Learn from Nigeria Airways experience, stakeholders urge FG The Punch
Published 11 July 2021
Stakeholders in the aviation sector have urged the Federal Government to learn from the experience of the defunct Nigeria Airways as it pushes ahead to establish a new national carrier.
The Federal Government, in its updated roadmap status, disclosed its plan to establish a national carrier that would enable Nigeria to gain optimal benefits from Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements.
The status showed that the establishment of the carrier would enable Nigeria to take advantage of the Single African Air Transport Market and also introduce competition.
Nigeria Airways, which was established in 1958, was dissolved in 2003 during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo. After the dissolution of the Airways, debts incurred led to an upfront payment of 25 years to foreign workers.
Today in History
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Today in History
Today is Sunday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2021. There are 173 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 11, 1995, the U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET’-sah) in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
On this date:
In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.
In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)
Todayâs Highlight in History:
On this date:
In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
In 1936, New York Cityâs Triborough Bridge (now officially the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) linking Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx was opened to traffic.
In 1955, the U.S. Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
In 1960, the novel âTo Kill a Mockingbirdâ by Harper Lee was first published by J.B. Lippincott and Co.
In 1966, the game show âThe Newlywed Game,â hosted by Bob Eubanks, premiered on ABC-TV.
Dikko, Kanu: A tale of two covert operations
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Fri Jul 09 2021
Since the repatriation of Nnamdi Kanu, there have been conflicting accounts and speculations on how and from which country he was repatriated. However, the sketchy and largely ambiguous official account suggests his repatriation was through a covert operation.
A similar supposedly clandestine operation in 1984 to kidnap and repatriate Umaru Dikko from London failed due to the gross and inexcusable naivety of the Nigerian authorities then. Dikko was accused of unprecedented misappropriation of public funds when he was Minister of Transport under the previously overthrown civilian administration. He had, however, fled to London to avoid arrest.