Nigeria has produced one of its youngest commercial pilots, 18-year-old Mohammed Aminu Sani, who recently earned a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Commercial Multi-Engine Pilot License from Phoenix East Aviation (PEA) in Daytona Beach, Florida. Sani completed the intensive training programme in just 10 months, passing every stage without a single checkride failure, a rare …
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The recent appreciation of the naira is reshaping Nigeria’s economy, reducing costs for importers while cutting earnings for exporters, households receiving remittances, and government revenues. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu took office in May 2023, the naira traded around ₦463/$ under a controlled system run by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In June 2023, …
By Ubong Usoro Recently, there's been a lot of buzz about how people can make money from the condensed water that drips from air conditioning units. On social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), you've probably seen posts declaring, “AC water can change your life.” Some claim you can harvest this water and make millions …
Ubong Usoro When news broke on June 22, 2025, that the United States had launched B-2 Spirit bunker busters in a high-risk strike on Iran’s fortified nuclear sites, the world took notice. For military experts, the real shock wasn’t just the targets. It was how the U.S. deployed its most secretive aircraft, the B‑2 Spirit …
As Nigeria struggles to attract meaningful foreign direct investment (FDI), a Nigerian academic, Dr Nasir—whose recent international study explored how artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT impact investment decisions—says the real threat to growth may lie more in poor governance and inconsistent policy than technology gaps. In an exclusive interview with Nairametrics, Dr Nasir, a finance …
By Ubong Usoro Recently, there's been a lot of buzz about how people can make money from the condensed water that drips from air conditioning units. On social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), you've probably seen posts declaring, “AC water can change your life.” Some claim you can harvest this water and make millions …
Ubong Usoro When news broke on June 22, 2025, that the United States had launched B-2 Spirit bunker busters in a high-risk strike on Iran’s fortified nuclear sites, the world took notice. For military experts, the real shock wasn’t just the targets. It was how the U.S. deployed its most secretive aircraft, the B‑2 Spirit …
As Nigeria struggles to attract meaningful foreign direct investment (FDI), a Nigerian academic, Dr Nasir—whose recent international study explored how artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT impact investment decisions—says the real threat to growth may lie more in poor governance and inconsistent policy than technology gaps. In an exclusive interview with Nairametrics, Dr Nasir, a finance …