Enugu Airport Runway Almost Ready, Will Be In Use By Easter – Sirika

Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has declared that the Enugu International airport runway would be completed and reopened for operations before the celebration of Easter this year. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Aviation Airport Authority (FAAN), Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu stated that Sirika made the disclosure while on an inspection visit to the airport. He noted that because of the strategic importance of the airport to the South-Eastern region, the Federal Government carefully contracted the project to a reputable construction company; Messrs PW Limited and that the contractor…

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Court Orders EFCC To Detain Former Minister Of Justice For 14 Days

*Adoke SAN —————————————————————- Fresh facts have emerged that former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), will spend some more time in detention as Justice A.O. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on Thursday granted the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to keep Minister of Justice in its custody for another 14 days preparatory to his arraignment. Granting the application, the judge stated that the extension of the remand of the respondent for another 14…

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Buhari’s Government Spent ₦55.5billion To Subsidise Petrol In December 2019

*Petrol attendant dispensing fuel to a car at a filling station ———————————————————————————- The Federal Government, under President Muhammadu Buhari through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), spent a staggering ₦55.58 billion to subsidise Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known in Nigeria as petrol, in December 2019. This development was made known to Nigerians by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), the Nigerian petroleum downstream sector regulator in a data obtained yesterday by journalists. PPPRA’s pricing templates for PMS, between December 1 and December 31, 2019, revealed that the Expected…

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Impeachment Of US President Donald Trump To Continue In 2020

Reports emanating from the United States of America have it that lawmakers returned to Washington DC on Friday with the country’s President, Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial looming over the first Senate session of 2020, but congressional leaders are locked in stalemate over how to proceed. As Congress braces for a frenetic January, newly uncovered evidence could bolster Democrats’ demands for testimony from key witnesses with firsthand knowledge of Trump’s Ukraine pressure scheme at the heart of the impeachment scandal. A series of emails published Thursday signal that the order…

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Arsenal On The March Again Under New Manager, Mikel Arteta

*Ozil (left) and Gunners Manager, Arteta ——————————————————————————————— With the return of Mikel Arteta as Arsenal Manager after that better forgotten reign of Unai Emery, the Gunners are up and running again. The question now, and it is one at the forefront of Mikel Arteta’s mind, is over how much further those players can go and at what speed. If there was one pertinent observation from their home win over their bitter rival, Manchester United on Wednesday, aside from the lifting of the murderous mood at the Emirates Stadium, it was…

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