West Africa has overtaken Somalia as the world’s piracy hot-spot with 966 sailors attacked last year, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday. “The year 2012 marked the first time since the surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia that the reported number of both ships and seafarers attacked in [...]
The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, says government had to remove 62 critical wrecks from Lagos waterways to allow for dredging and also accommodate bigger vessels. Umar disclosed this in Abuja on Monday during the 2013 Ministerial Platform organised by the Ministry of Information. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event [...]
As the clock ticked past midnight on Friday, the new Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, was opened for use to motorists, with many of them applauding the Babatunde Fashola administration for building the bridge, which has truly shortened their travel time. Some of the motorists who passed through the bridge in separate [...]
Yusuf Mohammed A train towing another train derailed Wednesday at Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. The incident, which happened at a point where the rail line is damaged, did not result in any casualty as the trains were not conveying passengers. They were heading toward Ijoko in Ogun State in the morning when the incident happened. [...]
Pirates stormed a cargo ship off Nigeria’s oil-producing southern coast, kidnapping five foreign sailors and stealing cash, a watchdog and a security source said Monday. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said the April 25 incident was carried out by “14 heavily armed pirates” who boarded the vessel 45 nautical miles off the Nigerian town of [...]
Thousands of residents in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, will enjoy free BRT rides throughout the month of April, RLG Communications Nigeria Limited said on Tuesday. RLG, a subsidiary of AGAMS Group of Companies, is a pan African company engaged in the production of communications equipment such as mobile handsets, electronic notebooks, tablets, laptops, LCD TV [...]
LAGBUS Asset Management Ltd., the operators of LAGBUS, and the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA)– the operators of Bus Rapid Transport (BRT)– will extend their free ride to commuters on Easter Monday, April 1. The two operators told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that the bus ride, which was [...]
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