FOR four years, it seemed as if President Bashar al-Assad’s army had largely won the civil war in Syria. Regional and international actors were re-establishing ties with the Syrian government, believing the conflict to have generally wrapped up, with Syrian…
Air Peace Ltd. says the operating cost for a one-hour flight exceeds N14 million. The airline’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Mrs Oluwatoyin Olajide, disclosed at a news conference on Friday in Lagos. Olajide said that N7 million is required to…
ASSET Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says its intervention pushed back Aero Contractors to profitability following its takeover of the management of the airline in 2016. The incumbent Managing Director of Aero Contractors said recently that the airline achieved…
A late-night fire has engulfed the former JFM building located in Effurun, in the Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Naija News reports that information regarding the cause of the fire remains limited as of the time of filing this report.…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has made key appointments in the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD).…
NEARLY 2,000 Nigerian nurses in the UK are caught in a career and personal crisis following allegations of widespread fraud in the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) certification process. The scandal, tied to a Pearson VUE-affiliated test centre in Ibadan, Nigeria,…
MALI’S military-led government has escalated its dispute with foreign mining companies, issuing an arrest warrant for Mark Bristow, Chief Executive of Barrick Gold Corporation. The charges include money laundering, underscoring growing tensions over mining revenues in the gold-rich nation. Abbas…
NIGERIA’S Senate has passed a bill aimed at tackling the nation’s growing food insecurity crisis by making it a crime to export large quantities of unprocessed corn. This legislative move, revealed by Reuters, comes amid a worsening economic climate, which has…
SINCE the Covid-19 pandemic, billionaire migration has intensified, with traditional hotspots such as Switzerland, the UAE, Singapore, and the US attracting substantial numbers. However, a new trend is emerging: Africa and the Middle East are increasingly drawing ultra-wealthy individuals, bringing…
A former Israeli reserve soldier who served in Gaza has revealed that army commanders instruct troops to open fire on any Palestinian regardless of whether or not they pose a threat. In a Haaretz article published on Wednesday, Israeli journalist Chaim Har-Zahav, who served an 86-day…
