Ships & Ports
FG to reopen Apapa Bridge tomorrow
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday directed that the Marine Beach Bridge, Apapa and the Eko Bridge both in Lagos should be reopened...
Buhari to commission Lagos-Ibadan rail in 2021
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said President Muhammadu Buhari will be commissioning the Lagos-Ibadan railway in January 2021. Amaechi made this...
Maersk begins airfreight services
A.P. Moller–Maersk, owner of the world’s number one ocean carrier, has kicked off its new airfreight service with a chartered airplane from Thailand to Japan....
Lagos airport begins reconstruction of abandoned taxiway
The Federal Government has begun the reconstruction of an abandoned Taxiway Bravo (Taxiway B) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The...
British Airways fined £20m for breach of customers’ data
British Airways has been fined £20 million for failing to protect data that left more than 400,000 of its customers’ details the subject of a 2018 cyber...
U.N. resumes migrant evacuation flights in Libya
United Nations evacuation flights for migrants stuck in Libya have resumed after being suspended because of the global pandemic, the U.N. refugee agency said on...
Merkel condemns Turkey’s actions in east Mediterranean
Turkey’s actions in the east Mediterranean, where it is pursuing natural gas exploration in contested waters, are provocative, regrettable and unnecessary, German...
Greece puts Hellenic shipyards on sale
Greece has finally put Hellenic Shipyards on sale, launching a tender to sell the country’s biggest shipyard now under special administration. The...
Lagos airport begins reconstruction of abandoned taxiway
The Federal Government has begun the reconstruction of an abandoned Taxiway Bravo (Taxiway B) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The...
Amaechi denies granting Cabotage waivers to foreign vessels
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said on Thursday that he has no knowledge of any Cabotage law waiver granted to foreign vessels to operate in...
CBN freezes bank accounts of 15 suspected textile smugglers
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has frozen the accounts of 15 textile smugglers across the country. Deputy Governor, Corporate Services of the CBN, Edward...
Aviation unions shut FAAN
Aviation unions on Thursday shut down the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in Lagos to frustrate a planned meeting of the Minister of Aviation, Hadi...
