To prevent incidents of aircraft poaching and runway incursion, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is set to capture the construction of perimetre fences in all airports in the 2019 budget.
Continue reading »Month: February 2018
TRUCK DRIVER DOCKED FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCE IN APAPA
A 21-year-old truck driver, identified as Abuchi Anusionwu was on Tuesday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly committing traffic offence in Apapa.
Continue reading »AIR PEACE DELIVERS FIRST BOEING777 TO NIGERIA (PICTURES)
Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, set a new record at the weekend with the arrival of its newly acquired Boeing B777-200 aircraft, thus becoming the first and only Nigerian airline to procure and register the brand of the airliner in the country.
Continue reading »GROUP BEGS FG TO DESIGNATE SEME APPROVED BORDER FOR VEHICLE IMPORTATION
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has appealed to the Federal Government to designate Seme as the only approved border point to make payment for imported vehicles through the land border.
Continue reading »RECONSTRUCTION, NOT PALLIATIVE, NEEDED TO SAVE PORT ROADS – SIFAX
The General Manager, SIFAX Off Dock Limited, Oliver Omajuwa, has urged the Federal Government as a matter of urgency to fix the road in order to save businesses from the impending shut down due to the deplorable state of the Tin Can–Coconut port access road.
Continue reading »FEC APPROVES $6.7BN FOR IBADAN-KADUNA RAIL PROJECT
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a memo presented by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for the construction of a rail line from Ibadan, Oyo State to Kaduna.
Continue reading »LOCALLY MADE DRONES: PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TASK NAF ON MASS PRODUCTION AND EXPORT
The President made the call during the induction of the Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, ‘TSAIGUMI,’ in Kaduna on Thursday.
Continue reading »FG HANDS OVER APAPA ROAD DESIGN TO DANGOTE, RAISES TRAILER PARK COST TO N9.55BN
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) wednesday said it had completed the design for the reconstruction of a major part of Apapa-Oworonshoki expressway in Lagos meant to be concessioned to Dangote Group and consequently handed it to the company.
Continue reading »LAGOS-IBADAN RAIL WILL COMMENCE OPERATIONS IN JANUARY 2019 –FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that despite the challenges facing the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, the facility would be put to use by January 2019.
Continue reading »MID-AIR FIRE INCIDENT: AIB DETAINS DELTA AIRLINES CREW OVER AIRCRAFT FIRE
Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) said on Wednesday that crew of Delta Airlines Airbus 330–200 that caught fire mid -air after taking off from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos cannot leave the country until they obtain incident statement.
Continue reading »DANGOTE TOURS APAPA WHARF ROAD, URGES WITHDRAWAL OF CUSTOMS, NAVY FROM ROAD
Businessman Alhaji Aliko Dangote on Wednesday visited the Ijora-Apapa Wharf road in Lagos, calling on the Federal Government to withdraw agencies causing the perennial gridlock in Apapa.
Continue reading »TIN CAN PORT ACCESS ROAD PALLIATIVE TO END FEBRUARY – OFFICIAL
An official of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing (FMPWH), Olukorede Keisha, on Sunday said that palliative repair work on the Tin Can Island Port access has started and will be completed at the end of February 2018.
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