The Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has proposed the total sum of N205,161,882,492 as Captain budget for the year 2021 ongoing projects. Amaechi, making his presentation before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Land and Marine Transport said that out of the N205billion, land transport has N204billion while Marine transport has a total Read More
The National Apex of Nigeria Farmers Cooperative Societies Limited (NANFACOS) has said it would harness the 90,000 organised cooperative bodies with about 8,750,000 cooperators to boost agriculture in Nigeria. The National President of NANFACOS, Chief Nwogwugwu Uzoma stated during the Federal Government distribution of 2000 buses for farmers in Nigeria recently in Abuja. He emphasized that the farmers finds it Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Transportation to link all the nation’s ports to rail network in order to improve transportation and economic capacities. Buhari gave the directive on Tuesday in a virtual meeting to unveil the 326 KM Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri rail line for commercial operation as well as the ancillary facilities yard. He said that his administration Read More
The federal government is set to commence construction of the Port Harcourt-Bonny-Maiduguri and the Kano-Maladi, in Niger Standard gauge line railway projects. The federal government through the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi explained that the Niger standard gauge line railway projects will pass through Kano, Dutse, Kazaure, Daura, Katsina, Jibya, then Maladi. Amaechi who noted this during the Lagos Read More
The Federal Government through the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has issued a five month ultimatum to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, handling the ongoing extension of the Lagos-Ibadan railway projects extension to ensure the completion of the project by January 1, 2021. The Minister gave the directive at the New Apapa Dockyard station at the weekend following Read More
President of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIoTA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has restated the institute’s commitment to safety of all modes of transportation in the country, especially those operated within the port environment. Jamoh stated this on Tuesday in Lagos while reacting to a recent incident where a container fell from a truck and landed on a Read More
Now, let’s do a little projective analysis on these vital areas of hajj operations. Transportation of Pilgrims within Saudi Arabia The Car Syndicate services will comes with a new system of transporting pilgrims that tally with the 6 feet social distance – the new normal. Something like one passenger seat space between two pilgrims Pilgrims buses may not be allowed Read More
The COVID-19 outbreak is only a few months old, but it is already affecting businesses all over the world. Here are the businesses that will be positively and negatively affected by the pandemic. Those that will suffer 1. Tourism Tourism is one of the businesses that will suffer the most from the pandemic. The negative effect will concern every branch Read More
The lockdown order issued by Governor Willie Obiano with a view to contain the Coronavirus pandemic has recorded partial compliance in Anambra state even as prices of commodities and transportation within the state has skyrocketed.Blueprint investigation shows that most markets in Awka, the state capital, were partially closed as traders at some sections of the popular government house (GRA markets), Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed road traffic enforcement officers across the city to immediately intensify the arrest of drivers who overload their vehicles with passengers. Chairman of the FCT Ministerial Task Team on Traffic Control, Comrade Ikharo Attah, disclosed this Sunday, in Abuja during a media interface. He said at a time when the world is fighting Read More
A United States Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ( NCAA) licensed Flight Dispatcher and Ground Instructor, Mrs. Victoria Jumoke Adegbe, has advised sick passengers to abstain from traveling to save their lives from the ravaging spread of Coronavirus codenamed Covid-19. She said sick passengers manifesting symptoms of other infections were more susceptible to contract Corovirus Read More
The management of Lagos Ferry Services in conjunction with Lagos state Waterways Authority on Sunday, took Lagosians on a free sea cruise in one of its large and exquisite barges named ‘Adimu Orisha’. The cruise which took off 3.15 pm ferried the guests on a fun- filled trip from its five cowries terminal in Falomo through the seas onto Banana Read More
Leke Oyewole is the former Senior Special Assistant (Maritime Affairs) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. He is also a former Director with the Global West Vessel Specialist Nigeria Limited (GWVSL). In this interview, he speaks on the Lekki deep seaport project, the controversial Secure Anchorage Area (SAA), and what the government can do to enhance maritime security in Nigeria, among other Read More
The CEO and co-founder of MAX.ng, one of the four major operators of bike-hailing services in Lagos state, Adetayo Bamiduro, has said that Lagos state risk putting over 20,000 people in the labour market with its blanket ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles in major parts of the state. Reacting to the bank, Bamiduro said the ban may cause more Read More
Everyone that has ever climbed motorcycles popularly called okada has something to say. In Ondo state, BARNABAS OLABISI writes that it’s a mixed tale. The name Okada is usually synonymous with the common motorcycles found on roads across the country often used especially in many towns and villages. In the recent past, their activities have extended to the cities. They Read More
Climate change has brought herders and farmers into conflict over resources across the continent Climate change has brought herders and farmers into conflict over resources across the continent Watching a video of a cyclist offering water to a koala on highway in Australia, then helping it up a tree on the side of the highway was so touching. The animal Read More
Travelers in Anambra state have continued to groan over astronomical increase in transportation fare within the state and interstate after the Yuletide. Blueprint reports that cost of boarding commercial vehicles from Awka to Onistha rose from N250 to N700 from 24th December 2019 and had remained so till date. Other routes like Awka to Nnewi which equally skyrocketed from N500 to Read More
The recent ban on tricycle, popularly called Keke Napep, by the FCT administration on major roads and routes within the metropolis has been greeted with divergent views by residents of the territory. While the Abuja residents are trying and adjusting to get used to the ban and absence of motorcyclists popularly called Okada on major roads and resorting to use Read More
Borno state government has earmarked N270 million to upgrade the Borno Express Transport Motor Park to enhance revenue generation in the state. Commissioner of Transportation, Abubakar Tijani, stated this in Maiduguri Tuesday. Tijani also said the amount would be expended on the rehabilitation and upgrading of the terminus into a befitting edifice. He added that part of the money would Read More
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved that the federal government should serve as a guarantor for the Bank of Industry (BoI) to obtain a 500 million Euros loan from a group of international lenders.This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba, at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided Read More
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe state has commissioned 50 brand new Toyota medium roof fully air-conditioned buses for Gombe State Transport Service, with a resolve to restore the lost glory of the company and facilitate easier interstate movement of goods and services. Performing the commissioning ceremony in Gombe, Governor Yahaya said his objective is to reposition Gombe Line into Read More
A Kano-based public affairs commentator Alhaji Bashir Hayatu Gentile has commended the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan for his courage in calling on elite patronising the Kaduna-Abuja bound train to use the road instead. Reacting to the Senate President’s remarks, Gentile said there was the compelling need for the federal government to rid the high way of the dreaded activities of Read More
Six people were on Sunday evening kidnapped along Abuja – Kaduna highway on their way from Kwara state. Blueprint investigations revealed that the six people were travelling from Offa in Kwara state to Kaduna on board commercial bus of a transportation company, Okin Motors. According to sources, the incident took place around Rijana axis of the Abuja – Kaduna expressway, as Read More
Milani Exotic Car Rental has established itself as Atlanta’s leading private jet charter service with service to hundreds of destinations at affordable rates. The company stands shoulder-high among peers in the business of jet charter services Within 30 miles radius of DeKalb-Peachtree or Hartsfield-Jackson airport, Atlanta their representatives are on standby to ensure an elite Atlanta chartered jet experience. Recently, Read More
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Sunday said that it had ensured a 24-hour operation at all Nigerian airports on February 15 to facilitate the transportation of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC ) materials nationwide. The NAMA General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Khalid Emele, stated this in a statement he issued Sunday in Lagos, saying that the provision of the 24-hour Read More
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