Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air, is facing maintenance and safety challenges as it has failed to ferry its aircraft that are due for various categories of checks overseas for maintenance. Last week, one of the two engines of its aircraft,…
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has described the demand by some groups under the banner of Concerned Nigerians as unconstitutional. He disclosed this on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics while answering questions about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health and…
Nigeria’s Forte Oil said on Friday it was in talks with a major refinery to form a strategic partnership for local refining of petroleum products in Africa’s top oil exporter, its chief executive said. Nigeria has been pushing to refurbish…
As mortgage loans to homeowners under the National Housing Fund scheme rise, experts are of the opinion that a lot more needs to be done, MAUREEN IHUA-MADUENYI writes Loan disbursement to homeowners under the National Housing Fund being administered by…
The Presidency is not losing sleep over protests being planned by a coalition of five civil society organisations against the continued absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from office, according to The PUNCH report. The indefinite protests are scheduled to start on Monday…
What went down at the Alausa sit out for #ObiamakaOrakwe Some atrocities are too hard to imagine. That’s understandable! Atrocities of a sexual nature are often hard to imagine until reality dawns on everyone. Like this one: Your brother – the…
By Johannes Tobi Wojuola President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to boost the nation’s economy does not seem to click with the tenets of globalisation of trade as enunciated by the Western world. This is because the West, including the neo-liberalist…
The European Union (EU) in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have earmarked 54 million Euros for Maternal, New-Born, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN) outcome project in three Northeast states (Bauchi, Adamawa and Kebbi). The UNICEF Country Representative,…
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra has vowed not to rest until the perpetrators of Sunday’s killings at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, near Nnewi, which claimed at least eight lives and injured 18 persons are brought to justice. Mr. Obiano…
Every person reading this has used a plastic bottle, many of whom likely used one in the past day or week. Plastic, in the recent decades, has become a staple of convenience and a modern lifestyle. The surge in plastic bottle…
