Aviation stakeholders yesterday backed the move by the federal government to concession some airports. However, the stakeholders under the aegis of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ART) cautioned that the process must be done transparently. This came days after the sector unions rejected the move, insisting it was not in the best interest of […]
A rich array of stakeholders in African Tourism and Creative Industry will on Thursday, July 9 converge to deliberate on how best to revive tourism on the continent and how creative and entertainment contents can serve as catalysts for the needed revival after four months of covid-19 pandemic. The new coronavirus pandemic has triggered an […]
Major Nigerian carrier, Arik Air, has announced that it would resume domestic flights on July 8, 2020. The airline said it would resume flight service following the federal government decision to re-open Lagos and Abuja airports for flight operations. The airline said it would be operating three times daily from Lagos to Abuja in the […]
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has said it is almost impossible to achieve physical distancing on flights without hurting the revenue of airlines. He said this during a webinar attended by stakeholders in the aviation sector. The webiner focused on the status of the industry restart. Sirika was responding to a question from […]
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Custom Service on Thursday said it generated the sum of N52.369 billion from the export of local raw materials in the last six months. It also said that imported cargo in the same period stood at N227.347 billion, despite the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic which affected global trade. […]
There is no doubt that the most common mode of transport in international trade is sea transport, this is as a result of the large amount of cargo that is transported on sea. There are more than 2000 seaports around the world, from the ones with a single berth location handling a few hundreds tons […]
Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika last night said as flights resume on Monday, aides of VIP passengers would henceforth be stopped from accessing the terminal. Sirika said airport officials have the right to stop every VIP accessing the terminal with his aides, adding, "The only VIP we cannot stop is Mr. President and he […]
The Nigeria Customs Special Strike force in Zone 'A' has raised a Debit Notes (DN) worth more than N1.104 billion from importers of cargo that pays lesser Customs duties to the federal government in the last six months (January to June). The amount was generated from importers who have paid lesser duties across the six […]
The Federal Government Wednesday night announced July 8 as resumption date for domestic flights. Announcing this on his official twitter handle, Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said domestic operations would resume at the Abuja and Lagos Airports on July 8. He said operations would resume at Kano, Port Harcourt, Owerri and Maiduguri Airports on July […]
Ship owners are turning towards second hand ships in the post-pandemic era, at least for now, turning their backs on new building orders. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Allied Ship broking said that "on the dry bulk side, the relatively good momentum in the SnP market continued for yet another week, with both the […]
