... Airline now fly to Ghana, Togo, Senegal Nigerian flag carrier, Arik, has disclosed that it is now back to flying around 4,000 passengers per day with its fleet of aircraft. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Roy Ilegbodu, the managing director of Arik Air, commended the measures put in place by Asset Management
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Nigeria’s Courier firms to lose N.5bn to electronic circulation of quoted companies’ annual reports, dividend warrants
Courier organizations in Nigeria may soon be losing over N500 million annually when delivery of annual reports, notices of annual general meetings and dividend warrants go fully electronic. Moov Logistics News gathered that for some years now a number of courier companies have been feeding fat on this errand service to stock
US FAA team arrives to audit Nigeria’s aviation sector
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would today begin the re-certification of the Category 1 status of the nation’s aviation sector at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in Lagos. Mr. Sam Adurogboye, the General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, who disclosed this in Lagos yesterday, said the exercise would hold from
How Certification of Lagos Airport Might Reduce Airlines’ Insurance Premium
INTERVIEW - In this interview with ANTHONY AWUNOR of the LEADERSHIP Newspaper, Engineer Saleh Dunoma, the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) explains the readiness of FAAN on Certification of Lagos airport and how important the process is to the aviation industry. Excerpts: Lagos airport is expected to
Nigerias to Use ID Cards for Abuja-Kaduna Train Ticket
Nigeria's Minforter of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has directed that every prospective train passenger must present identity cards before obtaining tickets at ticket sales points. Moov Logistics News gathered that the each passenger on presentation of ID card will be issued a ticket with his or her name boldly written
Arik Air operations now better, stable
Nigeria - The Managing Director of Arik Air, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, on Friday said the operations of the airline had been stabilised following the intervention of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). Briefing journalists in Lagos, Ilegbodu commended the measures put in place by AMCON to revive the airline within the
25 ships discharge petroleum and other products in Lagos
In its latest “Shipping Position’’ released on Friday in Lagos the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) stated that twenty-five ships are discharging petroleum products and other commodities at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports in Lagos. The NPA said that the vessels were discharging buck wheat, general cargo, petrol, containers, bulk maize, empty container,
Why Domestic, International air travels are declining
According to an analysis of top 10 international airports in Africa by ForwardKeys, in the coming five months from August to December 2017, there will be 16 per cent fewer airline seats on domestic routes and 9 per cent fewer seats on international routes to and from Lagos. Domestic and international
How Nigerian Airlines Spend N50bn Yearly Overseas on Aircraft Maintenance
The low value of the naira according to a THISDAY newspaper report has increased the cost of overseas aircraft maintenance to over N50 billion annually, Nigerian airline operators have said. They noted that the cost would have been higher if many of the airlines did not shut down their operations in
Lagos bans meat transportation on motorbikes, air cool vans
LAGOS, NIGERIA - The state government has banned the use of motorbikes popularly known as ‘Okada’ and ‘Air Cool Vans’ for transportation of meat and meat products in all abattoirs and slaughter slabs across the State in order to ensure a well-structured meat transporting system which befits the status of a mega city. Use of motorcycles for commercial transportation