By Cosmas Okereafor Nigeria’s aviation sector received another major boost today as a high-powered delegation from Etihad Airways formally announced plans to resume flight operations to Nigeria during a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), in Abuja.The Etihad Airways delegation was led by Capt….
By Cosmas Okereafor Lagos, Nigeria – Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Air Peace, West Africa’s largest airline, have signed an interline agreement that connects the two carriers’ networks, opening 20 destinations across Nigeria, West and Central Africa to Etihad’s guests.Under the agreement, Etihad guests will be able to travel…
From Marcel Duru, Owerri. The Governor of Imo State Senator Hope Uzodimma has said that Africa’s Development has never been held back by a lack of Vision but by stunted velocity.Gov. Hope Uzodimma made this comment While addressing the UK House of Lords in London on Friday, July 3, 2026 as part of receiving the…
By Femi Anamelechi The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, has conveyed his hearty congratulations to the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Ike Oye, ‘Ozonkpu’, on the happy occasion of his 70th birthday.In his goodwill message, Governor Soludo expressed happiness in joining Chief Oye’s family,…
By Christian ABURIME There are moments in the life of a nation when policy stops being a promissory note and becomes a promise kept. Politics ceases to be a barrier and gives way to collective progress. This week has delivered one of those moments for the South East, as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, approved…
By Cosmas Okereafor West Africa’s largest airline and Nigeria’s premier carrier, Air Peace, has successfully concluded the Federal Government of Nigeria’s humanitarian evacuation exercise from South Africa, safely returning the final batch of 308 Nigerians aboard its Boeing 777-200, bringing the total number of citizens evacuated by the airline to 1,393 across five successful missions.The…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced the second batch of its Strategic Refresher Course for 180 Deputy Comptrollers of Customs in Zone ‘A’, extending its nationwide leadership development initiative following the successful conclusion of the first batch held at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada.Declaring the workshop open on…
By Dr Abdullahi Musa. Every safe landing conceals an intricate architecture of technology, engineering precision and human expertise that few passengers ever notice. Modern aviation owes its remarkable safety record not merely to sophisticated aircraft, but to the invisible systems that guide every flight from departure to destination. Those systems are neither accidental nor inexpensive….
From Marcel Duru, Owerri. As one of those who fought the military for the restoration of civilian democratic rule in Nigeria and suffered detention for it, I am pained like millions other Nigerians across the country that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is continuing on his dangerous trajectory of destroying the democracy we struggled for but…
By Christian ABURIME Let us not mince words. Let us not dress this up in the conciliatory language of diplomatic press statements. What Ejike Ofoegbu intentionally did, a self-styled online publisher of ‘Igbo Times Magazine’ and ‘INews’, was not only “irresponsible journalism,” or a “lapse in judgment,” it was a deliberate, calculated, and criminal assault…
