Inaugural Air Peace 11-hour non-stop flight to Jamaica leaves Lagos enroute to Montego Bay

NIGERIAN leading airline Air Peace has stepped up its expansion into the international market with the launch of an 11-hour non-stop flight between Lagos and the Jamaican city of Montego Bay this week.

 

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Buhari should have initiated a series of investment agreements between Ecowas and other regional bodies as part of a desperate attempt to attract FDI in this post-Covid era before opening Nigeria’s borders


Ayo Akinfe

Nigeria needs to attract at least $50bn in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021 to avoid total economic collapse. Where on earth we are going to get it from I do not know and I am surprised that nobody is even talking about it at the moment.

Waiting for investors to just come to Nigeria is utopian thinking. We should be the ones aggressively pursuing them, using our control of the Ecowas market as a unique selling point.

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Mikel suffers setback in his recovery ruling him out of tomorrow's cup tie against Spurs

 

FORMER Super Eagles skipper Mikel Obi has lost his battle to regain fitness ahead of tomorrow's Carabao Cup match against English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur and as a result will miss the game.

 

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Nigeria to consult with her West African neighbours before introducing UK travel ban

 

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that any ban imposed on flights to and from the UK in response to the emergence of a new strain of the Covid-19 virus will be done in conjunction with neighbouring West African countries.

 

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Lagos State warns that those who breech Covid-19 protocols over Xmas face one year jail term

 

RESIDENTS of Lagos State who contravene the coronavirus restrictions introduced by the state government face the risk of being sent to jail for a one year period as the authorities clamp down on protocol abuses as a second wave of the pandemic looms.

 

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DSS warns of plans by terrorist groups to launch Christmas bombing campaign across Nigeria

NIGERIA'S Department of State Services (DSS) has warned of a plan by Islamic terrorists to launch a bombing campaign over the Christmas period that will involve the targeting of religious places of worship and recreational centres.

 

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Nafdac says it will begin tracing vaccine manufacturing technology once Covid-19 remedy arrives

 

NIGERIA'S National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) has announced that it leveraging technology to trace vaccines in the hope that it will be able to assist local companies to start manufacturing when the Covid-19 vaccine arrives.

 

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10 things Nigerians need to levy themselves tithes on in 2021 as the government simply lacks the cash to fund them

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Regional security operations like Amotekun and the Eastern Security Network

(2) Mini power distribution plants in each local government area

(3) Local health centres to offer basic primary care

(4) Funding of local producer cooperatives to enable them process farm goods into semi finished products

(5) Urban tram networks in our state capitals and large metropolitan cities

(6) Adult literacy classes to elevate the non-literate in our midst

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Ipob describes South East Governors Forum as cowards for opposing the creation of ESN

 

SECESSIONIST group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) has lashed out at the five governors of the southeast geo-political zone for opposing its plans to create the regional vigilante group the Eastern Security Network (ESN).

 

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Femi Falana reveals that about 70 corpses of those killed in #EndSARS protests remain unclaimed

 

AS many as 70 corpses of persons killed in Lagos during the #EndSARS protests are yet to be claimed by their families according to the interim chairman of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (Ascarb) Femi Falana.

 

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