The Aviation Round Table (ART) on Tuesday commended the Federal Government for its recent Executive Order on Ease of Doing Business as it affects airports across the country.
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ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES PLACES ORDER FOR 10 AIRBUS AIRCRAFT
Ethiopian Airlines has placed an order for 10 additional airbus a 350-900 aircraft, the airlines announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading »WHY WE TRAVEL BY ROAD AT NIGHT DESPITE WARNING, INSECURITY, NIGERIANS SPEAK
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, wants luxury bus owners to keep their vehicles always in good condition and not to use them at night, but the high demand by Nigerian commuters for night journeys has left officials of the agency chasing shadows on both points, an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES has revealed.
Continue reading »EX-DANGOTE STAFF ARRAIGNED FOR STEALING TRAILER LOAD OF CEMENT AND TRUCK PARTS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a former staff of Dangote Cement Plc, Sulaiman Musa, for alleged corruption.
Continue reading »POLICE DISMISS TWO TRAFFIC WARDENS FOR EXTORTING N15,000 FROM MOTORIST
The Nigeria Police Force have dismissed two traffic wardens, three weeks after they were found to have extorted N15,000 from a motorist in Abuja.
Continue reading »ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL: FG TO PURCHASE FOUR NEW LOCOMOTIVES
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Tuesday that the ministry would purchase four new locomotives in August to enhance movement of goods and passengers along Abuja-Kaduna rail route.
Continue reading »ALLEGED THEFT OF N11 BILLION PETROL: CAPITAL OIL BOSS IFEANYI UBAH RELEASED
Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, the managing director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited has been released from DSS’s detention.
Continue reading »COUPLE DROWN IN LAKE WHILE HAVING SEX
An amorous couple died after their off road vehicle rolled into a lake while they had sex , say police.
Continue reading »KADUNA-ABUJA EXPRESSWAY: POLICE PARADE ABDUCTORS OF FIVE STUDENTS
Some suspected kidnappers operating on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway have allegedly confessed to abducting a police officer attached to Police Air Wing, identified simply as Munir, a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Continue reading »DANGOTE HANDS OVER DRIVERS TO CUSTOMS FOR CONVEYING CONTRABANDS
The transport section of Dangote Cement Ibese Plant has intercepted one of the company’s trucks loaded with contrabands in Ibadan, and handed the drivers over to the Nigeria Customs Service for proper investigation and possible prosecution.
Continue reading »LASG INAUGURATES COMMITTEE TO DECONGEST TRAFFIC IN CENTRAL LAGOS
The Lagos State Government through the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business Districts has inaugurated a Committee to proffer ways of eliminating the traffic congestion along the Apongbon-Marina axis of Lagos Island.
Continue reading »ABANDONED VEHICLES: LASG ESTABLISH TASKFORCE FOR EVACUATION
The Lagos State Government has established a special taskforce for the removal of abandoned and disused vehicles and tricycles littering the State.
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