeka 2. Salisu Umoru 3. Iyang Udoh Iyang 4. okeke Vivian Nwanaku 5. Niman Munir 6. Edem Jane Ada 7. Muhammed Hassan Hassan 8. Martin Young Cobham 9. Janet Molegbo Olisah 10. Itegbuoye Sunday 11. Olatunde Adesesan 12. Lilian…
The Former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, is dead. A tweet on the Nigeria Football Federation’s handle, @thenff, says the legend died in the early hours of Wednesday. The former international football player and coach, lost his wife, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. Keshi has coached the national teams of Togo…
Students from more than 30 primary and secondary schools took part in the annual FCT Interschool Performing Arts Competition (FIPAC), which held in Abuja on Thursday, May 26, 2016. The competition was sponsored by pan-African banking group; United Bank for Africa Plc as part of its commitment to youth development on the continent. The schools…
Serial entrepreneur, philanthropist and promoter of Africaptalism, Tony O. Elumelu on 27 May 2016, delivered an inspiring speech in Paris, France, selling Nigeria as an investment destination to the French business community. Elumelu, who is the Chairman of Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and proprietary investment firm, Heirs Holdings delivered the…
