Renovations ramp up at St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Sep 17, 2009
With the typical seasonal downturn expected this fall, the project should have minimal impact on the traveling public, Airport Director Noah Lagos said in a release ... The numbers for this August were better than the numbers for last August, Lagos said in the release. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Nigeria: Former Bank Chiefs Get Bail Sep 15, 2009
Lagos FORMER Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of three banks -- Mrs Cecilia Ibru (Oceanic Bank Plc); Mr. Sebastian Adigwe (Afribank Plc) and Bartholomew Ebong (Union Bank of Nigeria Plc) and three others were yesterday granted bail by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in the total sum of N1 ... Meanwhile, another court (Federal High Court) in Lagos, yesterday adjourned till September 24, 2009, further hearing in the suit by former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director... (allAfrica.com)
Netcom Africa Signs Deal with SES WORLD SKIES to Expand Broadcast Television and Telecom Services across Nigeria Sep 15, 2009
Headquartered in Lagos and licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission, Netcom offers a best in class product suite using cutting edge technologies in satellite, fiber and microwave communications to provide solutions in each and every market segment. With multiple VSAT hubs globally and direct submarine capacity through geographically diverse routes, Netcom Africa is peered with multiple tier one network providers in the USA and UK guaranteeing uninterrupted direct access to the best... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Break-in suspect - and numbered paper - nabbed Sep 10, 2009
Heather Knight, Marisa Lagos. Wednesday, September 9, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nigeria: Okocha Returns to Eagles Sep 9, 2009
Lagos One of the key decisions taken after several hours of meeting between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the 2010 World Cup was that former Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha immediately join the squad in a new capacity as a technical assistant for the remaining two World Cup qualifying matches. After Sunday's 2-2 draw with the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, Nigeria will host Mozambique on October 10 while the Super Eagles will travel to Nairobi... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Fired Bank Chiefs to Face Charges Aug 31, 2009
Lagos The sacked Managing Directors of five banks affected by the new reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), their executive directors and managing directors of some of their subsidiaries who have been in detention will be arraigned in a federal high court between tomorrow and Wednesday ... The bank debtors are said to be under restriction from leaving the country until they settle the loans and get clearance from the EFCC. THISDAY gathered that a few of the debtors who were not aware of... (allAfrica.com)
African view: Devoured by greed? Aug 31, 2009
Nsikan Umoh E, Omole, Lagos, Nigeria ... Lipstick on a pig' if you ask meNick H, Lagos, Nigeria ... Eniola, Henry, Lagos, Nigeria. (BBC News -- Africa)
Nigeria: Now This is Official - Ibru, Akingbola Wanted - EFCC Aug 24, 2009
Three other sacked bank chief executives--Okey Nwosu of Finbank, Sebatin Adigwe of Afribank and Barth Ebong of Union Bank-- and 11 executives of their subsidiaries have been in EFCC detention in Lagos since last Tuesday. "Apart from failing to honour the commission's invitation, intensive search for the two executives in the last one week has not been successful. They obviously went into hiding to evade arrest," Babafemi said. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Continent's Airlines Ill-Prepared for World Cup [analysis] Aug 21, 2009
And to maximize their exploitation of the African market, the carriers plan to drop excess passengers on medium haul flights all over Sub-Sahara airports (such as Nairobi, Accra, Douala and Lagos), from where SAA is expected to forward them to the games ... Analysts in Lagos said the decision was due to the airline's rising indebtedness to United Bank of Africa (UBA), one of Nigeria's foremost financial institutions which holds a minority six per cent stake in the airline, owned 49 per cent by... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Anti-Corruption Unit Arrests Bank Chiefs, Says Others Wanted Aug 20, 2009
Three of the five sacked chief executive officers of the bailed out banks have spent the night in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos while the remaining two have been declared wanted by the anti-graft body ... They are all being held in Lagos ... EFCC chairman Farida Waziri recently met with the bank executives in Lagos after preliminary investigations revealed credit facilities running into several billions were granted and as a result the banks were... (allAfrica.com)
Clinton Demands Firmer Action Against Corruption in Nigeria Aug 13, 2009
