Tag: Onyema
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Onyema gifts Super Falcons 20m after South Africa defeat
Allen Onyema, the President of Air Peace Airline, has compensated the Super Falcons past and present teams with the sum of ₦20 million. This is contained in a statement by Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Wednesday. It said that Onyema presented the cheques to the various teams after…
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US seizes jet of Nigerian billionaire indicted in multi-million dollar fraud
The US federal authorities have seized an aircraft belonging to a Nigerian facing multi-million dollar fraud charges in the country. A report published WSB-TV, detailed how the seizure was made on Tuesday at the Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Georgia. Federal agents were said to have ransacked the aircraft for evidence, while another team searched for…
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US allegation: South-east govs ask Buhari to protect Onyema
Governors of the south-east have expressed support for Allen Onyema, chief executive officer of Air Peace, who was recently indicted for fraud by the US authorities. The United States Department of Justice had accused Onyema of moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through US bank accounts in a scheme involving “false documents” based on…
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Xenophobia intervention: Reps recommend Air Peace boss for national award
From Jonas Ike, Abuja The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to include Chairman of Air Peace Airline Mr. Allen Onyema in the 2020 National Honours Award list for his efforts in evacuating many stranded Nigerians from South Africa. This was sequel to the adoption of a motion by Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas…
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Nigeria @ 58: Stakeholders demand aviation infrastructure upgrade
Stakeholders in the aviation industry on Monday called for upgrade of airport facilities across the country in order to boost the contribution of the sector to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The stakeholders made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos while appraising the performance of the industry…