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 […]
The Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has asked drivers to fumigate their vehicles daily as part of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Akinsanya also urged transport workers to maintain social distancing in vehicles and place hand washing facilities in motor parks. A […]
The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, has said there are plans to have dedicated routes for inter-state travels with a plan to concession Federal roads. The minister disclosed this when she received the Workstream Sub-Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) in Abuja, a statement said. He also assured on […]
Following protests by the federal government and the organised private sector over the indiscriminate charges slammed on Nigerian-bound cargoes, multinational shipping firm, Maersk Line, has suspended the penalty. In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC), Mr. Hassan Bello, which was signed by the Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria, Lara […]
A fishing boat transporting seven passengers from Makoko community to Offin in Ikorodu capsized on Monday, leaving two of the passengers dead. This was contained in a statement released by Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, the General Manager of Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA). Four passengers were rescued, two passengers died while a passenger is missing from the Ibeshe fishing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
