Nigerian carriers, Aero Contractors and Arik Air, have introduced promo fares to help Nigerians who wish to travel to go and vote during the 2019 General Elections. The airlines made the announcement in separate statements issued by their spokespersons on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigerians are set to go
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Oru Leonard The federal government has on Friday February 8, 2019 flagged off the Lagos to Abeokuta axis of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project for free passengers ride. The free train ride programme was disclosed by the The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi Amechi during the flag off in company of
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The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that the Nigerian port system is losing over $20billion in annual revenue due to inefficiency and decayed infrastructure. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Atiku who promised to reverse the trend if voted into power in the
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The Federal Government and a core investor, Ocean & Cargo Terminal Services Limited, on Tuesday, signed a concession agreement for Terminal B of Warri Old Port. This followed the National Council on Privatisation’s approval of the technical and commercial bid of $100.78m submitted by Ocean & Cargo Terminal Services Limited on
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Oru Leonard The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Engr. Freeborn Okhiria has said that the story circulating that there is online ticketing for Abuja - Kaduna rail line is fake news. According to him, there is a website circulating on social media for passengers to purchase tickets online saying it’s
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Several persons have been reported trapped in a train accident that occured around Ashade Ram Market in Agege area of Lagos State. Our source gathered that the accident happened around 7am, with several persons trapped. At the moment, casualty figure remains unknown as rescue team was yet to arrive. More details to come
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Oru Leonard The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it generated over N80 million monthly from the Abuja-Kaduna train service in 2018. Engr Freeborn Okhiria, the Managing Director of the corporation disclosed this in Abuja, saying that the figure was higher than the N16 million generated monthly in 2017. The Managing Director however noted
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The United Nations says Nigeria lost an estimated 2.8 billion dollars in revenues in 2018, mainly due to oil-related crimes. This is according to a new ‘Report by the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)’ on Monday in New York. The report,
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The Akwa Ibom Government has renamed Ibom International Airport after Obong Victor Attah, a former civilian governor, who governed the state from 1999 to 2007. Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom made the announcement at a banquet held in Uyo on Sunday to commemorate Attah’s 80th birthday. The News Agency of Nigeria
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-Oru Leonard Oru The Hon. Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of the Lagos end of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Project by the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), on Tuesday, 30 October, 2018. "If I say am impressed with CCECC on the Lagos
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