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The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on Tuesday presented the “ICAO Council President’s Certificate” to Nigeria in recognition of its progress in solving aviation security and oversight deficiencies. A statement issued by Mr James Odaudu, the Director Press and Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation, stated that the award was presented to the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, during the opening ceremony of ICAO’s 40th Triennial Assembly in Montreal, Canada. According to the statement, the President of ICAO Council, Dr Olumuyiwa Aliu, said the certificate was in recognition of the contributions of deserving member-states to the marked improvement in…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has called on all prospective candidates for its 2020 UTME to acquire the National Identification Number(NIN). The board’s Spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin said on Tuesday that the aim was to ensure the biometric and other necessary details of a candidate were captured, to check examination malpractice. Benjamin said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the call was necessary now that registration for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) had begun. “The JAMB will, during the 2020 registration exercise, use the National Identity Number (NIN)…

Beauty West Africa (BWA), the region’s largest international beauty and cosmetics show, will open with an expanded format designed to showcase local beauty entrepreneurs. Following the impressive success of last year’s launch of the new beauty sector event, BWA 2019 is extending the zone dedicated to promoting smaller businesses. Having generated so much international interest in the region last year, the show is expanding into a second hall to accommodate all the new exhibitors this year, both local and from overseas. BWA 2019 will run from November 20th to 22nd at the Landmark Centre, Lagos. With more than 200 exhibitors…

GOtv, has announced plans to reward its subscribers, especially parents and guardians, with its “Back to School” Promo offer. The Back to School Promo offer, which runs till Saturday, 28 September, will see 75 subscribers winning N100, 000 each to augment payment of their children’s school fees, and 200 customers winning N50, 000 worth of school supplies. Active and disconnected GOtv subscribers have the opportunity to benefit from this offer once they renew their subscription for as low as N1, 250 on GOtv Value, N1, 900 on GOtv Plus or N3, 200 on GOtv Max before Saturday. Martin Mabutho, Chief…

President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed social media for the spread of religious crisis, racism, Xenophobic attacks and false messages. Buhari will addressing the 74th United Nations General Assembly in New York while holding social media outlets responsible for fuelling major crimes such as mass killings called for some regulations. He also gave a warning to international groups that seek to perpetuate crime in Nigeria. “We are giving notice to international criminal groups by the vigorous prosecution of the P&ID scam attempting to cheat Nigeria of billions of dollars.” “They cannot be allowed to continue to facilitate the spread of religious, racist,…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) Camp at Abulam, a settlement on the fringes of the Allagarno Forest, in Borno. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola,  in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the operation was executed by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE. He explained that the operation was executed on Sept.22 after series of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions revealed that some buildings within the settlement were being used by the terrorists to store their supplies and other resources. READ: Nigeria tackling corruption…

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the 74th United Nations General Assembly that the Nigerian government is tackling corruption head-on as it seeks to sanitise the country. “The present Nigerian government is facing the challenges of corruption head-on,” President Muhammadu Buhari declared Tuesday in New York. Presenting the country’s National Statement as the fifth speaker on the first day of the General Debate during the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74), the Nigerian leader also warned: “We are giving notice to international criminal groups by the vigorous prosecution of the P&ID scam attempting to cheat Nigeria of billions…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate redeployment of two Ministers of State Mr Willie Bassey, Director, Information Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Basset, Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs is to move to the Ministry of Labour and Employment as Minister of State. READ: How Buhari plans to lift millions out of poverty – Osinbajo Bassey said Sen.Tayo Alasoadura has been directed to move to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs as Minister of State. “This redeployment takes…

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to invite the Ministers of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi and Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, over the deteriorating conditions of police colleges across the country. The resolution was reached after the consideration of a motion on the floor during plenary that was sponsored by Senator Barinada Mpigi (PDP, Rivers South East) and nine others. The Senate also urged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to as a matter of urgent national security intervene in the deteriorating condition of the Police College in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State. It also urged the Police…

*Why TraderMoni won AfDB prize for financial inclusion Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Federal Government’s policies and programmes are aimed at promoting financial inclusion remain key to the actualization of President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise of lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening session of the 2019 Annual Conference of Chartered Institute of Bankers. He was referring to the President’s June 12 speech where he stated that “we are working to lift Nigerians out of poverty and set them on the path to prosperity. We intend to lift 100 million…