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April 5, 2021 No Responses

Transporters Tackle Ministry Over N10b Covid-19 Palliative Fund

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The N10billion approved by the Federal Government to ameliorate effects of last year’s Covid-19 lockdown on transporters and auto related segment of Nigeria’s economy is now enmeshed in controversy. While the Ministry of Transportation insist the money was...

March 16, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Logistics Acquires 25 New Trucks

SIFAX Logistics Company Limited, one of SIFAX Group’s subsidiaries whose business offerings include haulage, clearing and forwarding, groupage and shipping, is set to increase its operational capacity through the injection of 25 new trucks to boost its opera...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Peace Mass Transit Acquisition Of C & I Leasing To Enhance Shareholders Value

C & I Leasing Plc on Wednesday expressed optimism that the emergence of Peace Mass Transit as the company’s majority shareholder would bring enhanced value creation for all its stakeholders. Mr Andrew Otike-Odibi, the company’s Managing Director/Chief ...

December 8, 2020 No Responses

NRC Begins Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan Rail Services

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the commencement of rail service operations on the Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train. In a statement on Monday, the Railway District Manager, Mr Jerry Oche explained that the newly introduced s...

December 4, 2020 No Responses

Railway Employs 25,000 New Staff

Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway operator, counted 25,000 more new hires than in 2020, even when fewer people were taking the train due to the Coronavirus pandemic, management announced on Thursday. German Transport Minister, Andreas Scheuer praised...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

GOWON Seeks Innovative Ways To Reposition Transportation

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), has called for partnership between the public and private sectors in order to come up with innovative ways of resolving the transportation challenge in the country. Gowon spoke on Tuesday in Abuja.....

November 22, 2020 No Responses

Transport Ministers Meet Over Regional Maritime Bank

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has met his West and Central Africa counterparts to deliberate on the establishment of a Maritime Bank. A statement issued by Amaechi’s Media Assistant, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, explained that the Mi...

November 22, 2020 No Responses

Fashola Orders Trailers To Vacate Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday directed trailers parking indiscriminately at Ogere section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to immediately vacate the area to give way for ongoing construction works. Fashola, who undert...

November 7, 2020 No Responses

Transport Minister Proposes N205b Budget For 2021

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has proposed N205 billion as capital budget for 2021 to enable the ministry make significant progress on all its ongoing projects. Amaechi in a statement during his presentation bef...

November 7, 2020 No Responses

NRC Generates N1.4b IGR, Remits N245m To TSA

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Friday said its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) as at September 30 stood at N1.4billion as against N4.4billion projection for 2020. Managing Director of NRC, Mr Fidets Okhiria, in a statement explai...

October 15, 2020 No Responses

Bajaj Auto Signs Jay Jay Okocha As Brand Ambassador

Bajaj Auto, the world’s leading manufacturer of 3-wheelers has partnered with Jay Jay Okocha, to endorse its commercial vehicle range consisting of 3-wheeler and 4-wheeler products. Regarded as Nigeria’s greatest and most skillful sports personality, Ja...

September 17, 2020 No Responses

Amaechi: Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line Ready By December

The Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line should be ready by December, considering the progress works on the construction of rail stations by contractor, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said Amaechi gave the assurance wh...

September 11, 2020 No Responses

Transport Ministry Constitutes Committee To Disburse N10b Palliative

The Federal Ministry of Transportation has constituted a committee to draw up guidelines for the disbursement of the Federal Government ‘s N10billion palliative for road transport operators and workers. A statement issued on Thursday by Director of Press and...

September 10, 2020 No Responses

Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Trains Resumes Monday, Increases Fares

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption of Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) from Monday after five months of suspension to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. A statement issued on Thursday by District Public ...

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