Anyone still doubting the manipulative influence of multinationals in the political economy of Third World countries like Nigeria only needs to pay more attention to dispatches from our aviation sector lately. With the nation falling on hard times in the last eighteen months over the steep drop in oil price and the $28b foreign reserve […]
The Muslim Community in Enugu State yesterday urged Nigerians to desist from painting Islam “black”, stressing that the religion would not condone activities targeted at undermining human existence and freedom. The Community also dismissed as “untrue” news making the rounds that an Enugu girl, Ifesinachi Ani, was abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married off […]
Travelling for a vacation at times can be a bit stressful when you have to pack and unpack at every transit point and changing flight to connection to your preferred destination. But having a lovely get away vacation doesn’t have to be stressful and expensive, says the Managing Director of Tour Brokers International, TBI, Mrs […]
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecast, the upward progression will result from huge economic growth and investment in many African countries. The revelation came up during deliberations at the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) headquarters in Nairobi in the run up to the Aviation Stakeholders Convention in Rwanda next month. Stakeholders said the […]
Mohawk, the Kenyan lion recently killed by a ranger for attacking a man has joined the growing list of African lions being killed either for sport or for straying out of their park , a place where they are kept. The lion escaped from a park in the capital city of Nairobi and attacked a […]
Nigeria’s government said it is to save about N4 billion annually from travel costs as the Efficiency Unit (E_UNIT) of the Ministry of Finance enters discussions with local and international airlines to secure travel discounts for government officials. The discussions, the ministry said in a statement, are yielding positive results. According to the statement issued […]
A Nigerian-British politician and activist, Professor Alexia Thomas has raised the alarm over what he described as underreported deaths and mass burial of Nigerian and other African immigrants in the United Kingdom. In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, Pro¬fessor Alexia who is also the founder and chairper¬son of the Commonwealth Liberation Party in the […]
The Nigerian Air Force, yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company, IVM, Nnewi, Anambra state for research and production of spare parts for its fighter jets. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, told newsmen in Nnewi, Anambra that the collaboration between the company and the Air Force […]
Revenues from ticket sales by foreign airlines, salary emoluments from expatriate pilots and engineers, and cost of aircraft maintenance overseas have risen to over $4 billion annually, THISDAY checks have revealed. The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA) disclosed that as much as $2.3 billion was generated by Nigerian travel agents in 2014 from […]
At an evening service in a church I attended last week, the lady who led the prayer session did not even bother to quote from the Bible to drive home her point; she simply referred the congregation to the Book of Olajumoke: “How many of you have heard the story of the bread seller in […]