Jingjing Hu, a DePaul University School of Music student, was trying to return to Chicago on an American Airlines flight after performing at a music festival in Miami when she was allegedly told her cello was too big for the aircraft, NBC 5 reports. Her husband Jay Tang claims he was assured his wife wouldn’t […]
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday flagged off the expansion of the Orile Tanker Terminal, as part of solutions to the Apapa gridlock. It will now accommodate trucks. Ambode assured that work would be accelerated on the 1000-capacity terminal at Orile-Iganmu area of the state. Ambode, while on an inspection tour of the […]
A total of 1,307 vehicles were involved in road traffic accidents across the country in May, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The Corps said in its report of road traffic accidents for the month which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that cars came […]
British Airways booted 20 passengers off one flights from London City Airport – because the hot weather made the plane too heavy. The airline said the blistering 95 degree heat affected the air pressure, meaning aircraft could not take off unless they shed weight. City airport’s short runway means jets have to take off at […]
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO says 90 per cent of vehicles imported into Africa are old and are dangerous to public health. Ms Priyanka Chandola, the Programme Manager, Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility Programme of CSE disclosed this after a study on used vehicles made available in a statement in Abuja on […]
Volkswagen Group of America is recalling 237,947 model year 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedans, A4 Avants, S4 Avants & S4 Sedans, model year 2007-2008 RS4 Sedans, model year 2004 RS4 Cabriolets, model year 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolets & S4 Cabriolets, model year 2005-2011 A6 Sedans, model year 2006-2011 A6 Avants, and model year 2007-2011 S6 Sedans. The […]
Passengers including hundreds of Nigerians on board Air France operated commercial Aircraft from France to Lagos and Abuja have since Wednesday been stranded at Charles De Gaulle International Airport, Paris. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many of them have to sleep at the airport from Wednesday for a day or two days […]
By Foster Obi The Nigerian Ports Authority would be hosting the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) Africa Regional Conference in Abuja, Nigeria from September 17 – 19, 2018. According to information obtained from the Local Organising Committee, the theme for the conference to be held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, will be “African […]
The Lagos State Government on Thursday sought the intervention of the Federal Government in enforcing the rule that all haulage operators must have designated parks immediately. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan, made the assertion in Lagos on the chaotic traffic situation in the state. Bamigbetan sympathised with the commuters and residents […]
Nigeria’s new national airline will require initial capital of between $150 million and $300 million, and the government is seeking a strategic partner to operate the carrier, the government stated in a document seen by Reuters on Thursday. The West African country’s previous national carrier, Nigeria Airways, was founded in 1958 and wholly owned by […]