Ethiopian New Airbus A350 Lagos (Thisday) - Ethiopia Airlines has been adjudged as the foreign carrier with the newest fleet of aircraft that operate in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. This was disclosed by travel expert and the organiser of Akwaaba African Travel Market, Ikechi Uko. He noted that the airline
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Train Derails in Lagos
An amateur photograph of the accident scene Lagos - A Nigerian Railways passenger train was reported on Thursday morning, to have derailed, at the Abbatoir area of Agege, on the outskirts of Lagos State. At least three people were said to have died. Several people were seriously injured while many vehicles and other property
Dana Airlifts 2.7m Passengers in Nine Years
Lagos (Thisday) - Dana Air has said it airlifted about 2.7 million passengers in the past nine years since it started scheduled commercial service in Nigeria. The airline which started operation on November 10, 2008 is celebrating its nine years of operation, adding it has consistently rendered good service to its
Coast, Nairobi, Central Take Largest Share of Kenya’s Roads Budget
A rural county road in Kenya Nairobi (Daily Nation) - Top 10 counties with the best access to paved roads were allocated 60 percent of the road budget, while those in the bottom 10 had only 13 percent, a report by the International Budget Partnership has shown. This, the non-governmental organization said,
South African Train Driver Comes Under Attack for Refusing to Jump Red Signal
Train driver comes under attack for refusing to jump red signal. 2017-11-14 14:59. Jenni Evans. Metrorail train. (Duncan Alfreds, News24) Johannesburg (News24) - Angry train passengers rounded on a female train driver who refused to jump a red signal in KwaZulu-Natal on Tuesday morning, the United National Transport Union (UNTU) said on
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New Airport terminals require $500m extra to correct defects
Murtala Mohammed Int'l Airport Lagos Lagos (Daily Trust) - About $500 million (N152.5 billion) extra is required to fix design anomalies in the on-going airport terminal buildings in four locations in Nigeria. The new terminal buildings, conceived by the previous administration, in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt airports, were not sited
Lagos, Port Harcourt Airports Top List of World Worst Airports
Muritala Mohammed Aiport The worst five airports in the world comprised: Juba International Airport, South Sudan (JUB), Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport, Saudi Arabia (JED), Port Harcourt International Airport, Nigeria (PHC), Crete Heraklion International Airport, Greece (HER) and Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Nigeria (LOS) A recent survey
NCAA Alerts Airline Operators On Weather Hazard
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority -NCAA NAN-The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued a weather alert to all airline operators indicating hazards associated with Harmattan dust haze in flight operations at this period of the year. A statement by the NCAA General Manager, Public Relations, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, on Sunday said the
Nigerian Government to inaugurate 10 new coaches, 2 locomotives for Abuja-Kaduna rail
The additional 10 coaches and two locomotives are expected to ease transportation for passengers on that route. Abuja - Nigeria - Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi says the Federal Government of Nigeria will inaugurate 10 new coaches and two locomotives for the Abuja-Kaduna rail service on Dec. 10. The Minster made this announcement while