Two major Nigerian aviation unions, Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) And the Nigeria Union Of Pensioners (NUP), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) branch have reiterated their opposition to the ongoing process of concessioning four major airports in the country, noting that the concession agreements favour only the concessionaires. The
Author: Tola Ojobo
UBER AND GERMAINE AUTO CENTRE ANNOUNCE SERVICE PARTNERSHIP
Uber has announced a strategic relationship with Germaine Auto Centre, a Nigerian based auto service, and maintenance company. According to the agreement, for a stipulated sum, Uber driver-partners operating in Lagos can have their cars maintained and serviced at a world-class auto facility. This relationship between both companies seeks to further
One killed as NURTW members, FRSC, NSCDC operatives clash in Jigawa
An operative of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) shot dead a commercial driver, Hussaini Andaza, and injured a police sergeant working with the Dutse division, in Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa State, on Friday. The incident occurred when members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)
Video Female FRSC Officer Caught on Camera Dragging Moving Car Steering With the Driver, Another Smashes Windscreen
Nigeria Holds National Summit On Truck Transit Parks
Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Transportation will on Tuesday in Abuja hold a national summit on Truck Transit Parks. Organizers of the event said the focus of the summit is to brainstorm on ways to address the infrastructure deficit in the country, provide a short-term resting place for truck drivers on long-distance
Ethiopian Airlines starts flight services to Kaduna, Aug.1
Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it is commencing scheduled flight services thrice a week to Kaduna in North Western Nigeria from August 1, 2017 The airline made the announcement in a statement signed by its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, in Lagos last week. GebreMariam said the airline would operate the
Ogun auto crash kills baby, mother, eight others
Scene of the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu accident AN auto crash on Thursday morning claimed 10 lives along Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, leaving five others critically injured. The accident involved a white Mazda passenger bus travelling from Sango Ota end of Ogun State to Ijebu-Ode and a Mack truck at Ibara area, due to alleged reckless driving
Horrific German Autobahn bus crash and fire claim several deaths
Wreckage continues to smoulder at the crash site in Bavaria - Reuters Monday July 3, 2017. German authorities have confirmed that several people died when a coach went up in flames after it collided with a lorry on a stretch of Autobahn. The two vehicles collided on Monday morning near Muenchberg in Bavaria, southern Germany. There were 48
4 train cars derail in Washington, USA
Portions of an Amtrak passenger train have derailed near a town in Washington state's Pierce County. There appears to be only minor injuries from the waterfront derailment near the town of Steilacoom, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said on Twitter. Four cars of the train, which was carrying around 200 passengers, derailed
Will you fly a commercial airplane without seats?
Budget airline wants to introduce standing room only flights Considering removing the seats from its airplanes. VivaColombia is not the first airline to play around with the idea. So far, regulators have not approved the idea for safety concerns. Colombian budget airline VivaColombia is considering ripping out all the seats from its