Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said that the first set of 5,000 brand new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative, a brain child of his administration, would be flagged off within the next six months. Mr. Ambode, speaking to students of Harvard Kennedy School of Government, United States
Month: August 2017
Dead Malls Now Best Place for a New Warehouse
.......With wide-open spaces and central locations, dead malls are coming back to life as logistics centres for online shopping facilities The pressure for speedy online package delivery is prompting companies to look for distribution facilities closer to residential areas or highways. Some of the best locations, it turns out, are dead malls.Warehouse
Logistics Solutions Are Becoming High Powered Commerce Platforms
Logistics solutions have long had logic for both improving a shipper’s transportation capabilities and for doing commerce. For example, a transportation management system (TMS) optimises routing but also allows shippers to tender out to carriers in their route guide and then ensure the amount paid to the carriers is accurate. In
Road Traffic Offenders in Lagos to Pay Fine Electronically
Lagos state government is set to test run its electronic central billing system for road traffic offences. The electronic platform will make it possible to generate bills and fines on traffic offences online and deliver such to offenders either at homes or offices, as obtained in some advanced economies. The Lagos state
Nigeria, Minster for Industry,Trade and Investment Charges Government Agencies
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has charged the government agencies to obey Federal Government’s Presidential Executive Orders on ease of doing business. According to him, This will bring about ease in trade facilitation and also boost investor confidence in the country’s trade. The minister, who disclosed this during
Vehicle smuggling booms on back of punitive national auto-policy
Nigeria Ports Authority MD emerges VP of International Association of Ports and Harbours
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mrs. Hadiza Bala Usman has emerged vice-president (Africa Region) of the International Association of Ports and Harbors. It is a global trade association for seaports based in Tokyo Japan and non-governmental organisation which represents the interest of ports across the world. Bala
Nigeria Ports loses more revenue on vehicles import to Cotonou ports
The Ban of Importation Of second-hand cars by the Federal government Of Nigeria through neighbouring countries may remain a mirage, as importers appear to have taken solace in the range of incentives offered by the Port of Cotonou in the Benin Republic. Recently, The Port of Cotonou slashed its transit
Mazda hails more efficient petrol engine
Japanese carmaker Mazda has developed a more efficient petrol engine at a time when the industry is driving toward electric vehicles. It said the compression ignition engine was up to 30% more fuel-efficient than its current engines and plans to sell cars with the new engine from 2019. Last week, Mazda
Dubai Test run world’s first automated flying taxis
....Trial runs of the world's first automated aerial taxis (AAT) are expected to start by the end of this year. According to Gulf News, Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is collaborating with German firm Volocopter, which specializes in manufacturing Autonomous Air Vehicles (AAV), on the AAT project. Over the next five years,