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Technext’s podcast series, Techbytes, had its twenty-second episode focusing on how technology aims to make transportation more efficient, convenient, and accessible for people in Nigeria. In the latest episode titled, Powering transportation with Tech in Nigeria, the hosts, Oluwadamilare Akinpelu and Omoleye Omoruyi, discussed with Afolabi Olamide, the co-founder and CEO of Touch and Pay technologies …

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Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq The Kwara State Government on Monday commenced its free transport palliatives for students and staff of some tertiary institutions in the state, as part of measures to cushion the effects of fuel scarcity and currency change. The government had last Thursday announced plans to make available buses at the designated …

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Twenty-SIX carriers operated 13,003 flights into and out of Nigerian international airports last year, data from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has shown.Documents from the apex civil aviation body also show that 11 indigenous airlines operated 80 328 flights around the country. The document entitled: “Executive Summary of International and Domestic Operations in Nigeria …

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Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), the umbrella body of indigenous airlines, has promised to adopt the Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) once the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) implements it. The Vice Chairman of AON, Mr. Allen Onyema, disclosed this in Lagos during an interview with Nairametrics. He said that the country’s indigenous airlines would …

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The NNPCL also promised that there would be an improvement in the supply of petroleum products across the country. The petrol scarcity being witnessed across the country will reduce from next week, officials said on Tuesday. The Nigerian government also on Tuesday warned against attempts to disrupt the nation’s petroleum supply and distribution chain. The …

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Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution is engaging with the Chinese embassy and other embassies to provide a metro railway transportation system to the university. Egbewole disclosed this on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen during the Vice-Chancellor’s Maiden Media Parley. He explained that thousands …

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The Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has expressed deep concerns over the fatal crashes that occurred on Ojuelegba Bridge, Lagos State, on Sunday, with 9 people killed. Another crash also claimed 11 lives at Soka bridge on Lagos-Benin Highway. The FRSC boss, whose concerns stem from the reoccurring container crashes on …

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Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo on Friday described the nation’s Inland Waterways as cash cows long overdue for harnessing. Sambo said this at the inauguration of the Technical Working Group (TWG) Proposal for Channel Management between Escravos, Onitsha, and Baro Port on the Niger River on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Arrangement in Abuja. According to …

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There is optimism that the newly constructed Lekki Deep Sea Port will emerge as a game changer for Nigeria’s seaborne trade, as it parades modern facilities amid an improved road network for easy evacuation. The port, Nigeria’s first deep sea port, is equipped with 13 quay cranes for a capacity of 2.5 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent …

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Abuja — Nigerian authorities have hailed the launch of a deepwater seaport in Lagos they say will create 300,000 jobs and reduce shipping bottlenecks. While the new port is expected to reduce losses due to congestion, shipping industry experts say Nigeria’s poor roads and rail connections to ports also must be improved. The launch by …

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