Good morning. Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Anxiety Over Recent Aviation Industry’s Near Accidents
- Four Incidents In Barely 2 Months Worrisome-Stakeholder
- Nigeria Airspace Safe, But, Operators Must Up Their Game-NSIB
The incidents of near accidents in the aviation industry in recent times have emerged as a serious source of concern among Nigerians. READ MORE
2. Atiku Calls For Opposition Parties Merger Against APC
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the ex-Vice President, emphasized the need for a robust opposition to prevent Nigeria from sliding into a one-party state. READ MORE
3. Nigerians Borrow N290bn From Banks in Three Months – CBN Report
The country’s economic difficulties have resulted in a heightened debt burden for numerous Nigerians, as indicated by the borrowing of around N290 billion from banks over a three-month span. READ MORE
4. CBN Extends Use Of Old N200, N500, N1000 Notes ‘Indefinitely
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that the old N200, N500, N1,000 naira banknotes will remain a legal tender ‘ad infinitum’. READ MORE
5. Another Aircraft Skidded off Airport Runway
Just 48 hours following the Aero Contractors and Lufthansa Airlines incidents at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, respectively, another aircraft was involved in a runway mishap. READ MORE
6. Strike: TCN Backtracks, Says National Grid Not Shutdown
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has denied an online report attributed to its Head of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike, describing the report as false and totally misleading. READ MORE
7. Palestinians Dig Mass Grave Inside Israeli-Encircled Gaza Hospital
Palestinians trapped inside Gaza’s biggest hospital dug a mass grave on Tuesday to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement and said no plan was in place to evacuate babies despite Israel announcing an offer to send portable incubators. READ MORE
8. Saudi 264: Stakeholders Want To Force Air Piece Out Of Saudi Route-Reps
The House of Representatives has begun looking into the immediate and distant circumstances behind the 264 Nigerians who were denied visas upon arriving in Jeddah on Air Peace having their visas revoked. The lawmakers have expressed concern that stakeholders in the sector have attributed the development to aero-politics, stating that it could be a way to force the Nigerian operator out of the route. READ MORE
9. Strike: Anxiety As Electricity, Bank Workers, Others Join Labour
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called for industrial action, and bank and electricity workers have joined them. READ MORE
10. MTN is leaving three African nations
The Pan-African mobile provider MTN Group has revealed that talks over a possible “orderly exit” of its businesses in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, and Liberia are still underway.
As of right now, MTN is present in 19 Middle Eastern and African nations. READ MORE
