Illegal Gold Mining: Senate Seeks Probe Of $9bn Annual Revenue Loss         The Senate on Wednesday urged the executive arm of government to investigate the alleged annual revenue loss of $9bn to illegal mining and smuggling of gold in Nigeria. The upper chamber urged the Federal Government...

Reps Demand N50bn Airlines Bailout         The House of Representatives has said Nigeria’s aviation sector needs about N50bn to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic while dismissing the N4bn proposed by the Federal Government as grossly inadequate. The House Committee on Aviation, which addressed journalists in...

N5bn Airline Fund Small, Operators Say       Shocks have trailed the Federal Government’s approval of N4 billion intervention fund for airlines as some operators said it is too small to address any challenge facing the airline industry. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika had announced the approval...

Fed Govt Approves N5bn Bailout For Aviation Sector         The Federal Government has said it will soon commence the disbursement of the N5 billion bailout it approved for the operators in the aviation sector. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this on Monday at the opening...