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It is interesting that 46 years after General Yakubu Jack Gowon was toppled as our military Head of State, Nigeria still retains the hope of the Black Race as the first Black power. No country is richer than us in terms of natural and human resources. No one has the fortune of having two of Africa’s mightiest rivers, the Niger and Benue, traverse through its estate. Sudan may be larger, the Democratic Republic of Congo may have more natural resources, Angola may have more oil deposit, but no country combines the sheer size, the pulsating energy and the riotous recklessness of Nigeria. Now we may even be careless enough to go to war over cattle!
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Typical of many government agencies, allegations of mismanagement and impropriety dogged the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria’s previous management boards until the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari with his wide-reaching anti-corruption reforms. One of the earliest appointments he made was that of Ahmed Kuru as the Chief Executive Officer of AMCON. Almost six years after, and a few months into his second term, Kuru’s proficiency in fiscal management and boots-on-the-ground approach to debt recovery has helped in no little way to stabilise the Nigerian economy, writes Lanre Alfred
Unlike the middling marabou, the miracles of Malam Ahmed Kuru, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), aren’t deceptive in nature rather; each one is an event that creates faith in his abilities as a fiscal guru and turn-around-manager. The AMCON boss is not just an administrative managing director but a seasone
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Tony Momoh’s last wishes for Nigeria
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Tony Momoh roars in support of Restructuring
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That was Saturday Vanguard’s lead story last weekend and when I conducted that interview earlier in the week, I did not know that it would be the last I would hear from the blunt and straight forward Auchi Prince, Tony Momoh.
In adherence to preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, I have reduced my physical interactions. So, I had requested to speak with the former Minister of Information and Culture via the phone rather than having a physical interview session.
How poor funding, wrong equipment, zero maintenance facility populate boneyards
• Experts blame regulators, wrong business models
Nigeria has ranked top among countries with the highest number of unserviceable aircraft in global commercial aviation. x
CH aviation, a Swiss-based firm that specialises in data and information gathering for global aviation operators, estimated that Nigeria, though with smaller industry, now ranks higher than Germany, United Kingdom, Argentina, and Malaysia in the top countries with the highest number of retired airplanes.
Findings by The Guardian showed that the high toll of abandoned or retired aircraft in airports nationwide earned Nigeria the unenviable top spot. This is not unconnected with operators’ penchant for the cheaper middle-range jet engine aircraft type, which often turns out to be a wrong choice, in the long run, coupled with the lack of maintenance facility to support the aircraft and e
Destiny, Eduok, Nkanga and I: A tribute
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By Soni Daniel
I must confess that I just happened to find myself in the middle of two great Akwa Ibom leaders, patriots, pioneers, champions and change-makers, who were also among the finest and most brilliant military pilots who ruled the skies for many decades.
Frankly, I cannot explain what I did that endeared me so much to the two men during the nearly three decades of our union. I still continue to ponder how the two highly-placed leaders considered me worthy to share ideas and visions with them while they were alive and never hesitated to discuss personal matters of interest with me even though we had been separated by time and space for many years and occasionally meet at close range.