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The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, has cautioned Nigerians against blackmailing successful businessmen and women who are contributing to the economy of Nigeria through job creation.

AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima gave the caution while reacting to a report of blackmail against the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema.

Reports had it that one Austin Ogannanah had alleged that Onyema fraudulently acquired a loan used as his startup capital for Air Peace.

However, Shettima described Ogannanah’s claim as false and cheap blackmail for failing to provide adequate details to back his allegations.

Shettima, in a statement he forwarded to DAILY POST, cautioned Nigerians against falsehood aimed at tarnishing the image of private investors.

The AYCF National President expressed the belief that the Air Peace boss started his business on a legitimate ground, stressing that no bank would give out loans without proper documentation.

He further described the allegations against Onyema as ridiculous.

According to Shettima, the main aim of the blackmailer was to bring down Onyema and his airline.

He said: “The blackmailer used an old news report about alleged financial mismanagement by a former chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Program, Mr. Kingsley Kuku and mixed up facts while trying in vain, to insert the Air Peace CEO’s name in the tirade.

“This blackmailer who is based in the United States is well-known for this dirty game and he is no other than Mr. Austin Ogannanah.

Our independent checks as a CSO has revealed that the Air Peace CEO, Chief Allen Onyema got his startup capital for the business through legitimate bank loans. And no Nigerian bank gives out loans without thorough paperwork. This also means that if Mr. Ogannanah was not out for cheap blackmail, he would have confronted Mr. Onyema with questions on how he got startup capital.

“We have also established that the unsubstantiated claims in the news story targeted at the Air Peace CEO, Chief Allen Onyema was entirely false, as our independent investigations have now confirmed.

“We condemn this cheap and dirty means of extortion through painting innocent compatriots in black by mixing up wrong information and tying it to an individual investor and his investment.

“They said the CEO struggled for money as a startup for Peace Air and gave the year he started the purported struggle as 2015, but admitted elsewhere that the company started operation in 2013. This is quite ridiculous and it exposed the underbelly of the blackmailer and his media associates in this easy money-spinning venture.”

The AYCF National President warned that picking on “big-time investors” could dent the image of investors.

Shettima urged all Nigerians to stand up against such acts of blackmailing indigent investors.

“The AYCF says enough of this band of professional blackmailers picking on big-time investors as targets for fake online media campaigns of intimidation and harassment.

Cjrane2:
Oga,

Take it easy with the misinformation. If you watch the last night video of Njenje media tv, you will realize that this was the old airfield lighting.

The new airfiled lighting for the Category 2 airport being targeted is being manufactured in Germany, and will be ready by October, 2020.

Please, Watch last night's video below;


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDa7lkdpDn4

Jumlek2411:
This list resembles Mbaise list, my brother married from there. We saw and went through hell from our Mbaise inlaw.

Day and night commercial flight operations will on Monday resume in full swing at the rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu, Vanguard can authoritatively report.

The development followed a Notam issued by the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, NAMA Aeronautical Information Service, on Friday September 4, 2020.

Based on the Notam, flights operations from Monday, September 7 was approved from 7:00 am to 7:00pm, expecting that certification of the Airfield lighting would be issued on Sunday, September 6 for night operations to begin on the same Monday.

Subsequently, new Airlines have indicated a preparedness to add Enugu to their flight schedules. The airlines include Ibom Air and United Nigeria Airline, in addition to other airlines that had made Enugu their traditional destinations.

Vanguard, however, gathered that some airlines, precisely those who were used to Enugu routes were yet to schedule Enugu in their operations, but Ibom Air announced that it would be flying from Lagos and Abuja to Enugu on daily basis from September 14.

Corporate Affairs Manager of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Mrs Josephine Abba-Adjara told Vanguard that all were ready for commercial flights taking off and landing at the airport, disclosing that it expected a commercial aircraft on Friday but did not come.

Addressing a press conference, on Friday, Chairman of a technical committee set up the South-East Governors Forum for the rehabilitation of the Airport, Engr. Chris Okoye stated that what was probably withholding commercial airlines operations was their internal preparedness to fully resume commercial flights operations.

