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Bi-Courtney assures Arik Air of hitch-free operations from MMA2

  MMA2 Ikeja, Lagos ticketing complex Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has assured the management of Arik Air of seamless passenger facilitation, as the airline begins its scheduled flight operations from the terminal to Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday. A statement by the spokesman of BASL, Steve Omolale, said with its spacious ticketing and departure hall, as well as modern facilities, such as automated check-in counters, smooth escalators/elevators, waiting…

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Ekiti Landlords Protest Against BEDC Over hoarding of Prepaid meters, ‘Fraudulent’ Electricity Tariffs

The illusive Prepaid meter Ekiti Landlords and landladies resident in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against Benin Electricity Distribution Company(BEDC) over alleged hoarding of prepaid meters and ‘over-billing’. The protesters, who operated under the auspices of Ado Ekiti Landlords and Landladies Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ALLECA), alleged the company of demanding for a sum of N40,000 from landlords before proving prepaid meters, describing the action as tantamount to fraud and extortion. The…

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ARIK AIRCRAFT CATCHES FIRE AIRBORNE LAGOS – ACCRA FLIGHT ROUTE — EYE WITNESS

  Arik Aircraft loading passengers for an air trip…. recently. “I boarded Arik air flight W3304 to Accra on Tuesday 06/03/2018. The name of the aircraft is STEPHEN. It was a Dash 8 NextGen propeller aircraft. The flight took off precisely 7.20pm (Lagos time) “35 minutes into the 55 minutes flight, I started perceiving something smelling like a burning stuff. Shortly after the guy sitting next to me asked if I perceived any smell of burning stuff and that…

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Nigeria Customs tells court: 34 containers left Apapa Port without duty payment

Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, addressing officers and men of the Service… at a recent event. A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday heard how 34 containers containing truck heads and other items were moved out of Apapa Port without duty payment. This startling revelation was contained in a three count criminal charge filed by the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) before Justice Muslim Hassan, against five persons and three companies who were alleged to have smuggled 34…

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Lagos State Land Use Charge and politics of taxation

          Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Nigeria. By Reuben Abati The government of Lagos State seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Law of 2018, which repeals a similar law of 2001, and consolidates ground rent, tenement rate, and neigbourhood development levy.  The Land Use Charge is payable in respect of all real estate in the state. But…

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NPFL Fans to Win Dana Air return tickets as Akwa United / Heartland Clash

Dana Air has announced that lovers of the Nigerian Professional Football League teams will stand a chance of winning return air tickets at the rescheduled first leg encounter between Akwa United and Heartland FC on 21st March, in Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital. According to Dana Air’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, the initiative is to encourage more people to follow the Nigerian league teams and also encourage them to visit the venues of these matches to cheer…

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Ekiti dep. gov. appeals to EKSU staff to suspend strike

Ekiti State deputy governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola. Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola has called on the striking staff of Ekiti State University to suspend strike action and resume work in the interest of the students and the state at large. Prof. Olusola made the call in his office while receiving members of the Federation of Ekiti State Students Union (FESSU) who were on a solidarity rally in support of the continuity agenda of Governor Ayo Fayose. The…

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25 killed, 11 houses razed in fresh attacks as guests flee Plateau mass burial

  Fulani herdsmen killings in Plateau The mass burial of victims killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in several communities in Bassa Local Government of Plateau State was on Tuesday disrupted by a fresh attack which left 25 persons dead. Those to be given mass burial today were murdered between Thursday, March 8, 2018 when President Muhammadu Buhari paid an official visit to the beleaguered state, and Sunday, March 11. During the latest attack which took place by 7:00pm on…

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Herdsmen, farmers clashes can cause national war, Myetti Allah chairman, Umahi

                Herdsman with A-K 47 herding his cattle National Chairman of Myetti Allah, Alhaji Bello Bodejo,and Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Tuesday said the attendant killings of innocent Nigerians occasioned by herdsmen/farmers clashes have the capacity of causing national war,if not properly addressed. The duo explained that the matter needed cautious and diligent attention in handling the herdsmen/farmers clashes. They spoke at Government House, Abakaliki during enlarged security meeting over the recent herdsmen/villagers clash in Enyanwu Igwe…

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President Trump drops his Secretary of State, Tillerson

 US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson,  has been sackedy President Donald Trump. Reports said  that Mr. Tillerson was informed of his sack  while meeting with Nigeria`s President Mohammadu Buhari in Abuja. White House sources were quoted as saying that difference of opinion was the reason for the sack. Tillerson was immediately replaced with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr Trump said the new State Secretary would do “a fantastic…

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