Indications have emerged that Arik Air, a Nigerian airline operating domestic, regional and international flight network may have resumed preparations for its bidding for the flag carrier status in line with industry. Industry sources disclosed at the weekend that one of the hurdles before the airline was the condition handed down by the immediate past […]
The most challenging period for domestic airline operators in recent times was early this year when fuel scarcity nearly grounded air transportation and threatened socio-economic activities of the country. But with the improved fuel supply situation, flight cancellations and delays were minimised. However, stakeholders in the aviation industry have continued to express fears that the […]
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied allegation that substantial part of the $1 billion China-Exim Bank loan obtained for the Kano-Lagos rail project was diverted under the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Bashar, had last week, according to the […]
Ghana port has begun direct shipment to Nigerian ports, THISDAY checks have revealed. The move, according to sources, was in furtherance of the West African country’s bid to make its port a hub in the West and Central Africa sub-region. Already, a 10, 000 tonnes vessel have started berthing at the ECM Terminal in Calabar, […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has given all its debtors a seven-day final demand notice to settle their indebtedness on or before Aug. 24. FAAN warned that at the expiration of this notice, the Authority would take all necessary measures to recover these debts in line with a Presidential directive. This is contained […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has disclosed that there are 146 corporate jets in the country of which only 46 were registered in Nigeria while 100 has foreign registration. Director General of NCAA, Captain Muhktar Usman revealed this when he addressed public relations officers of airlines, aviation agencies and other organizations in the industry […]
Olaudah Equiano also known as Gustavus Vassa, was an African slave, who later became an author, whose 1789 autobiography The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, was influential in ending the slave trade in Europe. As a young boy in Nigeria, Equiano was captured with his sister. During his life as a slave, Equiano […]
At the risk of propagating a dodgy cliché, Africa remains one of the last frontiers of travel. Non-air-conditioned travel, that is, i.e. the kind where you risk stubbing your toe occasionally or getting genuinely lost. From gorilla sighting in the Ugandan highlands to skiing -- yes, skiing -- in Morocco, it promises untold travel wonders. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Ministry of Finance to explain how $1.005 billion loan obtained from the Chinese Exim Bank for the construction of a standard gauge rail line linking Lagos to Kano got diverted to other purposes. Speaking on Monday, August 10, at the Presidential Villa after the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Alhaji Mohammed Bashar, made […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has installed a modern signal system that will enable it monitor and control train operations from its Lagos head office, while enhancing the company’s operational efficiency and improve safety on the trains. The corporation, in a statement, said the new system, the Safe Train Control, covers the entire narrow-gauge rail network of […]
