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Arik Air introduces summer promo on Lagos-London Heathrow

.... Increases baggage allowance to 32kg

Arik Air, has announced a summer promo fare on the Lagos-London Heathrow route. Passengers can now buy a return Lagos-London Heathrow economy class ticket for as low as 304 US Dollars (equivalent of approx N48, 640, exclusive of taxes).
Similarly, passengers on...

 
 
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SEC, an institution torn apart

The indictment of the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Ms Arunma Oteh   by commissioners of the commission expected to defend her policies and programmes at the probe of the near collapse of the capital market by the House of Representatives calls for her removal by the Federal Government if the confidence of investors must be restored. The bible says an House...

 
2015: Unholy alliance of Aregbesola/Tambuwal

By now the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alh Bamanga Tukur should know that the insistence of the  North to produce the next president by 2015 may lead to the  loss of  the Speaker of the House of  Representatives Hon Tambuwal and his team to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).  The purported visit of the Speaker  to Gov Rauf Aregbesola of ACN had generated negative criticism...

 
Subsidy fraud: Marketers or lawmakers fraudulent?

If  a depot operator indicted earlier for diverting kerosene of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) can work freely without indictment by the Adhoc Committee of the House of Reps and indicted companies not invited at all for probe, it is disturbing what manner of report is ready for presentation on the floor of the House of Representatives on April 24, 2012....

 
Depletion of $20bn excess crude savings

The alarm raised by the  Minister of Petroleum  Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala  over depletion of Nigeria’s  revenue in excess crude accont from $20 billion in 2006 to $3.6 billion as a result of the reckless demand by Governors for sharing of excess revenue without a corresponding...
PDP/ACN: What manner of democracy?

One aspect of Nigeria's democracy giving me hope of a better nation tomorrow  is the regular attack by  the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on the ruling  party at the national level- the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There is no week that the ACN does not have an issue to raise about the wrong-doings of the PDP. These stories usually form headlines of major newspapers. In response, the PDP are also not leaving any...

 
 

Cement Producers Association of Nigeria (CPAN) at the weekend debunked claims by local manufacturers that Nigeria is very close to self sufficiency in cement production and would soon become an exporter of the essential commodity.
 According to the association, the prevailing price of...

 
Editorial

The controversial Freedom Of Information Bill (FOI) Act came into the fore again recently as Nigeria joined the rest of the world on Thursday, May 3, 2012 to mark the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD).
 The United Nations General Assembly had declared May 3 of every year, as a day to raise awareness on the importance of freedom of the press and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal...

 
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Ex-NUPENG chief lauds PPPRA boss for probity


The former President of the blue-collar National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Peter Akpatason, has praised the Executive Secretary of the PPPRA, Mr Reginald Stanley, for entrenching transparency and sanity in the operations of the agency....

 
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Customs officials behind containers’ disappearance at Tin-Can Island — Area Comptroller


Customs Area Comptroller (CAC) of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mohammed Isah Nuhu, has admitted that officials of the government agency are involved in the persistent disappearance of containers from  Nigerian Ports...

 
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FG stops bulk salary payment to banks to reduce corruption


The Federal Government has stopped the bulk payment of all its employees  monthly salary into  designated bank accounts.
The decision, Nigerian NewsDirect gathered, takes immediate effect.
Henceforth, all such salaries...

 
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Reps to investigate execution of govt projects


The House of Representatives has directed all its standing committees to provide within 60 days, detailed report of all on-going projects of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)...

 
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FIRS seeks law makers’ support over N23.039tr target


The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), is seeking the support of the National Assembly over speedy passage of subsisting tax laws and amendment to existing ones to enable it attain its medium term target of N23.039 trillion.
Ag. Executive Chairman of...

 
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Senate  to probe NDLEA operations


The Senate has resolved to probe the alleged recruitment and deployment of un-trained staff of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), bearing arms across the country.
Its committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes has...

 
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