The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that African carriers are expected to post a loss of $638 million in 2022, narrowing to a loss of $213 million in 2023 and projected that passenger demand growth of 27.4 per cent is expected to outpace capacity growth of 21.9 per cent. IATA also stated that […]
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Analysts yesterday threw their weight behind the latest decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to limit cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate organisations following the currency redesign programme. This was just as the Senate disclosed that it would on Friday screen the two CBN Deputy Governors who have been nominated for second term, […]
The United Kingdom government has declared that it has no preferred presidential candidate amongst those contesting to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s election. Speaking with journalists, yesterday, in Abuja after a closed door meeting with members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC led by Senator Abdulahi Adamu, the British High […]
International non-governmental organizations in Nigeria have denied reports that some of its members were being involved in terrorism financing. The body of NGOs complained of violent attacks on its workers. The director, Nigeria INGO forum Camilla Corradin made the remarks in Abuja during the NIF documentary premiere: “Making a Difference: INGOs Response in North-East Nigeria”. […]
Seized vehicles worth several billions of naira are currently rotting away at various Customs commands across the country, LEADERSHIP can report. The vehicles which were seized from smugglers are idling as the electronic auction (e-auction) platform of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has become inefficient and failed public test. The rotting vehicles can be found […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria to work with Guinea Bissau and other countries to sustain and strengthen democracy and good governance in the sub-region and the entire African continent. President Buhari gave the assurance in the course of a one-day State Visit to the embattled West African country, to give words […]
One of Nigeria’s wealthiest families, Sayyu Dantata, funded the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) purchase of oil blocks from Chevron Corporation, offering an insight into how the firm could back its ambitious expansion plans, a Bloomberg report said yesterday. A subsidiary of MRS Holdings Ltd provided the NNPC $300 million to buy two shallow-water […]
D’banj was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. Dbanj’s lawyer, Maryam El-Yakub Musa, has described the charges against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) as unestablished. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the musician was […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, said it intercepted 85,300 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol in Ogun State. Speaking to journalists in Lagos, the acting Customs Area Controller (CAC), Hussein Ejibunu, said the product was intercepted by officers on the verge of being smuggled out of the country. According […]
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) underpins the rights women and girls have to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. However, women and girls, especially in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings (FCV) and persons with disabilities do not have the freedom to make decisions about their bodies and face poor access […]
Three security chiefs in Nigeria were convicted of contempt of court in November 2022 after failing to comply with various court orders. This is the first time that officials at this level have been held to account in this way. The Electronic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman, the inspector general of police and the chief […]
Mr John-Peter Amewu (2nd Right) at the commissioning of the Afienya Road Over Bridge The investment made in the railway sector by the government in five years surpasses the collective investments made in the past sixteen years. The Minister for Railway Development, Mr John-Peter Amewu said this when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo commissioned the […]
Foya — Mr. Alexander Shiakeh, the Value-Chain and Agribusiness Specialist of the Smallholder Agriculture Transformation and Agribusiness Revitalization Project (STAR-P) at the Program Management Unit (PMU) of the Ministry of Agriculture has verified the matching grant utilization for at least twenty-two smallholder farmer groups and agribusinesses in the country. The smallholder farmer groups and agribusinesses […]
Monrovia — Investigation conducted by Maxonlinenews has discovered that officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) have portrayed a what appeared to be a lackadaisical approach in caring for a June 1, 2008, historical monument erected at the SKD. The monument was erected in the compound of the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex […]
Monrovia — Ruth Coker Collins has always been in denial. Even when motorists plying the busy ELWA-Robertsfield highway complained about the dilapidated conditions of the road, the Minister of Public Works had an answer. Appearing on a local radio talk-show in August, Minister Collins attributed the slow pace of the project to Climate Change, characterized […]
Monrovia — It is two years since Sylvester Saye Lama lost his wife Gifty, the breadwinner of his family, under unusual circumstances. Gifty was one of four government auditors, tasked with uncovering government corruption, that were found dead in the space of weeks. Their deaths shocked the country, scared anti-corruption activists into silence, and raised […]
Monrovia — United States Ambassador to Liberia Michael McCarthy has called on the Liberian government to render more support to anti-graft institutions to strengthen the fight against corruption. “I call on Liberia’s legislative and executive branches to work together to ensure that Liberia’s budgets, which have the force of law, are honored, and that Liberia’s […]
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Liberia, A Nation Without Leadership
I seldom post about the situation in Liberia because it is gloomy, if you dwell in Liberian politics for a long time, you may die of heart attack. The plight of our people is worrisome, you feel so helpless because there’s little or nothing an individual may do to alleviate the burden on our struggling […]