" Clinton, in Abuja on the fifth stop in a seven-nation tour of Africa, said action on electoral reforms and the easing of tension is needed to protect Nigeria's status as the continent's largest oil producer, and largest recipient of direct U.S. investment. Nigeria is the fifth country Clinton has visited so far on a seven-nation tour of Africa aimed at promoting development and good governance. She will travel next to Liberia and Cape Verde. By Paul Arhewe, Daniel Kanu, Francis Iwuchukwu... (allAfrica.com)
Deadly Travel Dangers You Didn't Think Of Jul 31, 2009
And at times the dangers were less obvious, such as the extortion and intimidation he found at the border crossing into Nigeria and the 44 military stops between the Nigeria border and Lagos. That said about the destination, juliogg says one of the biggest dangers he found on the Africa trip was tourist arrogance, especially when it came to negotiating. (Fox News)
We Have A Choice: Old Babylon Or Modern Ghana? Jul 27, 2009
In Lagos and other big cosmopolitan cities in Nigeria, people erect walls that dwarf the height of their mansions, to ward off armed robbers ... He confided in me that whenever he closed from work in the commercial centres of Lagos, he had to drive through town for hours, often deliberately taking routes that led to nowhere, before going home. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Leaving Lagos Jul 25, 2009
In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Sola Odunfa decides to take a break from the hurly burly of Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos. Shortly after my last column I felt I had had enough of the pressure and tension of life in my beloved Lagos ... Ordinarily Cotonou, Benin's main city, should be an hour's drive from Lagos but it was far enough because the road to the border at Seme was as bad as any road could be in this rainy season. (BBC News -- Africa)
Failed state? Jul 23, 2009
That was the fateful year the British colonial administrator, Lord Frederick Lugard, merged by colonial fiat northern and southern protectorates and the colony of Lagos to form Nigeria ... Seun, Lagos, Nigeria ... The joining of the northern and southern protectorates with Lagos in 1914 by the British colonialists might be the foundation of our problems, but that does not mean we could not have risen as a nation if we worked hard at it. (BBC News -- Africa)
Nigeria: U.S. Not Aware of Obama's Planned Visit to Country Jul 20, 2009
Rafiu Ajakaye (Lagos) and Chinedu Offor ... Foreign Affairs Minister, Ojo Maduekwe, claimed in Lagos on Thursday that he has the word of Obama that he plans a visit to a country whose democratic credentials he (Obama) repeatedly castigated during a 23-hour visit to Ghana last Saturday ... "President Barack Obama told me (Maduekwe) that he will be visiting Nigeria very soon," Maduekwe was quoted as boasting at a book launch in Lagos. (allAfrica.com)
Rivers Govt Closes NLNG Jetties Jul 19, 2009
From RoseAnn Chikereuba (Port Harcourt) and Chris Irekamba (Lagos). RIVERS Government has directed the immediate closure of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company jetty at the Eastern By-Pass axis of Port Harcourt and the one on Bonny Island, Rivers State. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
'Oil war' hits Lagos Jul 14, 2009
Nigerian rebels took their 'oil war' with the government into Lagos, killing at least five people in their first ever attack on Africa's biggest city on the eve of the release of their leader from jail ... A member of a private emergency service, Geofrey Boukoru, said the militants had exchanged fire with the navy at the facility on Lagos's Tarkwa Bay, before using dynamite to blow up 10 huge pipes ... But Sunday night's attack marked the first time their campaign had reached Lagos. (iAfrica.com)
No More Excuses, Obama Tells African Leaders Jul 12, 2009
Sharing podium with the Ghanaian President, Obama said, "Africans can live their dreams in Nairobi and Lagos, Kigali and Kinshasa, Harare and right here in Accra" ... We on our part will seek your support and collaboration as we attempt together with the rest of Africa to discover imaginative, deliberative way to deal with the impact of this crisis on us," he said. Earlier, President Obama had urged African leaders to ensure the emergence of strong state institutions. Sharing podium with the... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Who won the BA tickets? Jul 9, 2009
Travelling back from Europe I had to overnight in Lagos due to the plane having engine trouble. I arrived dressed in full winter gear: fur lined boots etc in the tropical heat. (iAfrica.com)
Official: WADA set to test world athletes on doping Jul 8, 2009
LAGOS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) said Tuesday in Abuja that world athletes in all sports are now liable to doping control and must be available for tests any time by the agency. Abner Xoagub, the Secretary-General of Namibia's National Olympic Committee, who is representing the agency at the ongoing 13th General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), said this was part of the agency's code. (Xinhuanet, China)
