To get the new national carrier off its feet, the Federal Government will be injecting about N3.168billion ($8.8million) as the startup capital for Nigeria Air. The provision, among others, is contained in the Outline Business Case (OBC) recently approved by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) and currently before the Federal Executive Council for approval. […]
Located off the coast of Jonesport, Mistake Island is just a 30-acre island in the state of Maine, US with coordinates – 44°28’29.2″N, 67°32’06.4″W. This island consists of a lighthouse – Moose Peak Light, few houses, and some vegetation. Although it may seem as though the name “Mistake Island”was coined just for no reason or […]
The Lagos State Government says it has identified owners of 39 of 55 vehicles that got burnt in the fuel tanker explosion atop the Otedola Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway last month. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Ladi Lawanson, disclosed this yesterday at an expanded stakeholders' engagement with victims and relatives of those affected […]
The three-day closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for Investigative Maintenance Test earlier slated to begin on July 27, 2018, has been shifted to August 24 the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has announced. The Shutdown, earlier scheduled to last from July 27 to July 30 will now last from August 24 […]
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has directed that the Apapa station be demolished and expanded in order to accommodate the activities at the Apapa seaport. He said this, yesterday, after the inspection of the project in Lagos. Amaechi said the idea is to pull down the existing structures, expand the station towards the […]
To ensure that sanity returns to the Apapa-Oshodi expressway, the Lagos State Government has suspended approval for new tank farms in Apapa area of the city. It also extended the work of the joint task force by one month and issued 30-day ultimatum to tank farms without adequate loading bay. Rising from a closed door […]
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has clarified that the federal government would inject $55 million in 2018 as the upfront grant to finance the startup capital of the new national carrier, saying contrary to report that the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) insisted on zero funding by the government when it issued […]
The Federal Government via the Minister of Aviation announced the official name and branding for what is to be a new airline last week. Tagged Nigeria Air, the minister said the airline will be the new flag carrier for Nigeria with plans to start operations by December of this year and operate 30 aircrafts within […]
Oyo State is known for many ͚firsts͛ in Nigeria and Africa. It is home to the first University in Nigeria, the first skyscraper in Africa (Cocoa House). It also has one of the only two suspended lakes in the world; Oyo State is a must-visit for everyone. These are five alternative things to do when […]
Nigeria is notorious for its horrible maintenance culture. Virtually all amenities built by successive regimes at the federal level - airports, seaports, police and military barracks/bases, roads, railways and what have you - are in deplorable conditions due to our inability to maintain them when due. The story appears to be slightly different when it […]
