Again, UAE Set To Lift Ban On Transit Flights From Nigeria Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides August 3, 20210 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says it will lift the ban on transit passenger flights from six countries, including Nigeria, with effect from Thursday, August 5, The Cable reports. This comes five months after the ban on Nigeria was put in place over Covid-19 protocols. The National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) announced this on Tuesday, 3 August, via its official Twitter handle. In February, the UAE had banned transit flights with Nigerians on board from its airports due to the rise in Covid-19 cases. Also, authorities in Nigeria and UAE had been engaging in diplomatic discussions over issues relating to the Covid-19 protocol. The UAE authorities had instructed Nigerian travelers at the Lagos and Abuja airports to take another PCR test on arrival in Dubai. But Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, criticized the decision and termed
Revealed: Buhari To ‘Secretly’ Visit United Kingdom For Another Check-up Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle News news Travel Guides July 22, 20210 Baring any last-minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday or Saturday leave Nigeria for the United Kingdom for a four-day programme, SaharaReporters has gathered. According to a presidential source, the trip is being kept secret to avoid rampage or any "embarrassing protest" against the Nigerian President in London. “President Buhari is leaving for the UK tomorrow or Saturday for a 4-day programme. The secret trip has not been announced yet to avoid rampage against him in London. Recall how his last trip attracted protests in London,” the source told SaharaReporters. Buhari and members of his family routinely travel to the UK for medical treatment amidst the insufficient and poorly equipped hospitals in the oil-rich country. In March, the Nigerian leader went to the
JUST IN: Protest Rocks Lagos Airport As Air Peace Delays Flight For Over 12-hour Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Highlighted Lifestyle news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides July 21, 20210 Scores of Nigerians on Thursday night protested the delay of their flight by Air Peace at the Murtala Muhammad Local Airport in Lagos. The passengers lamented that their flight was postponed without prior notice by the airline from 8am till 8pm. This is coming a few days after the Nigerian government said airline operators in the country must refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after a two-hour delay. “On domestic flights, delay beyond one hour, a carrier should provide refreshment, and one telephone call, or one SMS, or one e-mail. They should send you an SMS or email or call you to say, ‘I am sorry, I am delaying for one hour. “Delay for two hours and beyond, the carrier shall
World’s Richest Man, Jeff Bezos Travels To Space In His Own Rocket Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides July 20, 20210 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and three of his crewmates travelled to space aboard a Blue Origin rocket launch vehicle on its first human flight on Tuesday, reported Reuters. The voyage lasted for about 10 minutes and 20 seconds to the edge of space. Bezos, the world’s richest man, took off in New Shephard spacecraft from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One facility, about 20 miles (32 km) outside the town of Van Horn, Texas, and flew around 66.5 miles, or 107 km, above the planet’s surface. New Shepard was designed to move at speed of more than 3,540 kmph to an altitude beyond the Karman line, which is defined as the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and space. It is 62 miles, or 100 kms, above
Blue Origin Set To Launch World Richest Man, Jeff Bezos, Other Passengers To Space On Tuesday Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides July 19, 20210 The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos and three other passengers are set to fly to space aboard Bezos' space company, Blue Origin on Tuesday, July 20. The space jet by New Shepard is expected to take flight at around 9 a.m. ET carrying Bezos, his brother Mark, aviator Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old and the company's first paying customer. It will be the company's first launch with people aboard and the start of a new era for Blue Origin, which is trying to increase its customer base for earth- space flights. Blue Origin isn't the only company looking to capitalize on the suborbital spaceflight market. Earlier this month, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic flew Branson and other passengers to space. Elon Musk's
We Will Defend Philippines If Filipino Soldiers Are Attacked In South China Sea, US Issues China Stern Warning Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle news Travel Guides July 12, 20210 The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to defend the Philippines' armed forces from attack in the South China Sea. According to the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, the US will come to Phillipines aid if attacks were launched against it, as it has a 70-year-old mutual defense treaty with the country. Blinken made the comments on Sunday, July 11, in a statement marking the fifth anniversary of a ruling by an independent arbitration tribunal rejecting China's expansive territorial claims over the waterway, in support of the Philippines. The 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague dismissed China's claims to the South China Sea outright, while making clear that China was infringing on Philippine sovereignty through activities such as
Nigerian Government To Commence Recovery Of N37 Billion Owed By Airlines – Aviation Minister Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides July 9, 20210 The Nigerian Government says it will commence the process of recovering the sum of N37 billion debt owed by aviation and airline companies operating in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the presidential villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The Minister cited companies including Bi-Courtney Limited, which he said owes the sum of N13 billion and has not paid taxes in 13 years. What the Minister said “It is about N37 billion that they are owing, especially, Arik, the culprit. I know they’re owing us about, N14 billion. If you are owing government, you are owing FAAN; the Bi-Courtney is owing about N14 billion as at the last count. It
Tears As Another Millitary Plane Crash Kills 50 killed (Photos) Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Featured Highlighted Lifestyle news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides July 5, 20210 Fifty people have been confirmed dead after a Philippine Air Force plane crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday. It's one of the country’s worst military air disasters in 30 years. The C-130 military plane was reportedly carrying 96 military personnel and crew from Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao to Sulu province when it missed the runway on the island of Jolo and crashed at the nearby Patikul village at 11.30 am local time on Sunday, according to Philippine Armed Forces chief Cirilito Sobejana and media reports. The joint task force at Sulu said in a statement: “Minutes after the crash, troops and civilian volunteers rushed to the site for search and rescue. Per eyewitnesses, several soldiers were seen jumping out of
Again, Buhari Set To Jet Out To London Today Friday, For Medical Check-up Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Highlighted Lifestyle News news Travel Guides June 25, 20210 President Muhammadu Buhari will once again embark on a trip to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021. The trip to London by the President is for a scheduled medical follow-up and he is expected back in the country around the second week of July 2021. This disclosure is contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Abuja. The trip by President Buhari is coming barely 3 months after he returned from the United Kingdom for the same purpose. The Presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, said, “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up. He is due
JUST IN: Tragedy Struck As 17 Soldiers killed In Helicopter Crash In Kenya Don't Miss economy Economy & Business Highlighted Lifestyle News news Tech and Gadgets Travel Guides June 24, 20210 Kenyan authorities have confirmed the death of 17 soldiers in a helicopter crash on Thursday, June 24. The Kenya Air Force Mi 171 E helicopter crashed at around 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) in the county of Kajiado, the military said in a statement. The victims were on a training exercise when the helicopter came down in Kajiado County outside the capital, Nairobi. Six people on board were seriously injured. "This plane came when we were under the hill there. It started making a funny noise, not that of the propeller, it sounded like an ambulance. After 10 seconds it turned and tried to land but it couldn't. I think it hit that hill and after hitting the hill, it suddenly turned and hit