The Managing Director of the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, speaks about the potential of the maritime sector and LADOL’S $500m investment in a vessel-fabricating facility expected to generate 50,000 jobs and attract $10bn private sector investment: How has it been running LADOL for eight years? As the Managing Director of LADOL, I have a very broad charge. […]
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Nigerian commander Remi Fadairo points to the roiling plume of black smoke blotting the morning horizon in the Niger Delta – the unmistakable sign of an illicit oil refinery. “Let’s see if we can go eat them for breakfast,” he says with an ominous chuckle. The 44-year-old colonel, a man with broad shoulders wearing his fatigues tucked into gumboots, is […]
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At least 20 children were killed in a bus crash outside the South African capital Pretoria on Friday, emergency services said, as paramedics treated the injured at the scene. The minibus collided with a truck on a road between the towns of Bronkhorstspruit and Verena, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) from Pretoria. “It is confirmed 20 children have been killed,” […]
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A Dana Air aircraft en-route Port Harcourt on Friday morning, made an ‘air return’, some minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport II, Lagos. The aircraft, with registration number 5N-SRI returned after colliding with a bird mid-air. The Communications Manager of the airline, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed the incident in a statement. Ezenwa said the captain took a professional […]
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A 34-year-old driver, Christopher Igbede, who allegedly used his car keys to stab a man to death, was on Thursday brought before an Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court. He was, however, granted bail in the sum of N250,000.00. The accused, who resides in Egan in Igando, a Lagos suburb, is facing murder charge. The Magistrate, Mrs. Bola Folarin-Williams, asked that the plea […]
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Flying cars might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but two prototypes were launched Thursday on the French Riviera, at an event showcasing “supercars” in Monaco. Dutch and Slovak companies unveiled their designs as world premieres in the tiny well-heeled principality, where luxury automakers have gathered until Sunday for the Top Marques showcase event. Bratislava-based Aeromobil, whose first prototype […]
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Two aircraft belonging to Air Peace Limited had a ground collision, on Thursday, while one of them was trying to manoeuvre its way out at the apron wing of the local terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MM2) Ikeja, Lagos. The incident, which occurred barely 48 hours after an Aero Contractors aircraft was engulfed in smoke while attempting to land […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed his determination to mitigate the high level of road carnage which has resulted in loss of 416 lives and 2, 498 injured persons in the last year on Lagos roads as he commissioned the Ojodu computerized Vehicle Inspection Centre. The Centre, one of the 57 to be built in all the Local […]
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…Urges voluntary compliance by motorists The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday urged motorists to voluntarily comply with the relevant traffic laws operating in the State, vowing to deal decisively with violators in accordance with the law. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Olawale Musa, who stated this after meeting with the Zonal Heads and Commanders at the agency’s […]
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has begun investigation into the smoke in an Aero Contractors aircraft enroute Lagos from Port Harcourt. General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development, in Lagos, on Wednesday. Aero Contractors flight NG316 was engulfed in smoke about 20 minutes after take-off, causing panic among the passengers. The situation prompted the […]
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The Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is poised to unlock an unprecedented estimated private sector investment of about $30b in the next few years. The BMW was adopted in order to control and manage ships ballast and sediments. This will help reduce the harmful effects on the marine environment that are spread through aquatic […]
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The Federal Government has set up a steering committee to monitor the construction of the new Lagos-Ibadan rail line and ensure the delivery of quality job by the contractor. The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr. Fidet Okhria, who disclosed this on Tuesday in a telephone interview with our correspondent, also said the construction work had commenced on the standard […]
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