UAE issues conditions under which Emirates Airlines will resume Nigerian operations

NIGERIA has been given conditions under which Emirates Airlines will resume flights to the country from United Arab Emirates (UAE) as both countries inch towards ending the flight ban which was imposed on March 17.

 

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10 private conglomerates that need to be formed in Nigeria if we are to end our perpetual import dependency and start producing what we consume as well as start exporting

Ayo Akinfe

[1] The Fulani Cattle Company
This subject needs no further introduction. We need all the wealthy Fulani livestock owners to pool their resources together to form a massive company that will operate ranches, dairy companies, leather tanneries, abattoirs and animal feed compounders. It should turn Nigeria into a major exporter of milk, beef, animal; feed compounds and leather goods like bags, shoes, belts, wallets, etc

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Only five of Nigeria's 23 airlines have top International Air Transportation Association certification

ONLY five of Nigeria’s 23 airlines have completed and passed the global safety certification of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) that qualifies them to be among the world's best aviation operators.

 

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Police minister objects to provisions in new bills which seeks to whittle down presidential control

NIGERIA'S minister of police affairs Muhammad Dingyadi  has objected to plans by the National Assembly to whittle down the powers of the president in its new proposed Police Service Commission (PSC) amendment bill.

 

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New survey reveals that as many as 300,000 Nigerians have been displaced by herdsmen violence

AS many as 300,000 Nigerians have now been displaced from their homes in four states across the country as a result of the murderous activities of armed Fulani herdsmen according to survey just published by the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution.

 

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University of Aberdeen agrees to return looted Nigerian bronze artefact within weeks

SCOTLAND'S University of Aberdeen has agreed to return a Benin bronze artefact to Nigeria within weeks more than a century after Britain looted the sculptures and auctioned them to Western museums and collectors.

 

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Nigeria's vaccination plans face derailment after India suspends exports of AstraZeneca vaccine

NIGERIA'S ongoing vaccination plan is facing derailment after India  suspended the exports of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Serum Institute in what is believed to be a response to growing domestic shortages.

 

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We should drag our 36 state governors to court and force them to adhere to the principles of the 2003 Maputo Declaration

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Are you aware that in 2003, President Olusegun Obasanjo signed the Maputo Declaration compelling the federal and 36 state governors to spending 10% of their annual budgets on agricultural projects?

(2) Designed to combat unemployment, guarantee food security and ensure no African nation is wholly dependent on one commodity, the Maputo Declaration was supposed to represent a commitment to economic diversification

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Nigerian senators pass new bill establishing National Agricultural Development Fund

NIGERIAN senators have passed a bill seeking to establish the National Agricultural Development Fund as part of ongoing plans to make capital available to budding entrepreneurs in the food industry and reduce Nigeria's dependence on crude oil.

 

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Oyedepo advises Kwara Muslims to send their kids to schools where the hijab is allowed

WINNERS Chapel founder Bishop David Oyedepo has waded into the ongoing debate about hijab wearing in Kwara State advising Muslim parents to withdraw their children from Christian schools if they are not happy with the guidelines they operate under.

 

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