By Lydia-Claire Halliday The African aviation market has been underserved for a long time. Before 2020, only 9% of Africa’s air traffic was between African countries, the rest being intercontinental. And today, globally, the region accounts for less than 2% of total air traffic despite being home to around 17% of the world’s population. Africa urgently…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved an equity investment of $20 million in Evolution Fund III, a pan-African clean and sustainable energy private equity fund that is mobilising about $400 million into renewable energy and resource-efficiency assets across sub-Saharan Africa over a 10-year period. Inspired Evolution Investment Management is…
The Federal Road Safety Commission has on Friday approved the promotion of one Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM), and 7 Corps Commanders (CC) to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM). This was contained in a statement made available to Vanguard late Friday evening in Abuja by the…
Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reiterated his administration’s commitment to expanding the state’s current level of partnership with the military. Adeleke stated this on Thursday at the unveiling of the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. The governor, who said his administration, has a security…
Burna Boy has blamed the organisers of ‘Love, Damini Concert’ for his late performance at the show in Lagos. The music star has been on the receiving end of a heated social media backlash for insulting fans at his concert. Burna Boy was to perform on Sunday night but didn’t show up until 4 am on Monday. This…
● Court adjourns hearing to January 11, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has filed a notice of preliminary objection challenging the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to entertain the suit by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume on his alleged illegal removal as non-executive chairman of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The notice…
Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) on Thursday held a successful 32nd Annual General Meeting at Dele Oye Hall of Abuja International Trade and Convention Centre in the Federal Capital Territory. All resolutions proposed at the AGM were approved by the Executive Council members including the nomination of Dr Elachi Agada as the new…
President Maada Bio has ordered the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to change the voting system as he struggles to shake off the effects of a popular uprising and seek re-election in June 2023. Under the proposed system, voters will no longer elect their representatives directly. Instead, they will use a proportional representation system…
Lagos, Thursday, November 24, 2022: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on the Federal Government to demonstrate a commitment to transparent and accountable governance by ensuring that all Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are provided with resources in the 2023 National Budget for the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. In…
The Editor-in-Chief of PREMIUM TIMES, Musikilu Mojeed, will, on 1 December, 2022, release his debut book to the Nigerian public. The book, The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, published by PREMIUM TIMES Books, will be unveiled at a ceremony in Abuja, after which it will be available in bookshops….
