Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its 100th aircraft, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, leading the way as the first African carrier to reach the feat in fleet expansion and modernization in the continent. Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Airlines disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. GebreMariam said it
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mallam Shehu Malami to take immediate steps to gazette the Presidential Order awarding the nation’s highest honours to Chief MKO Abiola and two others. The order will be published in the Federal Gazette as announced yesterday by President Buhari : Chief
President Muhammadu Buhari in a surprise move Wednesday declared June 12 Nigeria’s Democracy and also announced Nigeria’s highest honour, Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, GCFR, to the late businessman Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, winner of the election held on same date in 1993. The election, adjudged to be the freest and fairest up till that
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the report of the National Tax Policy Implementation Committee on Tax Laws Reform. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the council meeting presided over by President Muhammmadu Buhari. She recalled that the FEC had, last February, approved the revised National Tax
Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor, says John Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ought to land in prison. The governor said this about 24 hours after Oyegun inaugurated Hillary Eke as chairman of the APC in Imo. Eke is of the faction which is not loyal to the governor. Okorocha said Oyegun
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says no fewer than 22,000 prospective teachers are expected to sit for the Computer Based Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) from June 7 – 9. Mr Olumuyiwa Ojewuyi, Head Press and Protocol, TRCN, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
The threat by the National Assembly to invoke constitutional power against the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government is a “gangster behaviour’’, Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, lashed on Tuesday. The lawmakers incurred the displeasure of the South West socio-cultural group, following the threat by the lawmakers against the executive on Tuesday. The forum said that the continuing
A Niger Delta group, under the aegis of Niger Delta Activist Forum, has threatened to shut down the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) if it fails to induct some junior production staff recruited in 2014 and 2015. The group gave the company a 14 day ultimatum to induct the staffers who were predominantly drawn from
A member of the House of Representatives, Muhammed Gudaji Kazaure, has raised an alarm over a plot to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari by the National Assembly. Kazaure spoke with the House Press Corps immediately after the 3-hour long joint closed door session of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday. According to him,