Sanwo-Olu Calls for Remodeling of Lagos Airport

InfrastructureNewsNigeriaTravelSanwo-Olu Calls for Remodeling of Lagos Airport

PilotnewsSeptember 1, 2020

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Tuesday called for remodeling of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) to increase traffic and revenue. Sanwo-Olu made the call in Ikeja when the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) management paid him a courtesy visit, ahead of the re-opening of airspace for international flights. He advised the FAAN management on remodelling of the airport’s facilities to become a hub of business and tourism. According to him, some...

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NewsNigeriaTravelEmber Months: FRSC Issues Travel Advisory

PilotnewsAugust 31, 2020

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday issued safety advisories to travellers in order to guide commuters on the ”path of safety” during the ember months. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) ACM Bisi Kazeem on Monday in Abuja. Oyeyemi added that the Corps had also begun a nationwide campaign in order to minimise the tendencies of crashes and gridlocks in...

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EntertainmentSportsWorld NewsLyon beat Wolfsburg to Win Another UEFA Women’s Champions League Title

PilotnewsAugust 31, 2020

Striker Eugenie Le Sommer scored one goal and made another as Olympique Lyonnais beat VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 to win the UEFA Women’s Champions League for an unprecedented fifth time in a row. Called up to the starting line-up in place of the suspended Nikita Parris, Le Sommer collected the rebound from her own shot and swept the ball home. The 25th-minute goal put the French side ahead in the match played at San Sebastián in...

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HealthNewsNigeriaSouth East Governors, Ohanaeze Commends Buhari as He Re-Opens Enugu Airport

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 31, 2020

It is now a year and six days since the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) shut down the operation of flights at the Akanu International Airport for safety concerns. However, on Sunday, the 30th of August the airport was reopened for operation. August 24, 2019, FAAN shut down the operation of flights in the airport after prominent Igbo persons lamented the deplorable state of the airport, saying it is a death trap. President Muhammadu...

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HealthNewsNAF Provides Free Medical Services to Over 400,000 People in Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2020

The Nigeria Air Force through humanitarian relief operations has provided free medical services to over four hundred thousand (400,000) people across the country including those who were internally displaced in the Northeast. Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadeeq Baba Abubakar disclosed this at a press conference organized by the Federal Medical Centre Yola to showcase another success recorded in separating conjoined twins. Abubakar who was represented by Air Commodore Gideon Bako at the occasion...

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InfrastructureNewsNigeriaTravelEnsure Completion of the Cargo Terminal and International Wing of the Enugu Airport as Scheduled, South East Leaders to FG

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2020

The South-East geopolitical leaders on Sunday during the official reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu expressed gratitude to the Federal Government for the approval and release of a special fund of 10 billion naira for the rehabilitation of the airport. David Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum, SEGF said this in his speech during the event. “We also thank the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Sirika for displaying a...

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HealthNewsAgain Doctors At FMC Yola Set Record, Separate Conjoined Twins

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 30, 2020

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, Adamawa State capital, has again set a record with yet another breakthrough as a team of surgeons led by the Chief Medical Director of the centre, Prof Auwal Abubakar, successfully separated eight-month-old conjoined female twins. The eight –months old twins are named: Grace and Mercy and held from Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria. Our correspondent recalls that earlier this year, the Civil-Military Relations Unit of...

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HealthNewsPhilanthropyNLNG Donate Equipment Worth N180m To FMC Yola, Adamawa Hospitals

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 29, 2020

The  Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company has again donated medical equipment worth N180 million to the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Yola and the Adamawa Primary Health Care Agency. Presenting the equipment at the FMC, the NLNG General Manager for External Relations, Mrs. Eyono Fatai-Williams said the company had made several interventions in various hospitals in the South-South and Lagos to help improve healthcare delivery to Nigerians. “In our fight against COVID-19, we have intervened in...

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Lagos Helicopter Crash: ‘We Are Grateful Nobody in the Building Was Injured’ – Helicopter Owner Say

NewsNigeriaTravelLagos Helicopter Crash: ‘We Are Grateful Nobody in the Building Was Injured’ – Helicopter Owner Say

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 29, 2020

Quorum Aviation Limited, owners of the bell 206 helicopter that crashed in Lagos on Friday afternoon has confirmed that the fatalities involved were its crew and that no one on the ground was affected. The firm said in a press release that two people died while another sustained injuries and was being treated at the hospital. “Preliminary reports indicate that of the three souls on board – all crew, two of the crew members lost...

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Bryan Brothers Announce Retirement from Tennis

LifestyleNewsSportsBryan Brothers Announce Retirement from Tennis

PilotnewsAugust 28, 2020

Bob and Mike Bryan, the most successful men’s doubles team in the history of tennis, are bringing the curtain down on their 22-year professional career, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The Bryans, 42, captured a professional era record 119 titles together, including 16 Grand Slams, 39 ATP Masters 1000s and the ATP Finals title four times. “We just both feel it in our guts that it is the right moment,” Mike told the...

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