Former Bogota mayor helps S.F. rethink streets Jul 8, 2009
Rachel Gordon, Heather Knight, Marisa Lagos. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world travel risks Jul 4, 2009
In Nigeria, the pilot for one of those outfits found a novel way to handle an oversold flight from Lagos to northern Kano city that I was on in May 1992. As I pressed against the glass door of the departure lounge with other irate passengers our sheer weight threatening to crash through it the pilot instructed us to run around the plane once and then board. (MSNBC -- Travel)
S.F. considers expanding Moscone Center Jun 27, 2009
Staff writer Marisa Lagos contributed to this report. E-mail James Temple at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Inside Nigeria Jun 24, 2009
City street in Lagos ... Nigeria we visited Lagos, Victoria Island, Ikeja, Ikoyi and the Lecci Peninsula ... Lagos and the surrounding area has an official population of about 18 million, but an unofficial one closer to 35 million. (iAfrica.com)
Africa: U.S. Abruptly Cancels New Flights Jun 6, 2009
Delta also direct flights from Lagos, Nigeria to Atlanta on June 9. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Delta has plans to fly to Luanda, Angola, and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea via Sal, Cape Verde, pending government approvals. (allAfrica.com)
* Nigerian guerrillas say British hostage refuses to be freed Jun 3, 2009
AFP , LAGOS, NIGERIA Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009, Page 6. Mr Mathew Maguire has declined the gift of a release from captivity with an argument that he is now an advocate for change in the region. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
British hostage 'rejects' release offer, now honorary MEND memberLagos, Nigeria (PANA) - British hostage Mathew Maguire, who was due to be freedby his captors Monday night as his 'birthday gift', has rejected the offer, theMovement for the Emancipation of theNiger Delta (MEND) said. 02/06/2009 Full Text... Jun 2, 2009
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - British hostage Mathew Maguire, who was due to be freed by his captors Monday night as his 'birthday gift', has rejected the offer, the M ovement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said. Mr Mathew Maguire has declined the gift of a release from captivity with an ar gument that he is now an advocate for change in the region and a honorary member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). (Panapress.com)
Kenya: Delta Air Lines to Link Atlanta And Nairobi May 30, 2009
Other suggested routes include Malabo to Atlanta via Cape Verde (once weekly), Lagos to New York-JFK (five times weekly), Abuja to Atlanta via Cape Verde (twice weekly), Luanda to Atlanta via Cape Verde (twice weekly) and Monrovia to Atlanta via Cape Verde (once weekly). Delta has also announced plans to replace its current route of Johannesburg-Dakar-Atlanta with a nonstop service between Johannesburg and Atlanta using its new Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. (allAfrica.com)
Big Savings In Swine Flu's Wake May 29, 2009
Four-day package for two at Hacienda Sep;lveda (Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco state) with master suite, daily breakfast and lunch, two special dinners, horseback and carriage rides, spa treatments and local tour, $1,380. Five day package for two at CasaSandra (Isla Holbox, Yucat;n) with ocean-view room, daily breakfast, daily choice of lunch or dinner, airport transfers, bottle of wine and whale-shark trip, $2,509. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
The beating heart of Africa May 28, 2009
Kinshasa ties with Johannesburg for the status of the second largest city in sub-Saharan Africa and the third largest in the whole continent after Lagos and Cairo. Kinshasa is considered the city with the second most French speakers in the world after Paris though, in Kinshasa, Lingala is more widely spoken than French. (iAfrica.com)
Nigeria: NGO Drags Govt to UN Over Military Action in Delta May 26, 2009
Lagos A human rights non-governmental organization , Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has petitioned the United Nations (UN) over the festering crisis in the Niger Delta and the military action taken against the militants by the Federal Government. The group said the serious human rights violations may amount to crimes against humanity as articulated in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, to which Nigeria is party. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Virgin Nigeria Crisis Deepens As Six Executives Quit May 25, 2009
Lagos Ever since Virgin Nigeria Airways (VNA) announced the suspension of its long-haul flights from Lagos to London and Lagos to Johannesburg, its fortunes have gone from bad to worse ... The mass resignation of the senior executives along with other management staff of VNA is linked to among other factors the harsh global operating environment that has dogged the aviation sector, the inability by the airline to raise badly needed working capital to revamp and expand its operations, and... (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: The Senate And the Oil Lobby [editorial] May 25, 2009
