A heavy rain that fell on Friday night and Saturday morning has left hundreds of homes and roads flooded in Nigeria’s affluent neighbourhoods of Ajah, Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island areas of Lagos State. Lekki Phase I, all the way down to Lekki Free Trade Zone, and Ajah were severely affected
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Down pour in lagos causes serious flood in lekki phase 1
Over 35 migrants feared drowned off Libya coast
Thirty-five migrants, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable boat sank on Saturday off the Libyan coast, the coastguard said. Eighty-five migrants, including 18 women, were rescued with the help of fishermen who alerted the coastguard, said Issa al-Zarrouk, a coastguard official in Garabulli, 60 kilometres (40 miles) east
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
FRSC to standardize driving schools
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it will standardize operations of driving schools through the introduction of Driving School Standardisation Programme (DSSP). Speaking yesterday in Abuja at the national workshop for operators of driving schools in Nigeria, FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi said prior to the introduction of the DSSP,
Kenya Railways delays the launch of Inter-County train service
Kenya Railways has announced that the inter-county train service by Madaraka Express which was scheduled to commence on Saturday, July 1, 2017 has been delay due to handover issues. According to KR Managing Director Atanas Maina, plans have been hampered by the late arrival of some of the operator’s key staff,
Global air freight demand increases 13% as African carriers’ load grew 27.6%
...African carriers' largest year-on-year cargo increase The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), grew 12.7% in May 2017 compared to the year-earlier period. This was up from the 8.7% annual growth recorded in April 2017 and
Kenya receives Sh11.8Bn loan from Japan to extend Mombasa Port area road
The government of Kenya has received a Sh11.8 billion loan from the Japanese Government to fund the construction of the second phase of the Mombasa Port Area Road Development project. According to the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich, the funds will go towards the high priority project, which is expected
Africa to launch single air transport market in 2018: AU official
An African single air transport market will be launched in January 2018 with 40 plus countries expected to be signatories by then. So far 20 African countries out of 55 have subscribed to African single air market. The statement was made by David Kajange, Head of Transport and Tourism Division, Department
Swissport Kenya launches solar-powered cargo facility
Swissport Kenya Limited in partnership with Mettle Solar Ofgen and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has launched a solar-powered cargo facility at (Jombo Keyantta International Airport) JKIA Nairobi. This puts Kenya first in East Africa region and second in the African continent after George Airport in South Africa with an environmentally sustainable facility Speaking during the launch, Swissport