FG Seeks New IATA Code for Osubi Airport
By Zainab Bakare The Federal Government has asked the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to review the three-letter code assigned to Osubi Airport in Delta State. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, made the request in a letter to IATA’s Area Manager for West and Central Africa, Samuel Fatokun, saying the airport’s current […]
TUC: Naira Grossly Undervalued
By Chinedu Echianu The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to take decisive steps to strengthen the naira, arguing that the currency remains grossly undervalued despite its recent relative stability against the US dollar. TUC President, Engr. Festus Osifo, made the call in Abuja at a world press conference, […]
NAMA Seeks 56% Share as AON Calls for Aviation Reform
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has asked the National Assembly to increase its share of Nigeria’s five per cent Ticket Sales Charge from 22 per cent to 56 per cent, as the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) called for a wider overhaul of the aviation funding system. Other stakeholders, including the […]
IHVN Task Journalists to Tackle Nigeria’s Antibiotic Misuse
By Julian Osamoto Health experts have called on Nigerian journalists to intensify public education on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that the misuse of antibiotics is accelerating a silent public health crisis capable of making common infections increasingly difficult and sometimes impossible to treat. The call was made at the opening of a two-day antimicrobial resistance […]