Okoye stated that even though some other rehabilitation works were still ongoing in the airport, air and land have made ready for flights operations having completed the rehabilitation of the extended three kilometres runway.
Okoye said: “It was the runway that was promised to be delivered and not the entire projects. The airport was shut because of the runway and not because of the terminal buildings among others; everything should not be ready for flight operations to begin. The runway is probably one of the best runways in Nigeria and by November ICCA will come back to grant license to the airport, to receive world class aircrafts.”

Okoye further disclosed that projects such as the airport gate that was supposed to be part of the international terminal building project were brought into the present rehabilitation works, noting that these other projects cannot restrict flight operations.
“By Sunday, the first phase of the airfield lightning would be completed because it was divided into two phases and the second phase will take up to November to be completed,” Okoye disclosed.

EVILFOREST:
Hmmmm
This guy may naturalize in ITALY and play the WORLD CUP for them ooo

dalass:
She should enter the Guinness book of world record for this feat.

She cradle snatched that one... Nash is much older than that Denise.... America loves craziness and crazy people. That's why it sells with them

Ibime:
The young shall grow. I'm currently in hospital. My son climbed dining table this morning and fell on his head. As we picked him him up, expecting his cry, instead he fell silent and went into seizure and stopped breathing like a boxer about to die in the ring. The fear wey catch me. We gave him CPR and called ambulance. Luckily he caught his wind and regained consciousness after 3 or 4 minutes. After 2 or 3 hours in hospital he was back to his normal self and CT scan cleared him of brain bleed. We will be discharged soon. This made me reflect on the innocents whose lives became punchlines here a few days ago. It is completely unacceptable, and also unacceptable to accuse a father of molesting his children. Nothing scares in life more than losing children, and nothing offends a father more than being accused of being improper with his children, or mocking the death of children.

jidamsel43:
All of then will queue after Tinubu

flyingpig:
See Kalu below with Buhari

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, are the three persons favoured to rule Nigeria when the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari ends in 2023 by North American and Western European intelligence agencies.

The report of the intelligence agencies also revealed that the consideration of the three was based on their strength, reliability, qualification and national acceptance, adding that one out of the three persons will be the next president of Nigeria.

The report further revealed that the trio will slug it out among themselves with consideration of their pedigrees.

Another source from the North American agency disclosed that Dangote’s experience in economy is what Nigeria needs going forward, adding: “Nigeria being the largest country in Africa need stable economy to fight insecurity and insurgency in the Sub-Sahara region.

“However, his non political alignment will be a stumbling block since he must need political structures to prosecute the election.

“His individualistic lifestyle may also pose a big challenge for his nomination. Reports on him is that he is very elitist, has no marital life and unreachable to the masses.”

This attitude of his, according to the source, would most likely work against him.

The report further revealed that majority of Nigerians will express fears over Dangote’s candidature due to the fact that he may have been a beneficiary of the mismanaged sum of $16 billion, being the fund which was initially meant for Nigeria’s power project during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

In 2003, Dangote almost filed for bankruptcy before getting assistance from Obasanjo, who was the then president.

The damaging reports on Dangote is that of allegedly receiving stolen public funds and the relationship between him, Olusegun Obasanjo, Julius Makoju and the $16 billion spent on the defunct National Electric Power Authority.

However, Dangote’s link to the Obasanjo $16 billion electricity fund largely has to do with his engaging of Makoju in the Dangote Industries Limited after his government appointments.

Makoju, who also served as Special Adviser (Electric Power) to President Goodluck Jonathan, was the Special Adviser to the President/Chief Executive, Dangote Group, and retired as the Group Managing Director/CEO of Dangote Cement PLC.

The report also suggested that Kalu, a former two-term Governor of Abia State, and Lawan are better options due to their political exposure.

The Northern American intelligence also made it known that the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu; former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff; and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, have intentions to contest, but lack the requisite capacity to do.

