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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) earmarks ₦600 million for constructing police stations along its standard gauge corridors. This initiative emerges in response to the alarming insecurity challenges that have been impeding the corporation’s operations and financial performance. Also, the corporation seeks another N600 million to purchase rail inspection vehicles. The 2024 budget proposal for Government-Owned …

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The federal government has relocated the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to Lagos. This was revealed in a memo signed by the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku. The memo read: ”The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has directed that the Headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria …

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The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, NITT Zaria, Dr. Bayero Salih Farah have said the Smart Transport Databank infrastructure is capital intensive and requires state-of-the-art technologies, therefore the public sector alone cannot cope with the required capital outlay to achieve the project for the whole nation because of …

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The FCT Administration Department of Development Control weekend demolished over 200 structures at the Nuwalege community on the Airport Road corridor in Abuja, to pave the way for the reclaim of a swathe of land that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plans to use for the expansion of the presidential fleet area. In rationalization of …

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Bus drivers have turned some roads in the city into motor parks while assigned parks are left empty, a government official said. The Anambra Road and Traffic Maintenance Agency has warned commercial transport operators against turning road shoulders in the state to loading parks. The Managing Director of the agency, Emeka Okonkwo, who gave the …

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Command, says it is partnering with tricycle owners in the state to reduce road traffic crash fatality and injuries. Basambo said that as part of the year 2024 strategies towards the reduction of road crashes in Kwara, the sector command decided to partner with commercial motorists. She said …

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The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Monday, said the number of road accidents in the country reduced by 22 percent in 2023 compared to the number of crashes in 2022. It said a total of 5,081 people were killed in different road traffic crashes across the country in 2023. The FRSC also said about 10,617 …

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The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of a simplified certification process for obtaining approvals and permits by airlines in the country. The Acting Director-General of NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo said the agency is intensifying efforts to ensure a transition into a digitalized process of certification for airlines in …

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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Au­thority (NCAA) has said that in a bid for air travelers to monitor flight delays and cancellations, the agency was planning to launch a new portal for that purpose. Capt. Chris Najomo, the Acting Director-General of Civil Aviation (ADGCA) in an interaction with aviation journalists over the week­end at the annex …

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration will soon ban unpainted taxis and buses from plying FCT roads. The Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Wike explained that the move was to address the incidence of ‘one chance’ in the city. The …

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