Transport

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it had made the presentation of a valid National Identification Number (NIN) compulsory for all categories of vehicle registration. Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem, Corps Public Education Officer disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has issued an advisory circular to pilots and airline operators, regarding the severe dust haze and fog phenomenon prevalent in Nigerian airports. The statement signed by the Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, on Tuesday, explained that an adverse weather condition was expected to subsist …

The House of Representatives has said Nigeria’s aviation sector needs about N50bn to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic while dismissing the N4bn proposed by the Federal Government as grossly inadequate. The House Committee on Aviation, which addressed journalists in Abuja on Monday, noted that other countries were providing …

There is an indication that the five faulty scanners at the Apapa ports have been abandoned as the Federal Government rejects proposal to repair them at a cost of N753 million. This development comes at the backdrop of the move by the government to acquire 300 new scanners at the …

The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said the country cannot afford to conduct free COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving into Nigeria. Aliyu, who made this statement on Saturday during a webinar organised by the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike …

…Falsely claims yard ownership …Can’t show proof of capital investment Evidence has emerged that Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria Limited, SHIN, alledgely collected US$214 million from Total Upstream Nigeria for construction of a shipyard for Nigeria as part of the multi-billion-dollar Egina project, but is now claiming ownership of the yard. …

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Monday says it observed that some airlines operating domestic flights in the country are breaching the protocol put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. The regulatory agency, therefore, warned defaulters to desist from the act or face “severe penalties” …

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised foreign airline operators to allow intending passengers traveling to Nigeria board flights without any QR code. This is owing to the issues arising from uploading information on the Nigeria International Travel Portal. This was contained in a memo signed by the Director-General of …

As Nigeria reopens its airspace and international flights resume at the airports, there are concerns that non-compliance issues in the payment of COVID-19 tests into the government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA), are causing disruptions to flights. By law, passengers flying into Nigeria are required to present a negative PCR test …

The Federal Government has released the list of nine airlines granted approval to commence international flights in Nigeria. Speaking at a briefing of the Presidential TaskForce on Thursday, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, confirmed the September 5 as the date for the resumption flights, backing an earlier statement issued …