Nigeria’s new airline, Arik Air, will formally open the doors of its brand new CRJ900 aircraft to customers tomorrow, signaling a new dawn in the aviation industry. The airline, having successfully completed its comprehensive test flights and fulfilled all the … read more
DELTA State Police Command yesterday nabbed a fake Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) recruitment officer as they also nabbed vandals with caterpillar metres and oil well valves belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited. These revelations were disclosed by the State Commissioner … read more
Worried by cut back in oil production and consequences on gasoline prices, Western nations appear to have opted for negotiated solution to the Niger-Delta crisis, in opposition to ongoing military campaigns in the region. Careful not to generate diplomatic crisis … read more
Federal Government has been advised to avoid releasing the result of the census conducted in 2006 before next year’s election, given the series of complaints that greeted the exercise, which therefore, put its credibility in question. In a statement issued … read more
A Nigerian airliner carrying 104 people, including the man regarded as a spiritual leader of Nigeria’s Sunni Muslims, crashed in a storm Sunday after taking off from the airport in Abuja. Most of those on board were feared dead, but … read more
Barely 72 hours to its commencement of operations, the Mana-ging Director of Arik Air, Mr. Alex van Elk and the Director of Marketing, Mr. Johannes Lampe have resigned their appointments with immediate effect over what sources have described as irreconcilable … read more
Barely 48 hours after a flow station belonging to Shell, Chevron and Texaco was seized by Kula Youths in the Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, another facility belonging to Agip Nigeria Limited has been seized by youths … read more
Police fired tear gas at the residence of Nigerian vice-president Atiku Abubakar and arrested several of his supporters, signalling a new low in his worsening relations with President Olusegun Obasanjo, said a spokesperson on Friday. Garba Shehu, the vice-president’s spokesperson, … read more
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has awarded a multi-million naira contract to “de-rubberise” runways at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, to Vindotco, an international firm. Frequent landings and take-offs of aircraft cause aircraft tyres to peel, resulting in rubber deposits, … read more
MORE than one year after the Bellview aircraft crashed in Lisa village, Ogun State, on October 22, 2005, and killed all 117 passengers and crew on board, Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Prevention Bureau (AIPB) of the Ministry of Aviation is still … read more