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The International Air Transport Association, IATA, has revealed that there is a brain drain in Africa concerning qualified pilots. Director General of IATA, WIllie Warsh, explained that while Africa suffered the mass exodus of Pilots, the United States of America and Canada enjoyed brain gain. Walsh noted that the 1500-hour rule has created a situation where highly qualified individuals leave their home region or country for better career prospects in the USA […]

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved N495m for the procurement and installation of luggage scanners at railway stations located in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano states. Minister of State for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye, stated that it was meant to enhance security of lives and property at the railway facilities. Adegoroye noted that such equipment has to be installed at the railway stations, in view of the process of security of lives and property. The Minister added that Federal Executive […]

Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has called for an investigation into the collapse of a seven storey building. A statement issued by the ministry’s Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Mukaila Sanusi, revealed that the unfortunate incident happened while casting was being done. The statement noted that no fatality was recorded and the few who sustained injuries are being treated. It urged members of the public to remain calm and […]

The federal government has warned Nigerians against fake Industrial Trust Fund recruitment advertisements. A statement issued by the Director of the Public Affairs Department, ITF, Suleyol Chagu, dismissed claims of ongoing recruitment in ITF. The statement noted that the viral advertisement on social media is an attempt to defraud some unsuspecting Nigerians.

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has suspended the operations of livestock guards and the state para-military agency saddled with the enforcement of the state open grazing for a period of two weeks. Ortom announced this at the end of the state security council meeting after over 130 persons were gruesomely killed across the state within one week. He noted that the suspension was to show good fate to all those […]