Kalu’s record shows that of an ex-convict, though findings are that his incarceration was political.

The report further noted that former President George Bush of the United States of America and former Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom had in the past resisted several attempts by Obasanjo to arrest Kalu in London.

The former leaders noted that Kalu was absolved from any form of corruption after thorough investigation and also described Kalu’s incarceration as a big mistake.

The Agencies rated Lawan as the “cleanest” candidate with an untainted record in public service, adding that should the zoning arrangement fails, the president of the Senate should top the list.

Otherwise if it goes down to the South East, Kalu will be most preferred as he would bring his business acumen, exposure and political clout to restore the economy, the report said.

WeRblessed:
Can someone book a flight from LA California to Enugu Airport and return from Enugu to LA?

Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi could be reunited at Manchester City, but it won't come cheap.

According to Sport (h/t Marca), the Premier League giants are preparing a five-year, €750 million deal. The reported details are as follows:

"The report says this contract will be split into two periods—three years with City in the Premier League and two years with sister club New York City in MLS. Messi would earn 100 million euros a season before tax at City, with a total contract worth of 750 million euros over five years. The rest of the sum will be the 250 million euro signing bonus to join New York."

What remains in question is what transfer fee, if any, Barcelona will be able to obtain for Messi. The player has a €700 million release clause, though Messi has a stipulation in his contract that he could leave on a free transfer if he announced his intention to do so before May 31.

Messi sent a burofax to announce his departure intentions after that date but argued he did so before the season ended, given that the campaign went on hiatus and resumed in the summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic. His argument, in essence, is that the May 31 date became irrelevant once the season stretched well into the summer, since the date represented the original end of the season.

Messi leaving on a free transfer would be devastating to Barca on a number of levels, while having a €700 million release clause would offer them far more leverage to keep him.

ALL is now set for the reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, after over one year closure to effect repairs and upgrade the facilities to international standard.

The ceremony will hold by 10 am tomorrow and will be witnessed by notable Igbo leaders led the Southeast governors and members of the National Assembly from the zone.

The expanded and extended runway has been completed and wearing a new look. Finishing touches were being put on few things inside the airport building as at the time of filing the report, while the Aviation Minister, Senator Sirika was being expected at the airport for final supervision ahead the reopening ceremony.

The rehabilitation of the effort has been engrossed in controversy with intermittent stoppage of work for lack of fund. However, Igbo leaders led by the South-East governors and National Assembly members from Igbo land never relented. They mounted immense pressures on the Federal Government over the airport, lamenting the negative economic impact of the continued closure of the airport on the zone.

Based on the pressure and subsequent release of funds, the minister had made frequent inspection visits to the airport, just like the Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who had literarily taken the project as his State project, making regular unscheduled inspection visits.

With the reopening of the airport today, air travellers from the Southeast, especially international travellers will have sigh of relief.

The reopening ceremony which will be done by President Muhammadu Buhari will be attended by the Southeast governors, led by their chairman, David Umahi and notable Igbo leaders, including members of the National Assembly from the Southeast and officials of the aviation ministry.

ennyjay72:
Ben chilwell is blue, it's now official

The Federal Government on Monday said airlines would be fined $3,500 per passenger for airlifting passengers without negative COVID-19 test results as it prepares to open international flights.
The coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sanni Aliyu, said this at the daily briefing of the PTF on in Abuja.

Speaking on the new protocols that would start from August 29, the coordinator said passengers coming into the country must present a PCR COVID-19 test result that was within seven days.

Mr Aliyu also said that when a passenger arrived Nigeria and presents a PCR negative result, the passenger was expected to self-isolate for seven days and submit his or her COVID-19 test before reuniting with the community.

Concerns
On the concerns over cases of passengers coming into the country with a negative COVID-19 test result and testing positive in Nigeria, he said that PTF was studying the situation and would take a decision when the need arose.
Mr Aliyu said that health workers would monitor passengers on self-isolation and if any passenger failed to present itself for testing after seven days, the immigration would assist and proper sanctions would be meted to the passenger.