•Niger-Nigeria border President Bola Tinubu has ordered the reopening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with Niger Republic in compliance of the directive by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement today. He said the preside...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, has said the reported N744,500,000 his campaign team spent on the 2023 election litigation was not just for paying lawyers, as some have reported. He said this yesterday in a statement signed on his behalf by Dr Yunusa Tanko, […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the controversial Nigeria Air deal sealed by the federal government during the tenure of ex-Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika. “The EFCC is investigating that deal,” the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, revealed on Channels Television last night . H...
•Air Marshal Hassan B. Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff (left) and INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Ahead of Saturday, February 3 court-ordered rerun and bye-elections in some constituencies across the country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to settle outstanding bills of the Force t...
•Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar The Nigerian Air Force has accepted responsibility for the January 2023 air strike that killed 37 herders alongside their livestock in the Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar, visited Nasarawa State today alongside senior officials ...
•Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the military has every reason to ensure a secure country under the current dispensation. Abubakar noted that President Bola Tinubu had provided the military with the needed equipment and resources to deliver on its constitutional mandat...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced the postponement of its zonal attitude test for Trades and Non-Tradesmen/women, earlier scheduled for January 6 to January 13. NAF, Director of Public Relations and Information Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, who made this known in a statement today, however noted that all other details remain unchan...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), says the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe, on Dec. 23, destroyed six illegal oil refining sites in Opu Arugbana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information of NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, today in Abuja. Gabkwet […]
•Hadi Sirika The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Aviation to invite the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to brief it on the status of the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, as of the time he left office. The former minister is expected to provide insights on a wide range of […]
The atmosphere was electric. The trigger was the majestic entrance of the multimillion dollar, brand new Ibom Air Airbus into the sprawling frontage of the imposing aircraft workshop known as Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, MRO, facility. This was in Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom State, December 8, 2023, at the Victor Attah International Airport...