•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo and Dana aircraft The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has directed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to suspend Dana Air, a day after one of the airline’s planes skidded off the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos runway. The minister also ordered a comprehensive audit of the airline. The audit wil...
•EFCC operatives in front of Abuja residence of ex-Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello yesterday The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has warned members of the public that “it is a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties”. “Section 38(2)(a)(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act makes it an offen...
Barring any last minute change in plans, the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, which has been partially closed to traffic in the last seven weeks, will be re-opened on April 4, 2024. Lagos Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, confirmed the re-opening yesterday, Saturday, March 30 in a statement. Osiyemi said: “Dear Lagos Residents...
•Banks The service disruption caused by Thursday’s cuts to the undersea cable supplying broadband Internet connectivity to Nigeria and countries in the West African sub-region, yesterday, forced many banks and other financial institutions, as well as telecom companies and allied firms to scale down their operations. Customers of the financial ...
•Kyari The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations in two weeks time. Kyari, who appeared before Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the various Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) Projects of the Nigerian Refineries, said over 450...
•A train The Port Harcourt to Aba rail line is billed to commence full operations by the end of this month, March. This was made known by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, who was on an inspection visit to the facility in Port Harcourt yesterday, reports Channels TV. Okhiria […]
•Sanwo-Olu test runs Red Line Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the preparation for the official opening of the 37-kilometer Red Line Rail Project on Thursday, February 29, is complete. Sanwo-Olu made the announcement yesterday during the final test run of the new trains for the project. President Bola Tinubu is slated to...
•Forex Bureau De Change operators have announced shut down of operations in Abuja as a result of unavailability of dollars. This was announced by the association’s Chairman, Abdulahi Dauran, yesterday, reports Daily Trust. The naira closed at an all-time low of N1,482 against the United States dollar on the official window on Tuesday while on ...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to pay contractors the sum of N900 million owed them for supplying Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) to power streetlights before they were stopped. Mr Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of the IPMAN, Enugu Depot Community in charge of Anambra, Ebony and Enugu ...
The Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered buses of the Ogun State Government, tagged: “DapoCNG Bus” yesterday commenced operations along the Mowe-Ibafo- Berger Lagos axis of the state. The buses, according to the state Commissioner for Transportation, Gbenga Dairo, are to operate ahead of the introduction Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along the ax...