In a stunning show of opulence and disregard for public accountability, the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) is preparing to jet off to Kigali, Rwanda, this Friday for a luxury retreat. This comes just days after the Nigerian Senate raised serious questions over the company’s audited financial accounts. SaharaReporters has…
Aaron Rodgers. Al Bello/Getty Images The future looked bright for Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jet at the start of the season — but now the veteran quarterback is left to wonder if he even has a future at all. Rodgers, 41, and the Jets lost 40-14 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, December…
Billionaire Elon Musk, tapped by US President-elect Donald Trump to slash federal government spending, lashed out at modern fighter jets on Monday, saying that drones were the future of air combat. “Manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed,” said the head of SpaceX, Tesla and…
The House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence recently stirred the hornet’s nest when it asked the Federal Government to purchase two new aircrafts for President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Nigerians went wild with anger when the committee’s recommendation came to the public knowledge. The recommendation was contained in a report…
The Nigerian government has appointed a US-based broker to sell three ageing aircraft in the presidential fleet amidst plans to purchase new ones. A Nigerian paper, The Cable, reported that US-based airline marketer, JetHQ, has been appointed as the broker to sell a Boeing 737 Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), which is the president’s designated aircraft,…
American Airlines Group Inc. agreed to buy 260 short-haul aircraft that include a huge deal for Boeing Co. 737 Max jets, a key endorsement of the planemaker as it works through a crisis of confidence following a near-catastrophic accident in January. The order includes 85 Boeing Max 10 aircraft, 85 A321neo planes from Airbus SE…
