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The Federal government has approved N4 billion as bailout funds for airlines to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on the aviation sector in Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who announced this when he appeared before the Senate committee on aviation Monday, November 2, said an additional N1billion is approved for other business owners in the aviation sector . Sirika appeared before the panel in respect of a public hearing on the repeal and the reenactment of the laws establishing the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Nigerian College of Aviation…

One million persons have so far applied for the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) which was launched in October, President Muhammadu Buhari stated Sunday. Stating this via his verified Twitter handle, Buhari wrote: “Over a million applications have already been received since the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) Portal went live on Oct 12, 2020. This Fund will invest in the innovative ideas, skills and talents of young Nigerians.” The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, had on Thursday, October 15, 2020, flagged off the application for the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF)…

With a day to US Elections, Joe Biden is ahead of Republican candidate, Donald Trump, in battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Sun Belt states of Florida and Arizona, according to a poll of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College. Biden, Democratic Party challenger in the United States presidential election, is in an early lead, polls show ahead of Tuesday’s voting. Biden is ahead of Republican candidate, Donald Trump, in battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Sun Belt states of Florida and Arizona, according to…

At least, nine Americans of Nigerian descent are candidates in the 2020 United States elections. On Tuesday, Americans will head to the polls to elect their choice candidates to pilot the affairs of the country for the next four years. While President Donald Trump of the Republican Party is squaring against Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, his main challenger, there are other candidates contesting for other positions. According to NAN, aside from the presidential election, governorship polls will hold in 11 states and two territories, in addition to other state and local elections. Congressional elections will also hold on…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE). WAEC’s head of national office, Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination. Areghan said 1,338, 348 representing 86.99 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects – with or without English Language and/or Mathematics.He said 1,003, 668 candidates representing 65.24 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. To check the results, candidates were asked to visit the website of WAEC. Earlier, WAEC…

To forestall a more grievous #ENDSARS protest in the country, Obong Victor Attah, former Akwa Ibom governor, has raised a red flag “Let us not wait for people to come out on the streets to press their demand for change. God forbid, if that should happen, there would be no holding back.” The call by the elder statesman came in the wake of people and governments counting losses over #ENDSAR protest that engulfed the country weeks ago. Attah alerted “This would spell the beginning of an end. This is not a threat or blackmail but a prediction borne out of…

Two persons have died as Nigeria records 111 new COVID-19 infections, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday night. NCDC via its Twitter handle said “On the 1st of November 2020, 111 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.” It noted that new infections are reported from eight states- Lagos (49), FCT (30), Rivers (11), Plateau (10), Ogun (4), Kaduna (3), Oyo (3), and Osun (1). According to the health agency, the pandemic has been reported in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “Till date, 62,964 cases have been confirmed, 58,790 cases have been…

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has said the results for Senior Secondary School Examination, SSCE, will be released Monday, November 2. WAEC made the announcement via its Twitter handle, on Sunday. It wrote: “This is to inform candidates that sat West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, 2020, that the results of that exam will be released by @waecnigeria tomorrow, Monday, November 2, 2020 by 10:30am.”                             @waecnigeria This is to inform candidates that sat West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for School Candidates, 2020 that the results of that exam will be released by…

Arsenal won away at Manchester United in the Premier League for the first time in 14 years as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s penalty earned a thoroughly deserved 1-0 win for the Gunners on Sunday. United’s run without a home win in the league stretches to six games as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men sink to 15th in the table. Starved of the chance to counter-attack by the visitors’ disciplined set-up, United were far from the threat that thrashed RB Leipzig 5-0 in the Champions League in midweek. Arsenal have struggled for goals of late, but were gifted the chance to win the game…

By: Our correspondent Kidnapping has become one ATM business in Nigeria and the neighbouring countries are catching on the deal to festoon their financial nest. The kidnappers who are the biggest beneficiaries of the business unwittingly jumped into the moving gunboat of United States of America, thinking it was business as usual. The article of their trade was a 27-year-old American, Philip Walton and it never occurred to them that it was a bad market. Walton, who kept camels, sheep and poultry and grew mangoes near the border with Nigeria, was kidnapped by six men armed with assault rifles who…