All International Airports’ll Become Fully Operational Soon, Says FG       All five international airports in Nigeria will become fully operational to international flights in a couple of weeks, the Federal Government said on Monday. Speaking on behalf of the aviation industry at the COVID-19 Presidential Steering Committee...

Pantami: The Imperative of Fact-Checking In New Media Reportage, by Inyene Ibanga     It is not news that a Daily Independent newspaper story with the headline, “Disquiet As America Places Nigerian Minister On Watch List”, claimed that the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, had been...

Local Airlines Rebound With Traffic Surge       Despite the operational hiccups facing the sector, local airlines have recorded a marginal rebound in business, recording improved passenger patronage across networks. And in response to the uptake, some of the carriers are opening new routes and reactivating old ones...

States’ Cash Cruch: CBN Kicks As Govs Beg FG To Postpone $2.1bn Support Repayment         State governors on Thursday at the monthly meeting of the National Economic Council appealed to the Federal Government to postpone the repayment of the $2.1bn budget support facility to states which...

19 States Lack Automated IGR Collection System – Fed Govt       Only 17 states out of the 36 states of the federation have fully automated their Internally Generated Revenue collection systems, the Federal Government said on Thursday. This implies that 19 states lack automated IGR collection systems. The...

An Agenda for Media Reportage In the Digital Age, by Inyene Ibanga     All critical sectors of the society are experiencing the spectacular impact of digital technology in several different ways. The disruptive power of digital technology is pervasive across every area of human endeavour; it...