Life is indeed fickle. One minute, one’s office or residence is besieged by visitors, who go to great lengths to seek all kinds of favour as a result of the position one occupies and the next moment, one is abandoned to paddle his canoe all by himself without as much as a whisper. This was the position that a former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, found himself last week when he threw a party to usher his mother, Madam Christianah Oluleye Ambode, into the 90s club. The high and mighty, many of who would have jostled to be seen…
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Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, popularly known as Aisha Binani, has joined the growing list of Nigerians venturing into the aviation business. The former governorship aspirant in Adamawa State, who is a close friend of the outgoing First lady, Aisha Buhari, has taken delivery of an Embraer aircraft with Binani boldly emblazoned on it in preparation for the take-off of her airline, Binani Air. This makes her the first woman in Nigeria to establish a full-fledged airline. With more aircrafts still expected, the airline, with headquarters in Adamawa State, is poised to fly the Yola-Lagos, Maiduguri, Port Harcourt, Kano, Gombe, and Bauchi…
Contractors are yet to move to site, eight weeks after the management of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had shut down the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos runway for repairs, BusinessDay’s findings show. Barely four months after FAAN reopened the 18L (domestic) runway of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, for extensive repairs, the authority in March 2023 also shut down the 18R (international) runway for the same purpose. FAAN in its verified tweeter handle had said that the runway would be shut for eight weeks to allow its maintenance. However eight weeks after, BusinessDay’s findings show that contractors…
Adebayo Akande, founder of West Midlands Open University West Midlands Open University (WMOU), a new online university, has broken academic barriers by officially getting the federal government approval to operate in the country. On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, the management of the university announced that it has received licensing and formal approval from the National University Commission (NUC) to offer degree-granting programmes online in Nigeria as one of the first in the country. According to Adebayo Akande, founder of West Midlands Open University, “This approval creates exciting new opportunities for the new university to offer its diverse range of accredited…
Many people like to believe that marriage is one of those areas in life where luck is extremely important. Looking at the life of Tein Jack-Rich and his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Jack-Rich, one is tempted to agree. After all, with Jack-Rich as the founder of BelemaOil Producing Limited and his wife a brilliant, beautiful, and accomplished entrepreneur, neither has anything to complain about in marriage. Jack-Rich has always found a reason to place his wife in the limelight for others to admire. Thus, her 30th birthday celebration was recently crammed with all sorts of people, including some of the most…
The Supreme Court has claimed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) used social media to bully and terrorise its justices. A justice of the apex court, Inyang Okoro, stated this while delivering judgment in PDP’s appeal seeking to void the election of President-elect Bola Tinubu on the grounds that his running mate, Kashim Shettima, was guilty of double nomination. The five-member panel threw out the appeal and held that the appellant had no locus standi to institute the suit. Okoro held that the appellant tried to mislead the Supreme Court, by claiming that the lower court found that there was indeed…
Former Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of refining and petrochemicals, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Anibor Kragha, is currently the executive secretary of the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA). In this interview, the oil and gas expert discusses issues bedeviling the downstream petroleum sector in Africa, especially growing population, refining capacity, supply and storage bottlenecks and associated looming health problems. Excerpts by SEYI JOHN SALAU: What would you say are your achievements since you assumed office as the executive secretary of ARDA and what plan do you have going into the future? The African Refiners and Distributors Association (www.arda.africa) was…
Passengers flying into Britain faced major delays after landing at airports on Saturday due to a nationwide issue affecting the automated border control gates that scan passports upon arrival. Images posted on social media showed long queues with hundreds of people at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports with frustrated passengers complaining of having to wait several hours in line. “We are aware of a nationwide border system issue affecting arrivals into the UK,” said a spokesperson for the British government’s interior ministry, which has oversight of border control. “We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible and…
Reality show star, Joseph Ada, who participated in the first edition of the Big Brother Naija reality show in 2006, has passed away in Delaware, US. Ada died on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. He was diagnosed with Pancreatitis which eventually led to his death. The reality show star relocated to the US to pursue his career as a flight attendant after the reality show. He was on the show with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Gideon Okeke and Maureen Osuji.
Arthur Jarvis University (AJU), a private university in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, says it has initiated random testing to curb drug abuse among its students. Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ani Nkang, stated this during the institution’s seventh matriculation ceremony in Akpabuyo, near Calabar, on Friday. Mr Nkang, who expressed worries over the menace of drug abuse among the youth, said any prescribed drug in use should be properly registered at the university’s hospital. He warned all the 239 matriculating students that the institution had in place tough sanctions for other social vices. “Resist any undue influence…
