NASS urges FG to intervene in debt owed Chinese Company to facilitate opening of MMIA terminal
July 30, 2021 The National Assembly has urged the Federal Government to put the new Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos terminal to use to boost the image of the…
FG dismisses $875m ammunition deal with US as Fake News
The Federal Government says it is not aware of any $875 million ammunition deal with the US which is being purportedly blocked by some lawmakers in that country. The Minister…
Air Peace wins Most Humanitarian Airline award; MMA2 also
July 30, 2021 Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has been honoured with the Humanitarian Airline of the Year 2020 Award by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC). The…
Hushpuppi romance with Abba Kyari sealed in UAE Sept 2019 – FBI
July 30, 2021 Based on messages I reviewed, ABBAS appears to have first interacted with KYARI in September 2019, when KYARI traveled to the U.A.E. The conversation indicated that ABBAS…
Nigerian athletes at Olympics short paid; Aruna joins Okagbare to blast officials
July 30, 2021 Team Nigeria’s captain at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Quadri Aruna, is not satisfied with the treatment of athletes at the Games. Aruna, Africa’s top ranked table tennis…
Olympic Basketball: D’Tigress lose to France, face Japan on Monday
July 30, 2021 Sandrine Gruda scored 14 points and France used a balanced offense to beat Nigeria female team, D’Tigress, 87-62 on Friday. It was Nigeria’s second loss thus making…
NSIA optimistic on 2022 completion date for 2nd Niger Bridge, others
July 30, 2021 The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), has expressed optimism that the Second Niger Bridge and the Lagos—Ibadan Expressway will be completed by 2022. Uche Orji, NSIA’s Managing…
From Facebook to Twitter, Big Tech sees social commerce driving sales growth
July 30, 2021 Led by Facebook, social media platforms from Alphabet’s YouTube to Snap Inc and Twitter are investing heavily in shopping features to drive revenue growth, a major theme…
Tokyo Olympics: Okagbare, Nwokocha qualify for women’s 100m semi-finals
July 30, 2021 Team Nigeria’s duo of Blessing Okagbare and Grace Nwokocha on Friday qualified for the semifinals of the women’s 100 metres event at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics….
Proposed U.S. arms sale to Nigeria on ‘hold’ over human rights concerns – Sources
July 30, 2021 U.S. lawmakers have put on hold a proposal to sell almost $1 billion of weapons to Nigeria over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the government,…