Tag: Air travel

Tinubu’s Ministers, agencies spend N1.8bn on air travel

Aminu Imam
Tinubu’s Ministers, agencies

Several ministries and agencies under the present administration of President Bola Tinubu, have spent no less than N1.8bn on air tickets, estacodes, and duty tour allowances between July and September 2024. According to data sourced from GovSpend., some of the ministries and agencies include the Federal Ministries of Finance, Police Affairs, Youth Development, Women Affairs, Marine and Blue Economy, Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Others include the Technical Aid Corps, Ministries of Communications and Digital Economy, Petroleum…

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Nigeria, other African nations removed from U.K. Red list

Aminu Imam

Nigeria, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe have been removed from the UK’s red list countries. The UK government is expected to remove all 11 countries from England’s red list, easing travel restrictions The move is being viewed as a sign that the government accepts Omicron can no longer be contained. It also follows anger from African countries, with the UN describing the ban on non-UK residents entering England as “travel apartheid”. The red list was reintroduced recently as a precaution after the emergence…

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