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March 15, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace: Sustaining Route Dominance

By Stanley Olisa It is incontrovertible that Nigeria’s aviation industry is laden with humongous challenges, ranging from forex crunch, fuel crisis, inadequate technical manpower, statutory bottlenecks, etc, making it tough for airlines to stay afloat and sustain themselves. These factors,...

November 21, 2022 No Responses

PREMIUM TIMES Editor-in-Chief, Musikilu Mojeed, To Unveil Book On Obasanjo’s ‘Secret’ Letters

The Editor-in-Chief of PREMIUM TIMES, Musikilu Mojeed, will, on December 1, 2022, release his debut book to the Nigerian public. The book, The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, publis...

July 21, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: COVID-19 Debt Relief Must Consider The Vulnerabilities Of Small States

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General A lethal combination of disease, extreme climate events and economic crises is threatening the smallest and most vulnerable nations of the world. To tackle it, we must overhaul how we understand and ad...

June 15, 2020 No Responses

Edo 2020: The Dilemma Of Edo Central People

By Ehichioya Ezomon, 08033078357 It’s official. Governor Godwin Obaseki will not contest on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020 governorship poll in Edo State. The party has disqualified him from the June 22...

June 9, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: Racism Seeks To Drive Us Apart But There Are Rays Of Hope

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today, I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting in his living room during the Covid-19 lockdown, watching coverage of protests, sparked by the death of George Floyd ...

June 3, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: Hidden Pandemic Of Domestic Violence Alongside COVID-19

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General — Waking up to screams, thuds, angry shouting and the sickening sound of someone crashing into a wall, a table, a door. This is the cruel reality of many children and young people across...

May 21, 2020 No Responses

Opinion: Dealing With Deadly Concoction Of Disease And Disaster

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Today in India and Bangladesh, millions of people are hunkered down in shelters, many with masks on their faces – a chilling reminder of the COVID-19 outbreak that still grips the densely populated c...

May 5, 2020 No Responses

Tribute To Willie Anumudu

By Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba I first met Willie, whom we fondly called Pa Willie, through my late friend Dr. Ime Umana ( Imesco) in the mid 1980,s. He and Ime were partners in a new BMW franchise with offices in...

April 28, 2020 No Responses

The Paramount Salesman of A Generation Takes A Farewell Bow – Remembering Willy Anumudu

By Pat Utomi The news came like a bolt from a stormy Sky. Brother Willy had made his last Sale. But it was...

March 25, 2019 No Responses

Emefiele And Financial Inclusion In Nigeria

Andrew Idakwo -- In developing countries, there is a consistent challenge of ensuring that more and more persons, especially those in the rural areas and the poor, have access to financial services. Therefore, the term ‘financial inclusion’ is a const...

March 15, 2019 No Responses

Making CBN’s Policy Rescue Of Textile Industry Work

Nigeria’s moribund textile industry has received a boost in a Central Bank of Nigeria policy measure, restricting the sale of foreign exchange to importers of textiles and other clothing materials in the country. Announced recently, the directive takes immed...

August 11, 2015 No Responses

FAAN canvasses quality aviation fuel

THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) has enjoined aviation agencies to initiate quality control mechanism to strengthen and make Jet A1, the fuel used by aircraft safer. Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, an engineer, stated this du...

August 11, 2015 No Responses

Etisalat tackles NCC in court over alleged undue advantage to MTN

COME September 25, 2015, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos will hear a suit filed by mobile telecommunications giant, Etisalat Nigeria against the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over alleged unhealthy competition and undue ...