The South-East Governors Forum has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to allow more international flights to the reopened Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu. The forum Chairman, Gov. Dave Umayi of Ebonyi, made the appeal during the reopening ceremony of the airport in Enugu on Sunday. Umayi said that adequate international flight operations would improve the socioeconomic activities in the region. The governor also commended the president for the reopening and recommencement of flight operations...
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...
NewsFederal Medical Center Yola Feat Represents Excellence and Oneness of Nation, Says SFG
Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 31, 2020
The Federal Medical Centre Yola has recorded another feat with the separation of conjoined twins who were brought to the Centre from Nembe in Bayelsa state. This is the third kind of operation conducted by the centre. The first was in 2013, the second was in 2018, while the third one was conducted on 10th August this year by a team forty-eight team led by Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Professor Auwal Mohammed Abubakar...
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...
InfrastructureNewsNigeriaPresident Buhari Pledges World Class Infrastructure for Lagos, Kano, Abuja Airports
PilotnewsAugust 30, 2020
President Muhamadu Buhari has promised that his administration would deliver world-class airport infrastructure to Lagos, Abuja and Kano International Airports to improve socio-economic development of the country. Buhari made the pledge during the official reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu in Enugu State on Sunday. The president, represented by the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, said he would not renege on his efforts to upgrade Enugu Airport to international world-class standard. He said...
InfrastructureNewsNigeriaFG Reopens Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu
PilotnewsAugust 30, 2020
The Federal Government on Sunday reopened Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, runway to flight operations. The Minister of Aviation Sen. Hadi Sirika, during the official opening ceremony in Enugu, said that domestic flight would start immediately while the international flight would begin on Sept. 5. Sirika said that the project had cost Federal Government N10 billion. “It is a great pleasure for me to be in Enugu for this August occasion in the mount of...
NewsNigeriaSpecial ReportPulse of the People on Government’s Demolition of Emejulu’s Residence: Justice of Retaliation?
Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)August 29, 2020
The demolition of private residences within Enugu metropolis is not a new phenomenon. From past administrations to the present, homes have been pulled down if such buildings are used for nefarious activities or if it alters the original master plan of the city or vendetta. Sometimes for the good of all, such hard decisions could be taken but preceded with dialogue, consent, and compensation. The demolition of Architect J Emejulu’s residence of No.23 Eziokwe street,...
Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNBA President Kicks as Northern Lawyers Form Parallel NBA
Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 29, 2020
The newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has kicked against the move by Nigerian northern lawyers to form a parallel association. Some Nigerian lawyers of Northern extraction on Friday, had formed the ‘New NBA’, following the recent controversial withdrawal of the invitation to the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, as a guest speaker at the association’s conference. The new group in a statement by two lawyers, Nuhu Ibrahim (Convener 1)...
NewsNigeriaMan Names Debtors, Begs Wife in Suicide Note After Killing Himself
Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 29, 2020
An auto part dealer and father of four, Chinedu Ogwa, has been reported to have committed suicide in Port Harcourt, as a result of the failure in his business. Ogwa, a 45-year-old, an indigene of Ebonyi state, was found dead in his residence, Diobu, Port Harcourt on Thursday night after taking poison to kill himself. His wife, Chidinma Ogwu, narrated that the husband had informed her about how he resisted the urge to kill himself...
NewsBoko Haram: We Will Not Be Deterred By Attack On Hospital – Governor Zulum
Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 29, 2020
Governor Babagana Zulum Governor of Borno State has condemned the attack on Magumeri General Hospital by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, stressing that the action would not hinder his administration’s reconstruction and the resettlement efforts. The governor spoke when he paid a sympathy visit to Magumeri, the headquarters of Magumeri Local Government Area. He directed the Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Mr Mustapha Gubio, to immediately start rebuilding the hospital as health care delivery remained...