By Foster Obi Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, has rolled out new measures to offer its members more support, flexibility, and choice – allowing members to retain elite tier status until 2022. The loyalty programme is one of the first in the world, and first in the region, to offer […]
The Federal Government in collaboration with the World Bank have commenced the process to rebase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product. Experts describe GDP as the final value of the goods and services that are produced within a nation’s geographic boundaries during a specified period of time, normally within a year. The growth rate of nation’s GDP […]
The Department of State Services has again reiterated its warning that some elements were plotting ethno-religious violence in parts of the country. It noted that the masterminds were intent on exploiting the fault lines in the country to cause ethno-religious violence. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the DSS spokesman, Dr Peter […]
“If they insist on having these additional tests being done, then PTF has decided that their operations will be suspended into Nigeria.” The Nigerian government has said it may suspend flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and The Netherlands due to the new COVID-19 protocols introduced by both countries for incoming travellers. The Director-General […]
9Mobile CEO, Alan Sinfield, says a pilot free roaming scheme that allows customers of each company to switch to the network of the other where its own has no coverage has run smoothly in Ondo State. Leading telecom service providers MTN and 9Mobile plan to request regulatory permission for an agreement to let customers share […]
When the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof. Sulaiman Elias Bogoro, received in audience, the cultural affairs officer of the united states in Nigeria, Mr. Sterling Tilley, in the company of Miss. Bello, the cultural affairs specialist of the embassy, the top of the table discussion on the agenda of the […]
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has said that COVID-19 vaccines are important for the safety of Nigerians. During a sensitisation meeting with leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Mustapha said nobody is safe from being infected with COVID-19 until everyone is vaccinated. Mustapha, who is the chairman of the […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to take full responsibility for Nigeria’s poor ranking on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. The CPI placed Nigeria as the second most corrupt country in West Africa with Guinea Bissau in the first position. In reaction, SERAP, in a statement […]
Nigeria has offered to support Mozambique in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the gas-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado. More than 2,000 people have been killed and more than 500,000 others displaced in the violence, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, visited Mozambique over […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President Dr Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives Mr Femi Gbajabiamila to urgently probe allegations that N4.4 billion of public money budgeted for the National Assembly is missing, misappropriated, diverted or stolen, as documented in three audited reports by the Office of […]