A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced Hounsou Chegoun, a citizen of Benin Republic, to two years in prison for trafficking nearly two tonnes of cannabis — a major win in Nigeria’s maritime drug war. Chegoun, arrested on…
AFRICAN leaders set to meet next week to discuss boosting the African transport sector as a key impetus to spur continental free trade pact, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) announced Friday. The UNECA announced that it will…
AFRAILWAYS is developing Afrail Express as a high-speed passenger rail system to connect the entire African continent, from South Africa to Morocco, and Nigeria to Egypt. Afrail Express is seeking to appoint a main contractor for the construction of the…
FINANCE ministers from Tanzania and Burundi have signed an agreement for the construction of a $900 million railway aimed at boosting trade between the East African neighbours. The deal was inked in the western Tanzanian town of Kigoma on Sunday.…
BRITAIN is partnering with Kenya to build a new rail hub in the capital Nairobi, and its development arm CDC Group will invest $1bn in various sectors over the next five years, officials said on Tuesday. Britain, the former colonial…
AIRLINES have been torn on what to do with the Airbus A380 as the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift towards sustainability in the sky has forever changed how people travel. Some airlines have opted to retire the A380 while others…
BOEING Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by the Nigerian government has incurred parking charges of at least N95 million since it was taken to Germany for repairs. According to SaharaReporters, the amount accounts for the aircraft’s parking charges…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, sitting allowance, welfare package and office building was bigger than what’s allocated to 14 teaching hospitals, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, said. This is contained in…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, have approved a huge national security-sensitive maritime contract to a medical company in a process the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) says is “embarrassing” and illegal, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation…
HUNDREDS of workers from Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) state-owned ports company stormed its headquarters on Friday, breaking windows, burning furniture and clashing with police over what they say are more than three years of unpaid wages. The police fired…
