Ryanair has dropped a requirement for South African passengers to prove their nationality before travelling by completing a test in Afrikaans, the British budget airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said after the policy caused a backlash among South Africans. The South African government said last week it was taken aback by the low-cost carrier’s decision…
Nigerian soldiers have found one of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram operatives eight years ago in the conflict-torn northeast, the military has said. The April 2014 attack on a girls’ boarding school in the town of Chibok and the mass kidnapping that followed sparked international outrage and a global campaign called…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says steps should be taken to address Ankara’s “legitimate” concerns over the NATO bids of Finland and Sweden. According to a statement by Turkey’s Communications Directorate on Wednesday, Erdogan told NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone call that no progress can be achieved without seeing “concrete steps” by both…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar is scheduled to meet with governors of the party. The meeting is aimed at concluding plans on who emerges as Atiku’s running mate ahead of the 2023 elections. A notice of the meeting was made public by the Secretariat of the PDP Governors Forum, signed by…
Alliance Françoise Lagos, in partnership with Trace TV, is set to launch a music concert to celebrate World Music Day on the 19th of June, 2022.The concert is to hold at the Alliance Française Lagos/ Mike Adenuga Centre on 9 Osborne Road, Ikoyi by 2pm.According to the Alliance Française de Lagos Director, Marc Brébant, the…
By Ayo Oluwole Peters Were he not well recognized as a lawyer of repute and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to boot, one would have been forgiven for ascribing a personally signed press statement this week by Mr Ebun Olu Adegboruwa to the theatrical antics of an ignorant and deliberately mischievous mind. In his…
……As Food & Beverage West Africa opens in Lagos Players in the food and beverage sector have called on the governments of African countries to address the increasing costs of manufacturing on the continent.Rising production costs they said will force importers to flood the African market with goods which raw materials are sourced within the…
On Friday, May 27 th , the sold-out Arnheim space, Onireke Jericho Ibadan experienced a root-shakingoriginal experience as Orijin sponsored the first leg of Brymo’s Sing Along Tour that kicked off in thecity with brown roofs with a breath-taking, soul-enriching performance from the iconic Nigeriansinger, songwriter.The 4-hour long music soiree had guests all up in…
A chartered accountant, Omoniyi Osunsanya , the pioneer Managing Director of Unique CFO Limited and a former Finance Director at MediaReach OMD, a member of the Omnicom Group, has emerged the 5th Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Mowe & District Society of Ogun state. Osunsanya and the other Executive Committee…
