The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday inaugurated 14 commercial ferries at the Badore Ferry Terminal, Ajah. The boats, according to a statement, can take up to 40 to 60 passengers at a go and will commute to Ikorodu, Ebute Ero, CMS, Badore and Ikoyi areas of the state. While assuring Lagosians […]
By Foster Obi Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), led by the Managing Director, HadizaBala Usman recently received the Executives of STARZ Marine and Engineering Ltd., led by the MD Greg Ogbeifun on a working visit to the Corporate Headquarters of the NPA, Lagos. In the pix are: Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), […]
As part of its commitment to implement the national aviation roadmap, President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has acquired six new state-of-the-art aircrafts for the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria. Speaking while inspecting the aircraft in Austria, Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika said the new training airplanes are to be delivered within 3 weeks. “In our […]
By Foster Obi In response to the recent increase in the waiting time of vessels calling at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, the Nigerian Ports Authority met with shipping companies and terminal operators and arrived at the following decisions aimed at immediately resolving the congestion in the Lagos Pilotage District. A statement signed by Engr. […]
Hundreds of motorists and commuters were left stranded for several hours on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday. Those affected the most were motorists and commuters travelling from Ibafo to Berger bus stop end of the road following the closure of a section of the road for construction work to resume. It took over four hours […]
By Foster Obi Nigerian carrier, Dana Air has bagged an award as the Most Stable Airline in Nigeria at the 2019 Air Transport Industry Awards held recently at the Prestigious Welcome Centre & Hotels, Lagos and organised by Air Transport Quarterly Magazine. A press statement signed by Kingsley Ezenwa, Media / Communications Manager at Dana […]
Traffic diversion for construction works to continue on the 600- metre ‘Kara’ Bridge section on the Lagos outbound corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Kayode Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineer supervising the project, told NAN on the telephone in Lagos on […]
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Kano sector Commander Zubairu Mato has debunked claims by the State Director VIO, Garba Gaya that 85 per cent vehicle owners in Kano parade fake driver license. Mato responded to the VIO’s claim in a statement to newsmen in Kano over the weekend saying there is no available evidence to […]
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, says it is out to prosecute abusers of sirens and convoys across the federation. Mr Oyeyemi made this disclosure on Wednesday at a news conference on the recently concluded end of the year activities in Abuja. He said the organisation would work with […]
By Foster Obi Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that after careful evaluation and mitigation of the impact of the bush fire earlier reported around the Port Harcourt International Airport and the dissipation of smokes around the airside, the airport has now been re-opened to operations. A statement signed by Henrietta Yakubu, General […]