While many airlines are down-sizing their operations due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ethiopian Airlines is adding new aircraft and expanding businesses, according to officials of the state-owned enterprise. “This shows that Ethiopian Airlines is founded on a strong vision, capacity to execute its vision even though it has similar challenges to other airlines,” said Chief Operating Officer Mesfin Tasew. The company on Saturday took delivery of two of the 10 new Airbuses A350-900 it ordered in 2017, bringing the total number of its Airbus fleet to 16. According to Tasew, the airline has been operating A350-900 planes…
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Mr Andrew Abu, Chief Executive Officer, Young Innovators of Nigeria (YIN), has won the ‘Young ICT Advocate of the Year’ award. The award was in recognition of his contributions towards the development of ICT innovation among young people in the last 10 years. Abu received the award on Saturday night at the Fourth Nigeria Tech Innovation and Telecom Awards, organised by the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), in Abuja. He was also recognised for his contributions to ICT development and applications and empowerment of youths with digital skills, thereby ensuring that they were gainfully employed. Speaking on the…
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike has eliminated several armed bandits in an air strike on Saturday in the forest at Kuzo area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Maj. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the air attack was executed on the bandits while they were attempting to move hundreds of rustled livestock through the area. He said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack helicopter, on armed reconnaissance mission in the area, spotted the bandits, along with the rustled livestock, in an open patch along…
More congratulatory messages from African leaders have continued to pour into Washington following the election of Democratic candidate Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States of America. The latest messages came from Sudan, South Africa, Kenya, Libya, Ghana and Mauritania – all of them highlighting the need for a concerted cooperation between Africa and the U.S. In Khartoum, Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, on Saturday said “On behalf of the Sudanese people, I congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for their election as President and Vice President.” In his congratulatory message, Hamdok said he looked forward to…
The Lagos State Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo has ordered the release of 253 persons arrested by police over their alleged roles in the unrest following the #EndSARS protests. He said in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs, Mr Kayode Oyekanmi on Sunday that his office had determined that there was a nondisclosure of a prima-facie case against the 253 persons by the police. The statement however said 92 persons would, however, be prosecuted. The A-G said the police had, between November 4 and November 5, forwarded 40 case files to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) in respect…
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to reducing the prevalence of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the country. Dr Chukwuma Anyaike, Director and National Coordinator, Neglected Tropical Diseases Elimination Programme, Federal Ministry of Health disclosed this on Saturday in Ibadan. He was speaking at a media dialogue organised by the Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the UNICEF. Anyaike said that the government had made some achievement which includes the donation of medicines used annually in production, shipping and other logistics. Others are more than 200 million cumulative treatments was…
The Programme Manager, National Onchocerciasis Elimination Programme at the Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Michael Igbe says about 50 million Nigerians are at risk of getting infected with onchocerciasis, also called River Blindness. Igbe said this in Ibadan during a media dialogue organised by the Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB) of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). The manager, who spoke on “Overview on Onchocerciasis Elimination in Nigeria”, said “treatment with ivermectin started in 1989, and in 1997, the Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) strategy was adopted as the main…
The Sokoto State Government, through the Zakkat and Endowment Commission (SOZECOM), has established a hospital to cater for indigent patients with severe illnesses in the state. The Chairman of the commission, Malam Muhammad Maidoki, disclosed this during the commission’s health committee meeting and disbursement of medical support for the needy, through hospital and pharmaceutical shop committees. Maidoki said that the state government had since handed over the Farfaru Hospital, along with all necessary equipment to start the special hospital assignment. “We now have a hospital that is under the commission’s control to cater for the health issues of indigent patients…
The Federal Government has restated its resolve to continually support the developmental initiatives of state governments. Speaking at the inauguration of a 969-metre `Rebisi’ dual carriage flyover in Port Harcourt, on Saturday, Minister of Works and Housing, by Mr Babatunde Fashola, who made the pronouncement also said that the Federal Government “is not in competition with any state’’ of the federation over project implementation. The minister also pointed out that the Federal Government was not discriminatory along party lines when making refunds to states on Federal projects executed or repaired by them. The minister said that the N78 billion refunds…
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is among prominent Americans who have reacted to Joe Biden’s projected victory in Tuesday’s presidential election. In a statement, Obama said Americans were lucky that Biden had what it took to be president and was already carrying himself that way. “This is because when he walks into the White House in January, he will face extraordinary challenges no incoming president ever has: “A raging pandemic, an unequal economy and justice system, a democracy at risk and a climate in peril. “I know he will do the job with the best interest of every American at…