Business & Economy

The Director General /CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu has been selected into the Scientific and Academic Advisory Board of the AGRHYMET Regional Center, Regional Climate Center for West Africa and the Sahel (RCC-WAS), a specialized institution of the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS). The selection, which is based on …

The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) and the Nigeria Aviation Fire and Safety Association (NAFSA) have announced a partnership which ensures both bodies collaborate on safety and share ideas on critical issues in the Nigerian aviation Industry. The two professional unions disclosed this yesterday at NAAPE Secretariat in Lagos when NAFSA Executive paid a visit and agreed …

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Quits Aviation Services Limited, Sam Iwuajoku has said setting up a new command of the Nigerian Customs at the Quits Aviation Services Free Trade Zone, FTZ, centre is a move that would cut off all unnecessary red tape that increases process time for importation and exportation of goods. This is just as he decried some …

Announces six other Executive Appointments The Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa Plc, Africa’s Global Bank, has  announced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UBA Africa.  Bawuah will also join the Group Board as an Executive Director, overseeing the Group’s operations across the African continent, outside Nigeria. UBA operates in 19 …

The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Malami Gidado has said that the revenue collection at the end of December 2022, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command raked in the sum of twenty billion, eight hundred and ninety eight million, five hundred and fifty seven thousand eight hundred and eighty naira, eleven kobo (N20,898,557,880.11) only for the period of January to …

Joint Action Committee of Unions of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja) have initiated moves to resist plans geared towards ceding of revenue points including access gates, car parks without proper agreements and have issued a one-week period for their national executives to take a stand on the matter. This is just as the unions consisting …

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has appointed Dr. Agnes Kijazi, as the new Director, Regional Office for Africa (RAF). Before her appointment, she was the Director General of the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) and Permanent Representative (PR) of Tanzania with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Third Vice President of the Word Meteorological Organization (WMO). She has more than …

As reality continues to tighten around the need to build capacity and the financial implications there in, convener of Explore Aviation Careers Conference, Ms Joy Ogbebo has charged airlines, government agencies, well meaning Nigerians to pitch in and help train the next generation of aviation professionals. She made this known today at this year’s annual conference, the 6th in the …

Novel approved Aviation Training Organisation (ATO), Aviatrix Hub Training Institute has graduated its first batch of 13 students, who have completed an intensive six weeks training for Basic and another six weeks for Advanced Flight Dispatch training. This is just as there are plans to graduate a second batch of students in December.The graduating students include: Lydia Olodun, Jude Olayiwola …

Deputy Comptroller of Immigration (DCI), Tony Akuneme has been appointed the new Public Relations Officer of the   Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),. A statement e-signed by Kenneth Kure, a Chief Superintendent of Immigration (CSI)  on behalf  of NIS stated that the Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, made the appointment after  the retirement of the immediate past spokesman of …