No fewer than 263 properties have been marked for demolition to pave way for the 37-kilometre Lagos State Rail Mass Transit, known as Red Line project. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who performed the groundbreaking yesterday, said the affected properties are located in Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Mushin, Yaba and Oyingbo. He said the properties
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Green Africa, a start-up value airline, based in Lagos is set to commence flight operations with ATR 72-600 planes. A statement signed by its Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Babawande Afolabi, on Thursday said the airline deferred 50 of its A220-300 planes and will now move ahead with the ATR 72-600. The
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in collaboration with Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and the Bayelsa State Government are set to resuscitate the century-old railway foundry in Lagos. This was revealed when the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, in the company of the Managing Director of NRC, Fidet
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Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has said that Ibom Air, the state-owned airline, will extend its flight operations to the Gambia and other West African countries, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Emmanuel said this when the Gambian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Mohamadou Njie, paid him a courtesy visit
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Jem Jenkins Jones was stuck at home in Wales for much of the past year amid pandemic lockdowns but managed to fulfill a promise to her 10-year-old daughter to see the northern lights from Iceland and South Africa’s game reserves – in virtual reality. “She was amazed,” she said, calling the
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A battery powered by nuclear waste could keep a spaceship or hospital operating for 28,000 years without needing to be recharged or replaced, its developers claim. The radioactive battery is 'completely safe' for humans, according to California-based Nano Diamond Battery (NDB), who say it will 'change the world'. The firm hopes to
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Sokoto State governor, Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was on Friday presented with a made in Nigeria electric car by an indigine of the state, Jelani Aliyu. He said with the inauguration of the maiden Nigeria electric car birthed by Sokoto-born Jelani Aliyu, a cultural revolution is in the offing that would
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Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the HDMI is made up of two categories namely; the value-added concessions (VAC) and the unbundled assets approvals (UAA). The FG had earlier announced the receipt of the certificate of compliance signalling the commencement of the procurement process
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The effects of a breach of a car, or fleet, could be devastating. Auto manufacturers and suppliers have aggressive plans, and a lot of firewalls. In your garage or driveway sits a machine with more lines of code than a modern passenger jet. Today’s cars and trucks, with an internet link,
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Air travellers have continued to complain about the increase in flight delays.Industry experts identified the causes and possible solutions to these challenges When the airports reopened in July last year, for domestic flight operations after the coronavirus lockdown, airlines and industry workers were skeptical and believed that travellers would shun the
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