The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Usman Muktar, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday. Muktar stated this while speaking with newsmen during an inspection of the airport’s runway on Monday in Abuja. The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 for six weeks to enable rehabilitation […]
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AIRLINES COMMENCE BOOKINGS AGAINST WEDNESDAY’S REOPENING AS MINISTER CONFIRMS ABUJA RUNWAY 96% READY
All appears set for the reopening of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after six weeks of runway rehabilitation exercise. While workers are busy with finishing touches on the critical infrastructure, local airlines and their foreign counterparts have reopened sales and bookings on the Abuja route. With the cheering development, air travel activities and businesses in and around Abuja […]
Continue reading »LAGOS-IBADAN STANDARD RAIL GAUGE TO BEGIN OPERATION JAN 2019
The Chairman, Board of Nigeria Railway Corporation, Alhaji Usman Abubakar, says construction of Lagos-Ibadan standard rail gauge will be completed in December 2018 and start operation in January 2019. Abubakar said this during his official visit to the Nigeria Railway Corporation Western District, Ibadan on Tuesday. The chairman said the project will not be abandoned this time around as the […]
Continue reading »ABUJA TO TEST RUN LIGHT RAIL SERVICE MID NOVEMBER – MINISTER
The contractor handling the Abuja Rail Mass Transit is expected to complete work on the project by October while the FCT Administration will commence the test run of the Rail Mass Transit by the middle of November 2017, an official has said. The FCT Minister, Muhammad Bello, made this disclosure while receiving a delegation of the Federation of Tourism Associations […]
Continue reading »ABUJA AIRPORT TO BE COMPLETED ON SCHEDULE – OSINBAJO
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday gave the assurance that the rehabilitation work at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja would be completed on schedule. During an inspection of the progress of work at the Airport, Osinbajo said he was happy with the pace and quality of work done, adding that it is already at 80 per cent completion. The […]
Continue reading »A TIRING DRIVE WITH TIRELESS FASHOLA – A MUST READ!
For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
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AMBODE FLAGS OFF EPE-MARINA LAGOON RECLAMATION PROJECT, INSPECTS ROADS, BRIDGES, HOUSING SCHEMES IN EPE, LEKKI, AJAH (PICTURES)
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday embarked on extensive inspection of on-going projects across the State, where he equally flagged off the world class Epe-Marina Lagoon reclamation project aimed at giving a quantum leap to the tourism potentials of the State. Governor Ambode, who was accompanied on the inspection tour by top government functionaries, said the lagoon reclamation […]
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