The return airlift of Nigerian pilgrims from this year's hajj in Saudi Arabia will begin tomorrow. The batch of pilgrims that made the first flight during the airlift to the holy land are also expected to be the first to be conveyed to Nigeria, according to officials.
Two former Directors of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Messrs Samuel M. Gaiya and Musa Garba have petitioned the House of Representatives alleging that their appointments were wrongfully terminated by the Managing Director Dr. Harold Demuren.
Commercial drivers within the Federal Capital Territory have increased their fares due to the worsen fuel situation experienced in filling stations.
In every nation and civilized part of the world, there are different types of conventional road signs for safety obeyed by either traffic or pedestrians. Abiding strictly by these conventional signs does not only save lives but makes vehicles last longer because the whites who colonized African countries did not create any of these signs in a way that would cause damages to vehicles or claim lives ...
There is a fundamental human right that the proposed constitution has left out of the Bill of Rights: The right to emergency treatment. As it is, the number of road accidents is disproportionately high compared to the number of vehicles on our highways, yet the country lacks an elaborate system to respond to emergencies.
When you are stars or celebrities there are many things that come with the status. One is always flying first class anywhere in the world because your status does not synchronize with you sitting in the economy class.
AN attempt by the Swakopmund Municipality to get the coastal town's struggling airport back under its own control failed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.
As an inquiry into the alleged misuse of Chogm funds continue, the Auditor General has issued a new report on roads telling how billions were lost in shoddy road deals.
There is a growing indication that the West Africa region is becoming a piracy zone as rebels from Nigeria's troubled Delta Region seem to be extending their activities outside their country's borders. Not only that, there is also worry that drug cartels and the proliferation of arms have gradually contributed to make the region a danger zone.
The country will take over two months to plug the wheat deficit created after two vessels with 75,000 tonnes were hijacked by pirates early this month, millers said on Friday.
THE prices of available airline tickets for flights to SA during next year's World Cup have spiked in recent weeks as travellers scramble to secure a seat.
Deputy Transport Minister, Jeremy Cronin, has expressed condolences to the family and friends of the 18 people who died in two fatal road crashes.
NIGERIA, which has been hit hardest by collapse in movement of goods around as a result of inefficient transport system, poor road governance, delays, corruption or bribery, etc. will soon say bye to cargo delays, courtesy of USAID/MARKETS.
THE long awaited award of contract for reconstruction of Nkalagu-Ikem-Nsukka F117 Road, has been approved for award by the Federal Executive Council in Abuja.
Imo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it apprehended 1,350 road traffic offenders for committing 1,411 offences this year.
An Indian vehicle manufacturer has launched its brands in the Kenyan market in a move that is bound to intensify competition.
Kenya Ferry Services Limited has requested tenders for the expansion of its Peleleza mooring jetty to accommodate the two 70-metre new ferries.
The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), and the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Unit of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have described the frequent outbursts by the Minister of Works and Urban Development, Dr Hassan Lawal, over poor state of infrastructure nothing short of playing to the gallery.
At least 10 people were killed last night when a bus collided head-on with a truck transporting grapes on the notorious Moloto Road.
Three persons lost their lives yesterday morning, while 10 others sustained serious injuries in a fatal motor accident that occurred at Gada-Biyu village, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
Lagos State Government has been called upon to find a lasting solution to the prevailing traffic jam that has ravaged the Ikorodu Town on a daily basis by constructing the fourth Mainland Bridge that will link the town to other parts of the state.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir was on Wednesday held up in Gulu for nearly seven hours after he survived an incident in which the plane carrying him ruptured a tyre.
Barely two months after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua flagged off the dredging of the River Niger, a major contract scam has hit the multi-billion naira project as some contractors have petitioned the House of Representatives over alleged installation of substandard navigational aids on the river.
The Government may terminate the Sh30 billion project to modernise Songwe Airport in Mbeya should the contractor fail to show progress in six weeks, the minister for Infrastructural Development Dr Shukuru Kawambwa has said.
The Director of Automobiles Peugeot France (APF), in Africa, Asia and the Pacific Mr. Jean-Yves Dossal, says that the company has sold over 270,000 Peugeot Sedan cars throughout Asia and South America since the brand started rolling out of the factory.
