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Airline operators confirm reduction in jetA1 price
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Airline operators confirm reduction in jetA1 price

Following the start of operations at the Dangote refinery, the Airlines Operators of Nigeria has confirmed a reduction in the price of aviation fuel in the country. This development was achieved after the association met with the management team of the Dangote group to discuss bottlenecks making the important commodity expensive with a backlash of increased airfares. Since the end of the fuel subsidy regime in the country over a year ago, the prices of all petroleum products have skyrocketed. In February, airline operators lamented the skyrocketing price of aviation fuel, describing the development as critical and requiring immediate government intervention to prevent the collapse of their operations. The airlines also said that the fluctu...
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Gov. Makinde prioritises CAF ticket next season
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Gov. Makinde prioritises CAF ticket next season

The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, says a CAF club competition slot will be the major focus for Shooting Stars Sports Club in the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Football League season, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to Tuesday’s release by the club’s media, the Oyo State number one citizen expressed happiness over the performance of the Oluyole Warriors in the just concluded NPFL 2023/24 season, where they finished fourth in the standings behind Enugu Rangers, Remo Stars, and Enyimba to marginally miss out on a continental ticket. “The team has made considerable progress in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), finishing in fourth place compared to last season. As it is, there is room for the team to accomp...
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Liverpool ready £50.7m Lookman offer
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Liverpool ready £50.7m Lookman offer

Liverpool are preparing to bid £50.7 million for Atalanta star Ademola Lookman as they aim to strengthen their attack this summer, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The 26-year-old has revived his career at Atalanta under the guidance of Gian Piero Gasperini, following a period of inconsistency at Everton, Fulham, RB Leipzig, and Leicester City. The Nigeria international enjoyed a stellar campaign last season, scoring 17 goals and providing 10 assists in 45 appearances across all competitions. Lookman’s standout performance came in the Europa League final, where he scored a hat-trick against previously unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen, helping Atalanta secure their first major trophy in over six decades. ...
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Stakeholders propose NRC privatisation to curb train derailments
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Stakeholders propose NRC privatisation to curb train derailments

Stakeholders have called for the privatisation of the Nigerian Railway Corporation to reduce the spate of train derailments in the country. The calls come after three derailments within two weeks. The Managing Director of Bethlehem Rail Infrastructure Limited, Rowland Ataguba, expressed concern over the rate of derailments in the country. “Three derailments in two weeks is cause for concern given our relatively low rail traffic,” he said. Ataguba noted that previous recommendations for electronic surveillance and motion detection systems along the Abuja-Kaduna railway had not been implemented. He also highlighted the lack of fencing along the tracks, which he claimed had made them vulnerable to unauthorised access. “A private operator woul...
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Aviation school, NANTA collaborate to eliminate quackery
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Aviation school, NANTA collaborate to eliminate quackery

The President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, Yinka Folami, has confirmed readiness to collaborate with the Lagos Aviation School to end quackery, among its members. The association disclosed that on Tuesday during the unveiling of a new building for the school in Lagos. Speaking with journalists at the sideline of the event, the Group Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings, a parent company of the aviation school, Bankole Bernard, stated that the collaboration would increase the level of professionalism among travel agents. He said, “The collaboration coming from NANTA is to increase the level of professionalism of their members. NANTA is interested in enhancing its members to end quackery. They want to increase t...
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Oyo opens portal to recruit 7,000 teachers
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Oyo opens portal to recruit 7,000 teachers

The Oyo State government, on Tuesday, opened a portal for the recruitment of 7,000 teachers for the state’s public primary schools. The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran, told newsmen that the job portal was scheduled to come alive at 6 pm on Tuesday. Adeniran said the recruitment was part of the state government’s bid to reduce unemployment among its citizenry. The portal, according to Adeniran, would register each candidate with his/her email, phone number and National Identification Number, among other requirements, with a view to providing them with jobs suitable for them, either as teachers or caregivers. “The government of Oyo State...
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ASUU protests on campuses over outstanding demands
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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ASUU protests on campuses over outstanding demands

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, staged protests nationwide and warned of impending strike if the government refused to act on agreements signed with the union. The union called off its last strike, which lasted eight months, on October 14, 2022, after the National Industrial Court ruled against it and following the interventions by the religious bodies and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and now Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila. However, the immediate-past President Muhammadu Buhari administration did not pay their salaries for the period, as it upheld the ‘no work, no pay’ rule and insisted on payment through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. On a...
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APC criticises Makinde over cabinet reshuffle
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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APC criticises Makinde over cabinet reshuffle

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, approved a minor cabinet reshuffle. The minor cabinet shake-up was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju. But the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state criticised the governor, saying a cabinet reshuffle would make no difference “unless Governor Makinde sits down with relevant resource persons to produce an ideal blueprint or work plan which he would be ready to implement sincerely.” The reshuffle in Makinde’s cabinet saw the former Commissioner for Trade, Industry, Investment and Cooperatives, Ademola Ojo, move to the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters. ...
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Labour kicks as FEC steps down memo, demands consultation
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Labour kicks as FEC steps down memo, demands consultation

•Failure to discuss memo giving room for speculation, NLC tells govt The Organised Labour on Tuesday kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage. The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, who criticised the failure of FEC to consider the memo during Tuesday’s FEC meeting, said stepping down the tripartite committee report “creates room for injurious speculations.” The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told journalists after the council meeting that the FEC stepped down the memorandum on the new minimum wage to allow for more consultations between President Bola Tinubu...
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Court orders Emefiele to forfeit $1.4m bribery proceeds
26Jun By Mariam AbdullahiNo Comments
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Court orders Emefiele to forfeit $1.4m bribery proceeds

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $1,426,175.14 linked to the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji ordered the final forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government. The final forfeiture order followed an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday. The anti-graft agency had earlier on May 29, 2014, secured an interim order temporarily forfeiting the money. The judge ordered the publication of the court order in the newspapers to give anyone interested in the funds to appear in court and show cause why it should not be permanently forfeited. At...
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