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Domestic airline operators, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, have called off their planned suspension of flights which was billed to commence on Monday. A statement signed by the President of AON, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina and endorsed by other members said they have listened to the appeal by stakeholders and the federal government for them not …

INEC on Sunday in Abuja condemned calls from some unidentified quarters on the commission’s boss, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to join the 2023 presidential race. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, described the calls as preposterous, saying it would not happen. “Our attention has been drawn to innuendoes in certain quarters that Nigerians should not be surprised …

Politician and a billionaire investment mogul, Chief Arthur Nzeribe, is dead. Although details of how he died had remained sketchy at the time of the report, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nzeribe would have been 84 years by Nov. 2. A NAN correspondent, who visited his palatial country home known as ‘Haven of Peace’, located at Egbuoma …

On a typical day, he goes out in a worn-out shirt on tattered, ripped denim covered in grease. But Sunday Adekunle checks most of the boxes for a ‘decent life’ in Nigeria. He has acquired a piece of landed property somewhere in Lagos. He owns a car –nothing too fancy –and comfortably takes care of his family. Though his looks …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is over the moon following the Supreme Court’s verdict on the subsisted boundary dispute between Rivers and Imo states. But in Imo, it is heartache. The apex court, yesterday, gave the ownership rights of the oil wells in Ndoni and Egbema communities to Rivers, ending the political arrangement on the sharing of revenue from the facilities. Hailing the ruling …

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has pleaded with Nigerian airlines to suspend their planned shutdown of operations from Monday over the increase of cost of aviation fuel from N190 to N700 per litre. Mr Sirika made the appeal in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, James Odaudu, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

*Assures Nigerians”ll see results soon*Soludo urges APC govt to make Nigeria work Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that apart from implementing socio-economic measures for the benefit of the Nigerian people and national development, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has taken important steps to re-engineer the country’s security architecture, the fruits of which are imminent.  Osinbajo stated this weekend in Awka, …

The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has announced plans to shut down operations nationwide. AON said the shutdown would take effect from Monday, due to the increase in the price of aviation fuel which cost N700 per litre. This was contained in a letter by AON President, Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, and sent to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika. …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, if he refuses to resign from his post. Mr Akeredolu made the demand in a statement on his Twitter handle on Friday after Mr Emefiele was reported to have obtained the All Progressives Congress presidential nomination form. The claim was later found to be incorrect. …

President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has joined the contest for the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. A coalition of 28 groups consisting of Youth Arise Movement, Nigerians in Diaspora, One Nigeria Group, Prudent Youth Association of Nigeria, women groups, farmers, people with disabilities and other civil society groups, raised the N100 million …