Hours after Air Peace sacked over 70 pilots, another Nigerian airline, Bristow Helicopters, has equally announced the sack of over 100 pilots and engineers consisting of Nigerians and expatriates. The airline, however, attributed its decision to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the airline management, while declaring that its business has been affected adversely promised to use the period to now restructure all aspects of its business model. A statement from management partly read; ”The spread of the COVID-19 virus has severely impacted all sectors in the aviation industry including our market, which primarily serves the Nigerian…
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Suspended lawmaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Leonard Tomide Akinribido, has said that he was suspended for not supporting moves to impeach Deputy Governor of the state, Hon Agboola Ajayi. In a brief chat with journalists, Akinribido said his suspension was politically motivated. He described the suspension as witch hunt and denied pouring invective on the Speaker as alleged. Akinribido said plot against him became thickened as the Deputy Governor planned moved to the Zenith Labour Party.
The West African Examinations Council on Tuesday released the timetable for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The examination body advised students to disregard other versions of timetable currently in circulation. Details shortly…
Hon. Tomide Akinribido, member of Ondo State House of Assembly has been suspended by the house. Reports from a source made it known to Yemiefash medium that he abused the speaker on WhatsApp group. Details shortly…..
President Muhammadu Buhari is planning a complete re-engineering of the nation’s security apparatus, according to Babagana Monguno, national security adviser. Monguno broke the news to state house correspondents after a security briefing on Tuesday. The president, according to Monguno, told service chiefs who attended the briefing that their effort is not good enough. Monguno said since the issues are operational, Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, “is working on something” and will likely give a new direction to the security agencies in the days to come. He said Buhari told the service chiefs that Nigerians have lost confidence in the security…
The Federal Government has launched the reviewed sixth Broadcasting Code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who unveiled the document on Tuesday at an event in Lagos revealed that the government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million. He explained that the code was reviewed in line with the directive of the President for an inquiry into the regulatory role of the NBC in the wake of the 2019 general elections. Mohammed noted that President Buhari had also ordered the probe of the conduct of the various…
Kwara Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi and his wife Abieyuwa have tested positive for COVID-19. Spokesperson of the state Technical Committee on COVID-19, Rafiu Ajakaye, confirmed this in a statement. The statement reads: “Yesterday August 3rd, 2020, the Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Kwara state Technical Committee Kayode Alabi and his wife, Abieyuwa underwent COVID-19 test after they showed slight symptoms of the virus. “The results of their test are positive. The second couple are very stable and in high spirit, and are now undergoing standard management protocols supervised by the government’s medical team. “Immediate contact tracing and tests, among…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says the claim by Chairperson of NIPOST Board, Hajiya Maimuna Abubakar, that both the Service and the National Assembly appropriated NIPOST’s ideas about stamp duty to the exclusion of the postal service is untrue. Mr Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of FIRS made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the attention of the FIRS had been drawn to a twit by Mrs Maimuna Abubakar, Chairperson of the Board of NIPOST. He stated that it was wrong for the sensitive nature of the issue at stake to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it does not substitute nominated candidates of the African Action Congress (AAC) or any other party’s nominations for Ondo governorship election. The commission made the clarification in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Monday in Abuja. “On July 31, INEC published the provisional list of candidates for the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for Oct. 10 in its state office in Akure and also uploaded same to its website and social media platforms. “The list contains the names of the governorship…
NDDC Scholarship: Buhari Directs Agency To Pay Students Abroad Channels Television Updated August 4, 2020 A file photo of President Muhammadu Buhari addressing the nation in April 2020. President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to pay the fees and stipends of scholars of the commission who are facing hardships abroad. The Director of Corporate Affairs at the NDDC, Charles Odili, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. This followed a protest by the students recently in the United Kingdom who called on the President to intervene in the matter. “Senator Akpabio, the Honourable Minister,…