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TURKISH AIRLINES FIASCO: MINISTER SUSPENDS AIRPORT OFFICIALS, ORDERS INVESTIGATION

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has ordered the suspension of three top officials of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, over the recent incident involving Turkish Airlines at the airport.

The suspended officials, according to him, are the Airport Manager, Terminal Manager and Head of Airport Security, who were ordered to handover to their next in rank pending the conclusion of the investigation.

Recall that on Christmas day, photos surfaced online showing some Nigerian passengers of Turkish Airlines, protesting in a most unexpected way to the loss of their luggage while in transit.

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Petrol To Sell For N85 Per Litre From Jan 1

The Federal government is set to reduce the pump price of petrol to about 85 or 86 naira per litre.

Minister of State for Petroleum , Dr Ibe Kachikwu who disclosed this during a tour of the Port Harcourt refinery on Christmas Day expressed hope that the new price regime may come on stream January next year.

He said efforts were on to get the refinery to achieve 60 percent production capacity and to supply about 11 million liters of petrol daily.

“If you look at the new PPPRA template that we developed and which I just signed off two days ago, when it is announced you will find out that for now ,and I use the emphatic word of the President for now, the price of the refined product will actually be lower than 87 naira, It will be 85. We will probably announce that in January if the prices hold.