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15 Dec
Air transport on the African continent has the lowest traffic year-on-year, accounting for only 2.1 per cent of the global volume. African airlines,, indeed,, saw a 25.3 per cent traffic increase in October 2023 versus a year
15 Dec
The Honda Automobile Western Africa Ltd (HAWA) stated it is currently experiencing a major challenge sourcing foreign exchange to purchase components.
15 Dec
E-hailing firm, Bolt, has awarded 10 of its drivers with €20,000 seed fund and access to a six-week business mentorship programme. This was done at the ground-breaking Bolt Den initiative of the Bolt Accelerator Programme in Lagos.
15 Dec
President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, said policy inconsistency is stunting the growth of the automotive industry.
15 Nov
The winner of the Nigerian Maritime Ambassadors (NIMA), an industry-based Reality TV, season two, Ogunyemi Oluwajoba Adebisi, is set to champion a one-year campaign on green port concept, youth’s involvement in blue economy and collaboration..
3 Nov
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) programme recorded a new milestone recently when Garuda Indonesia made a successful commercial flight on jet engines that are powered by palm oil blended fuel.
11 Oct
Attempts to free the port corridors for seamless passage of import and export cargoes have remained futile owing to the indiscriminate parking of petroleum containers along the Lagos ports’ access roads. Checks by The Guardian showed that petroleum tankers ...
23 Sep 2023
In every part of the world, tourism has continued to recover from the worst crisis in its history as arrival numbers reached 84 per cent of pre-pandemic levels between January and July 2023.
23 Sep 2023
The Federal Government has reiterated the need to encourage private enterprise participation in order to grow the tourism sector.The Minister of the newly established Ministry of Tourism, Ms Lola Ade-John, disclosed this when she met with a delegation of FTAN.....
8 Sep 2023
Competitors from Nigeria, Ghana and Togo would gather in Lagos at an auto-fest with exotic, superfast and high-end automobiles to showcase sportsmanship.
8 Sep 2023
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has recorded a 12.25 per cent growth in passenger service in the second quarter of the year. In Q2 2023, a total of 474,117 passengers travelled via rail, relative to 422,393 reported in the corresponding quarter of 2022.
4 Aug 2023
Stakeholders in the transportation sector have advocated for regional connectivity of rail networks in the country to boost intercity trade and facilitate development.

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