Lagos - The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has restructured its operations into seven zones with 106 districts that are being headed by District Managers. The agency hopes the move will give it competitive strength and enable it to key into the new technology trend that is driving global businesses. The newly
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Ivory Coast Says French Cargo Plane Crashed Near Abidjan
People stand on the beach of Port-Bouet in Abidjan as they look at the wreckage of a cargo plane on Oct. 14. Photographer: Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Bloomberg - A French cargo plane with 10 people on board crashed near Ivory Coast’s commercial capital Abidjan on Saturday. The Antonov aircraft carrying cargo
Dunlop expands its Nigerian business
Sumitomo Rubber South Africa(PTY) Limited (SRSA) in partnership with Tyre Express Nigeria Limited has opened a Dunlop Zone store in Victoria Island, Lagos. The opening of the store will help them in the expansion strategy which sees them focusing on key African countries with great growth potential and expanding markets. “In Nigeria,
Coscharis Ford SKD Plant in Lekki Has Produced Over 600 Rangers
Coscharis Ford Assembly Plant, Lagos Nigeria Lagos - The newly built Ford Assembly Plant in Nigeria being managed by Coscharis Motors Plc., has capacity to produce over a hundred units of the sturdy Ranger daily. President/CEO, Coscharis Group, Dr Cosmas Maduka CON, stated this at the official media launch of the facility
Nigeria’s Aero Begins C-check Maintenance at Its Lagos Facility
Aero Contractors aircraft at its C check maintenance facility ... Aero to Save Nigerian Airlines N30b annually ... partners AJ Walters of UK for tooling and spares, South Africa Airways and other international maintenance organizations for Technical issues Nigeria’s oldest airline, Aero Contractors has made history by conducting the first C-check on a Boeing B373. This
Bi-Courtney says FAAN’s operation of GAT halves its revenue
The management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, Lagos, has said that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria’s operation of the General Aviation Terminal is depriving it of over 50 percent of its revenue. The BASL, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr.
The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Will Have Robot Bartenders, an En-Suite Slide
Symphony of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's newest Oasis-class ship, under construction at the STX shipyard in France. The ship is scheduled to be delivered in 2018. Source: Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas will also feature a 10-story slide and new original entertainment. It’s not enough to have the biggest boat—you have to
Lufthansa to Buy Units of Air Berlin for $249 Million
Lufthansa, Germany’s largest airline, said it expected to take over 81 planes from Air Berlin, a low-cost carrier that filed for insolvency this summer. CreditClemens Bilan/European Pressphoto Agency LONDON — The German flag carrier Lufthansa signed an agreement on Thursday to buy sections of Air Berlin, a low-cost carrier that had filed
Kobe Steel Problems May Be More Widespread, Raising Fears on High-Speed Rail
A Shinkansen high-speed train operated by Central Japan Railway in Tokyo, in 2014. Some of its trains contain aluminum parts from Kobe Steel that did not meet industry standards.CreditFranck Robichon/European Pressphoto Agency TOKYO — The chief executive of Kobe Steel warned on Thursday that more quality data about the company’s products
US closes trucking firm tied to smuggling case
...firm's truck was involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Federal safety regulators have shut down a troubled Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas. Pyle Transportation was