Ibom Airlines says it will not join the planned shutdown of flights announced by the Airlines Operators of Nigeria (AON). The AON had on Friday said its members would suspend flight services on Monday due to the unbearable high cost of aviation fuel (JetA1) and other associated costs. But in a statement, Ibom Airlines said obligations to its customers, suppliers and staff, would not allow it participate in the shutdown. “Apart from the above factors, Ibom Air is currently the only airline serving Akwa Ibom State directly and as such, any voluntary stoppage of operations would completely cut off access…
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DANA Air has recanted its decision to join the Airline Operators’ of Nigeria (AON) to commence an indefinite cessation of operations from May 9, 2022. Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, Manager, Communications and Marketing, Dana Airlines confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Dana is the second airline to pull out of the suspension after Ibom Air said it would not be joining the action initiated by the airline body. “Following the recent press statement by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), it has become necessary for us to take a stand in the overall interest of our guests, corporate…
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Sunday insisted that they would go ahead with withdrawal of flights services on Monday over astronomical rise in aviation fuel. Dr Yunusa Abdulmunaf, President of the association, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Abdulmunaf said that the association unequivocally stood firmly by its decision to commence withdrawal of flights services from May 9. The association had on Friday threatened to shutdown flights services to passengers, if the Federal Government refused to reduce the price of Jet A1, now being sold at N700 per litre. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has appealed to domestic airline operators to shelve their proposed service shutdown, considering the effect on passengers, difficulties and hardship associated with the action. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, made the appeal in an interview on Saturday. Irukera said the commission was engaging both operators and the leadership of major fuel marketers in a discussion to understand the global supply challenges and possible steps to ameliorate same. He, however, frowned at the rising consumer feedback that airlines had continued to sell tickets beyond May 9, the date for…
A total of 25 national guard servicemen who report to Vladimir Putin are set to go to court on Thursday over their illegal dismissal after they refused to enter a foreign war zone. Russian troops headed by Vladimir Putin are set to go to court to challenge an illegal order for them to fight in the war against Ukraine. A total of 25 national guards “refuseniks”, who report directly to Putin, are demanding their job back after they were fired for defying commanders’ orders to send them to a foreign war zone. The Vladikavkaz garrison military court is due to…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele has dispelled widespread rumours that he would be contesting for the office of the president in the 2023 general elections. This is coming on the heels of diverse reactions to his purported purchase of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nomination and Expression of Interest forms valued N100 million. Three interest groups, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), “Friends of Emefiele ” and “Emefiele Support Group” had purchased the forms on his behalf. However, reacting through his verified twitter handle, @GodwinEmefiele, he said should he decide to contest…
The Director-General (DG), National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Jelani Aliyu says the organization has floated a N200 billion vehicle financing scheme. Aliyu disclosed this when he addressed newsmen on efforts of the council to discourage the massive importation of used vehicles into Nigeria in Sokoto on Sunday. This, the DG said is to enable more Nigerians own vehicles without necessarily paying for them like it is being done in other developed climes. “It is one thing to produce a vehicle and it is another thing to sell it, especially in this environment we live in Nigeria. “We know…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed May 9 for the conduct of the party’s North West Zonal Congress to elect Zonal Executive Officers and National Ex-Officio members of the party in the North West Zone. The party announced this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in Abuja on Saturday night. Ologunagba said that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party approved the conduct of the congress at the Zonal Headquarters of the party in Kaduna, Kaduna state. “The NWC requests all leaders, critical stakeholders and teeming members of our party in the North-West…
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) in Nigeria has warned public officers against the use of state resources for campaigns and other political party activities. Its chairman, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani in a statement on Saturday, noted that the use of taxpayers’ resources to fund personal political ambition is unacceptable. “We are living witnesses to how ministers and other top public office holders use state apparatus such as government jets, public cars as well as funds to run their personal ambitions which wrongfully does not create a level playing ground and is a bad omen for our democracy,” Rafsanjani said. According to…
By Justina Auta A coalition of Plateau women and youths groups has procured the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form for Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, for the state Southern Senatorial seat. Speaking on behalf of the groups, Mrs Felicia Bala, who presented the form to the minister on Saturday in Abuja, said the groups met and decided to procure the form without her knowledge to encourage her run for the seat. Bala said her records and commitment to the development of women and children prompted the move. Also, Mrs Juliana Soklam, representing Langtang North, expressed appreciation to…