Nigeria’s domestic carrier, Max Air, is expected to initiate refunds to hundreds of booked passengers following the suspension of its operations, which will take effect tomorrow. The suspension followed the Tuesday night incident when its aircraft, a Boeing with registration number 5N-MBD, suffered a tyre burst after landing at the Mallam Amin...
•Port Harcourt Refinery The fanfare that greeted the resumption of activities at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on Tuesday may have melted away leaving the hope and expectations of many Nigerians hanging. A visit by our correspondent to the refinery yesterday revealed that there was no activity on site, as some workers met by our […...
The Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will launch the commercial operations of the Red Line rail today. In a statement today, Sanwo-Olu said the train service will move about 500,000 Lagosians daily on the corridor. He said commercial operations will run from Agbado to Oyingbo, adding that the government will continue to ramp up the [&hell...
The Lagos State Government has assured all that its second rail project, Red Line, will commence commercial operations by October 15. This was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Kolawole Ojelabi, and posted on the agency’s X handle yesterday. The Managing Directo...
A week after Arik Air’s planes were grounded, the federal government has lifted the suspension on the operations of the airlines. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a statement on X. He said the dispute between Atlas Petroleum and Arik Air ...
•Private jets Last week’s suspension of the Permit for Non-commercial Flights (PNCF) of 10 private jet operators by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over flagrant disregard for regulatory compliance has exposed the abuse in the air transport sector. Amid accusations of engagement in illegal, illicit and other unauthorised activitie...
•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 ...
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