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Air Canada An Air Canada flight was due to make an emergency landing in Madrid on Monday following a technical problem just hours after taking off from the city’s Barajas airport, aviation officials said. “Plane with a technical problem is overflying Madrid before returning to Barajas airport,” tweeted ENAIRE, the public body that manages air…
The House of Representatives says it will “name and shame” Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that refuse to appear before it with their audited reports. The Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts, Rep. Wole Oke, disclosed this during an investigative public hearing into the presentation of audit reports of MDAs on Monday. The committee is investigating…
Panasonic said on Monday its operating profit for the April-December period dropped 18 per cent on lower sales in China but it left its full-year forecast intact despite the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The Japanese consumer electronics giant said its nine-month sales fell 5.4 per cent to 5.76 trillion yen ($53.04 billion) as the weakness of…
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru GOVERNORS Mandate Network, GMN, has advised the governors that we’re victorious at the Supreme Court to be magnanimous with the victory so as to avoid unnecessary distractions. GMN argued that it is only when the governors settle down without distractions that they can deliver the dividends of democracy to the people. While…
China’s Foreign Ministry has blasted the U.S. government for restricting the entry of Chinese nationals due to the coronavirus outbreak, which this week was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. “While the WHO has only just specifically advised against any travel restrictions, the U.S. has decided to act in the opposite…
Minister of Communication, Dr Isa Ali Pantami Dr Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has assured that the ministry will focus on how to transform the Nigerian economy using emerging digital technologies. Pantami was speaking at the Seventh Study Group 13 (SG13) Regional Workshop for Africa, organised by International Telecommunications Union (ITU)…
Rep. Nicholas Mutu, Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) and Gas Resources, on Monday, appeared in a Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged graft of N320.1 million. Mutu was arraigned before Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo on 11-count charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). News Agency of Nigeria reports that while the EFCC is…
…Police fight back, rescue some passengers arrest 4 kidnap members The Suspects By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja. Daredevil kidnappers on Sunday, January 2, 2020, at about 7.30 pm, opened fire on a passenger bus, a Toyota Previa that carries eight passengers at Kwali, en route Lokoja to Abuja. The action of the kidnappers who suddenly…
The floor of Stock exchange The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says securities lending will witness exponential growth with the elimination of tax on manufactured dividend arising from securities loan transaction by the Finance Act. Mr Oscar Onyema, NSE’s Chief Executive Officer, made the assertion at a symposium on the Finance Act, organised by the exchange…
James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The Chairman Caretaker Committee on Transportation in Ogun State, Barrister Femi Adeniyi, on Monday assured commercial motorcyclists who have come to the State following a ban placed on them by the Lagos State government the State of adequate accommodation, urging them to be law-abiding. According to Adeniyi, who stated this in…