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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has trained 20 Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASI) and endorsed Government Safety Inspectors (GSI) on airworthiness course approved by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Mr Sam Adurogboye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Adurogboye said the course was to ensure that airworthiness inspectors develop additional proficiency in the processes and procedures of certificating an applicant for Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) and Air Operators Certificate (AOC). According to him, the course held between May 15 to June 2, covers the five phases of the certification process and the airworthiness Inspector’s role in each phase. “Nigeria is a signatory to the Chicago Convention on ICAO and it is expedient for NCAA to implement the ICAO’s eight critical elements on safety,“he said. Adurogboye said this was part of efforts of the regul...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ejike Christopher and Adamu Jalung have been elected as representatives of Athletes and Technical on the board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBF). The elections, which were held at the Abuja National Stadium on Wednesday, had delegates from various states in attendance. Christopher (South East), who was the only contestant for athletes’ representative, was returned unopposed with 15 states delegates voting for him. The technical representative had two contestants Jalung (North Central) and Victor Owokere (Akwa Ibom). Owokere shortly before the election decided to step down, which made Jalung to scale through into the board. Christopher in his response said he was happy with the elections, adding that everything turned out as planned. “We will try to make some new developments in the sports.’’ Jalung speaking said that he was happy with “this great success’’ and commended the delegates for the confidence reposed on him. The post Christopher, Jalung ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Tuesday that there was need to review the Armed Forces Act, LFN A20, 2004 to bring it in line with what obtains in developed democracies. Dan-Ali, who declared open one-day stakeholders meeting on the “Review of the Act’’ in Abuja, said that the review should take into consideration “our current national peculiarities and contemporary security challenges across the country.’’ The current Act was promulgated by the then military government as a decree in 1993, but become an Act in 1999 on restoration of democracy. He noted that while the laws (of United Kingdom) from which the Nigeria armed forces Act was copied had undergone several reviews reflective of ever-changing status of the world, “ours has remained stagnant.’’ “It is for this reason the change agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari saw that the legal framework regulating the Armed Forces of Nigeria needed to be transformed and strengthened to meet the yea...

http://ift.tt/2rwBWKW US President Donald Trump visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum, commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II, on May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem. / AFP PHOTO / GALI TIBBON US President Donald Trump called on Israelis and Palestinians to make compromises for peace Tuesday as he wrapped up a closely watched visit, but offered no specifics on how he would resolve the decades-old conflict. In a speech toward the end of his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Trump offered a forceful defence of the Jewish state and pledged to protect the country against common enemies, including Iran. But he also touched on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, again vowing he was “personally committed” to helping the two sides reach a deal. After weeks earlier flashing his trademark bravado by saying the “ultimate deal” could be easier than “people have thought,” he seemed to acknowledge the complexities that have bedevilled his ...

http://ift.tt/2rPrYAJ FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Tuesday that the call by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for its personnel to restrict their activities to city suburbs and the highways had negative implications. Mr Shehu Zaki, an Asst. Corps Marshal and Zonal Commanding Officer (Zone 2), of the corps in Lagos and Ogun States, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. “The implication is that even some members of the public who do not know how we operate have started telling some of our officers to leave the roads, in line with the governor’s call. “There are certainly some negative implications to this statement, coming from a state governor and we are mindful of that. “The governor himself has come out categorically to say that the FRSC should leave the roads. “It did not come as a surprise because it was our own concept; we felt that such a policy will help us to serve t...

http://ift.tt/2q9mbVs Juventus' players celebrate after winning the Italian Serie A football match Juventus vs Crotone and the "Scudetto" at the Juventus Stadium in Turin on May 21, 2017. First-half goals from Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala, and a late header from Alex Sandro sealed a 3-0 win over Crotone to hand Juventus a record sixth consecutive Serie A title today. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP First-half goals from Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala, and a late header from Alex Sandro sealed a 3-0 win over Crotone to hand Juventus a record sixth consecutive Serie A title Sunday. Massimiliano Allegri’s men took a one-point lead over Roma into their penultimate game of the league campaign and needing a win to secure the title. Ahead of their final game at Bologna next week, Juve are now four points ahead of their closest challengers. Mandzukic gave the hosts a 12th minute lead when he met Juan Cuadrado’s cross at the back post. Dybala doubled the Turin giants’ ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A lack of foreign currency means petrol pumps are running dry across Burundi, the government has admitted, as the country struggles with a serious two-year-old political crisis. Long queues have been quickly forming in the capital Bujumbura where petrol is only available at some of the fuel stations some of the time. “It’s been a disaster for the last week because we only find one or two stations stocked every other day across the whole capital,” said Hassan, a 35-year-old taxi driver reached by telephone. He said that when a fuel truck delivers, the news spreads like wildfire among desperate motorists, and “hundreds of cars and buses rush over to it, and in a few hours there is not a drop left.” The shortage has triggered a sharp rise in the price of black market petrol which now sells for 7,000 Burundi francs ($4 or 3.70 euros) per litre, more than three times the official rate. The price of taxi rides has increased and many drivers have chosen to leav...