Ibom Airline has purchased and launched a new Airbus A220-300 into commercial service. The Akwa Ibom state-owned airline launched the plane into commercial service on Monday,, with flights from Uyo to Lagos. PUNCH gathered that the A220 with registration 5N-CDA, which arrived at the airline’s base in Uyo on December 8, 2023, from Mirabel, Canada,…
Co-founder of Aluko & Oyebode, one of the largest integrated law firms in Nigeria, Gbenga Oyebode, has been appointed as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Lafarge Africa. Oyebode succeeded Mr Adebode Adefioye, who voluntarily retired as Chairman. A statement filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited revealed that Adefioye voluntarily stepped down as…
The May Day, an annual ritual celebrated on May 1st of every year, honours the contributions and feats of workers worldwide as well as the vital roles of workers in building resilient societies and productive economies.This year’s Workers’ Day is the first under President Bola Tinubu who was sworn in as the leader of Africa’s…
May Day which is usually celebrated first day of May each year is used to honour the contributions of the workers and the roles they play in building the society and productive economies. Both leaders, in a separate message to celebrate the Nigerian workers on Wednesday, acknowledged their contributions to Nigeria’s growth even as they…
Presided over by Justice Usman Na’abba, the court set the date after hearing counsels from both parties involved. The applications in question include a preliminary objection, a joinder application, and a challenge of the court’s jurisdiction to entertain and hear the matter. The applicants, Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani Barguma, represented by their counsel, Ibrahim…
The green chamber also summoned the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, over petrol shortages in the country. This followed a motion of urgent national importance by a member of the House, Umar Ajilo, raising concerns over lingering queues at petrol stations nationwide. The House expects the…
According to the order, the commission said the move was necessitated after MAPs and other operators requested a further review of metre prices in consideration of the significant changes in foreign exchange and inflation rates since NERC’s last price review in September 2023. It said the significant changes in these macroeconomic variables had constrained the…
The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo, has condemned fraudsters and “Yahoo Boys” saying they have a tainted future. From the Yahoo e-mail service, the term “Yahoo Boy” is derived. It is commonly used to refer to young men who engage in various forms of…
the defendant was alleged to have among sundry issues, conspired to divert the said sum during the administration of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, between May 2011 and May 2019, when he served as the commissioner for finance. In a press statement by the commission’s Head of media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Monday, said Banu was…
