The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has said it is targeting 90 percent automation of seaports ports operations by the first quarter of 2021. The Executive Secretary/CEO of NSC, Mr. Hassan Bello, stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the management of Media Trust Limited, the publishers of Daily Trust, Kilimanjaro, Aminiya, and other […]
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Duoye Diri, has disclosed that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is key in the efforts to end Nigeria's dependence on crude oil, stressing that the most enduring wealth of the country is in maritime. Diri stated this yesterday in Lagos, when he paid a courtesy visit […]
Ethiopian Airlines has said it will resume its Abuja and Lagos flights today shortly after the federal government lifted a ban on international flights on Saturday. With the onset of the COVID-19 in Nigeria and the declaration of a lockdown in late March by President Muhammadu Buhari, the airports and borders were shut, except for […]
Ahead of the September 5 date for the resumption of international flights, the federal government has listed Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, Angolan TAG, Air Namibia and Royal Air Maroc, as foreign airlines that are not approved to operate flights into the country. The demand for tickets for foreign trips has, however, surged as […]
Globally, airports are presumed to be the point of contact and spread of the coronavirus pandemic. This is because people who contracted the virus were those who largely travelled by air from one country to another; from one city to another and aircraft was initially seen as potential host of the virus, a presumption that […]
Buffeted by massive revenue drop occasioned by the impact of Covid-19, and other cost-related inflation, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has increased Passenger Service Charge (PSC) for domestic and international flights, as part of overall measures to bolster revenue generation. The PSC increase, which will become effective September 1, 2020, will culminate in […]
Mr Wale Ojo-Lanre, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state on Tourism Development, says the state government has discovered a new tourism site in the area. Ojo-Lanre disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. He stated that the site was […]
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai and his counterpart in Public Accounts Committee, PAC, Hon. Woke Oke Tuesday split over the procedures of probe of the Chinese loans. It will be recalled that Ossai and the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi who took questions during […]
The Federal Government on Monday said airlines would be fined $3,500 per passenger for airlifting passengers without negative COVID-19 test results as it prepared to open international flights. The Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sanni Aliyu, said this at the daily briefing of the PTF on in Abuja. Speaking on the new protocols […]
One of Nigeria's leading airlines, Dana Air said it would introduce additional flights between Abuja and Lagos and resume Lagos to Owerri, Port Harcourt to Abuja with effect from August 28. This is a day to the reopening of the airports for international flights. The airline's Accountable Manager, Obi Mbanuzuo disclosed in a statement that […]
