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Aero Contractors Airline, which is under the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, has sacked 60 percent of its workforce. Letters of redundancy were issued to the affected employees during the week. Media Consultant to the airline, Mr Simon Tumba, who confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos, said the workers would be paid their pension and gratuity. Tumba said the airline had been grappling with huge and unrealistic personnel cost as well as other operational challenges worsened by lack of enough aircraft to keep all the workers meaningfully engaged. “The issuance of notification…

Journalist and blogger, Kemi Olunloyo, says she has been charged with cybercrime for her post about Pastor David Ibiyeomie. Olunloyo, who was arrested by the police on Tuesday, said in an Instagram post that she was driven to Port Harcourt and detained in a prison there after the pastor complained that she had defamed him in the post. She confirmed that she had posted a letter from one of Ibiyeomie’s church members, levelling allegations against the pastor. Olunloyo said she was charged along with a Rivers State journalist, who “simply syndicated” her story, adding that she would remain in prison…

Ted Odogwu, Kano The West African Examination Council on Thursday de-registered 12 schools in Kano and Jigawa states for their alleged involvement in examination malpractices during the 2015/2016 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. The branch comptroller of WAEC for Kano/Jigawa zone, Mr. Abayomi Zuberu, who made the disclosure in Kano as part of the activities marking the 65th anniversary of the examination council, noted that the schools were de-registered for two years by the examination body. According to him, 11 of the sanctioned schools were based in Kano, while one is in Jigawa, adding that eight of them were private schools. Also,…

Former Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, has criticised the Nigerian Senate over the rejection of Mr Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Senate had on Wednesday refused to confirm Magu, who appeared at the upper chamber for the second time, over an integrity report from the Department of State Services. But, speaking on a Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily, Ndume faulted the decision, noting that if the senate could refuse to confirm Magu over the failure of an integrity test, then Bukola Saraki who has a case in court should not be…

The Senate has asked the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), to come back on Wednesday in uniform. The lawmakers said as the chief executive of the security outfit, Ali should lead by example. The Customs boss had appeared before the Senate on Thursday, after he failed to show up on Wednesday as initially scheduled. He also came in mufti despite the insistence of the lawmakers that he should appear before it in uniform. His failure to show up had angered the lawmakers, and they compelled him to appear today (Thursday). When asked by Deputy Senate President…

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday turned down an advice by state governors for him to take more rest, saying he would not do so until he addresses all issues affecting Nigerians The President returned to the country on Friday from his 49-day medical vacation. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President spoke while addressing a meeting of the National Economic Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “I will not rest until I address those issues that affect our people.  One of these basic things is the issue…

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Thursday said it would not respond to the rejection of the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission until it receives a formal communication from the Senate on the development.  The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this on his Twitter handle.  “The Presidency will respond to the non-clearance of Magu as EFCC boss, after it receives official communication in writing from the Senate,” Adesina wrote. Our correspondent reported that as of the time of filing this report, the…

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop deceiving the world with his anti-corruption posture. The governor said the former president lacked moral rights to accuse anyone of corruption, challenging him to explain to Nigerians the source of his wealth. He was reacting to comment credited to Obasanjo that African leaders should ensure that treasury looters were exposed and that former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, should stop mentioning his name in the controversial $1.09bn Malabu Oil deal. Fayose, in a press release issued on…

The Chairman, National Caretaker Committee, Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, says the committee will not surrender the party to anybody in an undemocratic manner. Makarfi stated this on Thursday when a delegation of PDP Concerned Grassroots Stakeholders from Borno visited him at the party’s temporary secretariat in Abuja. He assured them that irrespective of the legal outcome of the leadership crisis, PDP’s democratic principles would not be abandoned. “Yes, we are open to a political resolution provided it is genuine, sincere, comprehensive, democratic, and legally watertight. “We are not surrendering the party in an undemocratic manner to anybody, including…

Ramon Oladimeji Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos has withdrawn himself from further presiding over the alleged N4.9bn fraud charge pressed against a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The judge ordered the return of the case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for re-assignment to another judge. He directed Fani-Kayode and his co-defendants to go and await further directive from Justice Auta. Details shortly… Source: Punch News