October 25, 2019

One of the critical jobs in air traffic management, air safety and success of flight operations is that of air traffic controllers (ATCOs).

Why Air Traffic Controllers Need More Training – ATCOs

October 25, 2019 6:21 pm

One of the critical jobs in air traffic management, air safety and success of flight operations is that of air traffic controllers (ATCOs).

ATCOs issue landing and take-off instructions to pilots. They monitor and direct the movement of aircraft on the ground and in the air, using radar, computers, or visual references. They also control all ground traffic at airports, including baggage vehicles and airport workers.

They are indispensable in air transportation, although they are not visible. But they are the personnel behind the safe departure, flight and arrival of every aircraft that lands in the airport, airstrip or …

Ghanaian FA Names New Head After Corruption Scandal

Ghana FA Names New Head After Corruption Scandal

October 25, 2019 5:30 pm

The Ghana Football Association (FA) on Friday named a new president more than a year after a corruption scandal forced a major shake-up of the game in the West African nation.

Kurt Okraku — chief executive of local Premier League club Dreams FC – filled the position left vacant since Kwesi Nyantakyi stepped down after an undercover documentary showed him soliciting kickbacks worth millions of dollars.

Okraku got the nod from the 120 delegates after beating former FA vice president George Afriyie at the second round of voting.

The expose by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas rocked football in Ghana …

In Kogi: PDP Begins Campaign For November 16 Guber Election

In Kogi: PDP Begins Campaign For November 16 Guber Election

October 25, 2019 5:13 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi has urged the electorate in the state to use the Nov. 16 governorship election for good governance.

PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus made the plea at the inauguration of the governorship campaign of the party in Lokoja on Friday.

Secondus called on the people of the state to vote Mr Musa Wada, the governorship candidate of the party.

He said that the issues of non-payment of salary and pensions would become a thing of the past, saying that roads, water, and other infrastructure would also be provided.

The Chairman of the PDP Campaign …

Suspected Jihadists Kidnap Six Teachers In Mali - Security

Suspected Jihadists Kidnap Six Teachers In Mali – Security

October 25, 2019 4:55 pm
Six school teachers were kidnapped Friday by suspected jihadists in central Mali because they spoke French in the classroom, local and security forces said.

More than 900 schools have closed in the country, one of the poorest in the world, with more than two-thirds of them in central regions that since 2012 have witnessed insurrections by separatists, Salafists and jihadists, interlaced with inter-ethnic violence.

“Terrorists kidnapped six teachers from a school in Korientze because they were teaching in French,” a security source told AFP.

Malian officials use the word “terrorist” to describe jihadists.

A municipal council member added that the

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Man City Expect Tottenham To Slow Liverpool EPL Charge

Man City Expect Tottenham To Slow Liverpool EPL Charge

October 25, 2019 4:43 pm
Manchester City has the chance to exert some short-term pressure on runaway Premier League leaders, Liverpool, this weekend as Manchester United look to end their away-day blues.Jurgen Klopp’s side saw their long winning streak ended by a hungry United in a draw at Old Trafford last week but still have a comfortable six-point lead over second-placed City.

Guardiola’s defending champions can cut that gap to just three points, at least temporarily, if they beat Aston Villa at home on Saturday, while Liverpool has a trickier-looking tie against Spurs the following day.

Frank Lampard’s young Chelsea side travel to Burnley on

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Split Loyalty For Klopp Ahead Of Dortmund-Schalke Derby

Split Loyalty For Klopp Ahead Of Dortmund-Schalke Derby

October 25, 2019 4:24 pm

Former Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp admits he has split loyalty for Saturday’s hotly-anticipated Ruhr Derby with both Schalke and arch-rivals Dortmund capable of going top of the Bundesliga.

The current Liverpool boss led Dortmund to back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2011 and 2012, yet is torn over this weekend’s match in Gelsenkirchen with close friend David Wagner now the head coach of the hosts.

“This is the craziest situation in my life,” Klopp admitted recently at an event in Dortmund.

“I am 100 percent black-and-yellow (for Dortmund), but now my best friend is the Schalke coach.

“I still don’t know …

PDP Discards Zoning To Woo Obaseki For Edo Guber Election

PDP Discards Zoning To Woo Obaseki For Edo Guber Election

October 25, 2019 4:14 pm

As part of the efforts to entice the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition party has adopted a no-zoning policy in picking the party’s governorship candidate in the state.

The party has also resolved that the position of the state chairman would not be zoned as well.

A former governor of the state, Mr. Lucky Igbinedion disclosed the no-zoning arrangement to journalists yesterday in Abuja after the Edo State chapter of the PDP met with the national leadership of the party.…

Era Of Reckless Spending Over In Kwara, Says AbdulRazaq

Era Of Reckless Spending Over In Kwara, Says AbdulRazaq

October 25, 2019 4:00 pm

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has declared that the era of reckless spending by public office holders was over in the state.

The governor said this on Friday in Ilorin in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

NAN reports that the governor was reacting to a news report by an Ilorin based newspaper that he bought three bullet-proof vehicles for himself, his and son.

According to Ajakaye, the governor has no reason to feign modesty as alleged in the report.

“His decision to be prudent with …

Corps Member Allegedly Beats Almajiri To Death In Kano

Corps Member Allegedly Beats Almajiri To Death In Kano

October 25, 2019 3:43 pm
A serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) (name withheld) allegedly beat a young almajiri to death at Bebeji village in Bebeji local government area of Kano.

A source from the village Shehu Sulaiman told The Guardian that the incident occurred Thursday at the NYSC lodge in the village when the suspect gathered some almajiris for his usual distribution of charity.

According to the source, “the victim rushed into the corps members’ lodge to collect fruits from the residents who had developed the simple gesture of giving out fruits to children in the area.

“While in haste to

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Huge Protest Ongoing In Algeria Against December Polls

Huge Protest Ongoing In Algeria Against December Polls

October 25, 2019 3:24 pm
In Algeria, people flooded the streets of the capital Friday to demand the overhaul of the political establishment and reject army-backed calls for presidential polls in December.The protest came on the eve of a deadline for presidential candidates to register.

Veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in April under pressure from the street.

Having now entered its ninth month, the mass protest movement “is growing as we near the presidential election,” said Said Salhi of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights.

“There are many people on the streets today” who remain steadfast in their demand for regime change,

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Nigerian Fake Pastors And Ecclesiastical Prostitutes

Nigerian Fake Pastors And Ecclesiastical Prostitutes

October 25, 2019 12:39 pm
The social media space has been trending with a case of five fraudulent Nigerian Pastors have been caught in the abominable, sacrilegious act of deception. They got the services of this woman who is apparently disfigured and they paid her for a service that includes acting out a script which is targeted at reducing the intelligent quotient of the ever gullible members.
It is also a good possibility that many other pastor aside these five above must have contracted the services of this woman in order to get the desired results they seek. This further explains why we have
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Nigerian Jailed For 78 Months In US For Marriage Frauds

Nigerian Jailed For 78 Months In US For Marriage Frauds

October 25, 2019 10:50 am

A Nigerian national resident in Atlanta, Georgia, Olufolajimi Abegunde has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for cyber fraud.

Abegunde, an MBA graduate from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, who also ordered to pay $57,911.62 in restitution to the victims of his offense, a statement by the United States Department of Justice said.

Abegunde, 32, and Javier Luis Ramos-Alonso, 29, were both charged in a criminal organisation in which members “spoofed” emails and created fake profiles on dating websites.

The court said Abegeunde played a key role, along with Ramos-Alonso, in laundering fraud funds from an October …

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