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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NIGERIAN AIR FORCE ACQUIRES HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS, OTHER AIRCRAFT
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, in Lagos on Wednesday said it had acquired new platforms and was currently reactivating old aircraft to better combat contemporary security challenges in the country.
Continue reading »CHINA TO ESTABLISH TRANSPORT UNIVERSITY IN NIGERIA – AMAECHI
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, said the ministry is in talks with the government of China to establish a special university for Transportation.
Continue reading »MODULAR REFINERIES: FG WILL CONSIDER CHEMICAL ENGINEERS’ INPUT, SAYS OSINBAJO
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said the Federal Government would be guided by the insight provided by a delegation from the Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers on its Modular Refineries policy in the Niger Delta.
Continue reading »SENATE SUMMONS FASHOLA OVER ABANDONED N120BILLION BODO-BONNY ROAD (PICTURES)
Worried by the abandonment of Bodo-Bonny Road which links the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG in Bonny, Rivers State, in the last 15 years, the Senate, yesterday, mandated its Committee on Works to summon the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, to explain the rationale behind the non- completion of the road.
Continue reading »APAPA, NATION’S ECONOMIC HUB, GRINDS TO A HALT
The roads leading to Apapa, Nigeria’s busiest port city, are in a mess and should be declared a national emergency.
Continue reading »$2.1B ARMS: EX-AIR CHIEF’S SON FORFEITS 20 CARS, HOUSE
Twenty exotic cars have been surrendered to the Federal Government by the son of a former Chief of Air Staff, who is facing trial for $2.1billion arms deal.
Continue reading »FED GOVT TO COMMENCE DESIGN OF LOCAL VEHICLES
The Federal Government in a bid to encourage the patronage of made-in-Nigeria vehicles has said it would soon commence the design of local vehicles that would reduce the preference of Nigerians for foreign brands.
Continue reading »AFTER YEARS OF ABANDONMENT, WORK BEGINS ON OTUOCHA-IBAJI ROAD
Work has finally commenced on the Otuocha-Ibaji Road after years of abandonment by successive governments.
Continue reading »OSINBAJO GIVES AMBODE PERMISSION TO RECONSTRUCT LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ROAD
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has granted permission to the Lagos State Government to embark on a total reconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi.
Continue reading »FG THREATENS TO SHUT LAND BORDERS OVER RICE SMUGGLING
The Federal Government has threatened to shut some land borders if the smuggling of rice continues from neighbouring countries.
Continue reading »AIRPORTS CONCESSION MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE UNTIL 2019 – NUATE
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on Tuesday said the Federal Government’s plan to concession the four major airports in the country might not be feasible until 2019.
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