Lagos It is a story of allegations, denials and a promised investigation, but also one of questions and lessons ... The sponsors of the trip, the Oil Producers Trade Section of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce, are silent over the issue, but the Punch Newspaper has also published the full interview with Egbogah. (allAfrica.com)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside May 22, 2009
Two cities in Africa are expected to go mega - Lagos in Nigeria and Cairo in Egypt. According to the atlas - the 11th edition since it was first published in 1895 - the phenomenon is a mark of a global population in the grips of rapid urbanisation, where close to 50 per cent of the population now lives in cities. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
U.S., Norway sue for peace May 22, 2009
Sanders, who spoke in Lagos yesterday at the end of a workshop on capacity-building for civil society groups on electoral reforms, insisted that the most feasible way to end the crisis was genuine dialogue among all the parties in the conflict. She said: "We call for the peaceful settlement of the range of issues to address the development challenges in the Niger Delta region. We recognise that the actions of all parties involved in this conflict are affecting the lives of innocent civilians and... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
* Reports suggest hundreds killed in Nigeria, group says May 22, 2009
REUTERS, LAGOS, NIGERIA Friday, May 22, 2009, Page 7. Rights group Amnesty International said yesterday it had received reports suggesting hundreds of people, mainly civilians, may have been killed in a week-old Nigerian military offensive in the oil-producing Niger Delta. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Which Portugal is right for you? May 22, 2009
Portugal's most dramatic coastline is along the drive to the medieval town of Lagos ... The most dramatic coastline is along the drive to the medieval fortress town of Lagos ... An hour beyond Lagos is Europe's southwesternmost point: Cabo S;o Vicente, a cape whose plunging cliffs are dotted with crumbling medieval churches and castles. (CNN -- Travel)
New airline coming to SA May 21, 2009
Article By: Wed, 20 May 2009 11:16 A leading Nigerian private airline Arik Air said Tuesday it would begin daily flights from the commercial hub Lagos to Johannesburg next month ... A Lagos-Johannesburg return ticket costs 120,000 naira ($814), one of the cheapest tariffs on the lucrative route. (iAfrica.com)
Visiting writers angry at detention by NZ authorities May 19, 2009
He said r Akpan, was "a wonderful man who is a Jesuit priest and works in the slums of Lagos". Tsiolkas won 10,000 ($20,200) for his win in Auckland. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Africa: Obama Heads to Ghana May 18, 2009
Lagos United States President, Mr. Barak Obama, in his first official trip to Africa, is due in Accra, Ghana on July 10 and 11. He would be accompanied by his wife, Michelle. (allAfrica.com)
May rally for energy prices stalls May 16, 2009
Associated Press writers Pablo Gorondi in Budapest, Hungary, Alex Kennedy in Singapore and Edward Harris in Lagos, Nigeria, contributed to this report. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Everything in Ghana is Basaa! Part I May 13, 2009
Even in crowded Lagos, the Mall is situated at the outskirts of town so why make us stay in Traffic for hours because a city planner refuses to think and a politician decides to go barmy. At the same Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout is the so-called Hotel Kufuor or the African Regent Hotel owned by the son of Ex-President Kufuor. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
NAMA goes for satellite-based navigation tools May 11, 2009
NAMA's Managing Director, Alhaji Ibrahim Auyo, made the assertion in Lagos at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted board and the management of the agency ... He also said the Lagos and Abuja ends of the radar project would be commissioned this year, leaving the Kano and Port Harcourt ends to be completed next year. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Police Want Acting Ekiti Speaker May 7, 2009
The PDP letter which was signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Adeyemi Adedipe also congratulated the people of Ekiti "for their steadfastness in the face of suffocating propaganda and violence unleashed on them by a desperate opposition. PDP victory, endorsement of election rigging-AC The Action Congress (AC) has described PDP's 'victory' in the Ekiti state governorship re-run as a bold endorsement of election rigging and violence, and an indication that democracy remains in chains in... (allAfrica.com)
Govt orders flu screening at Nigerian ports Apr 29, 2009
This directive was handed to the agency at an emergency meeting called by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) at the Lagos airport on the swine flu alert. It was attended by airport managers, seaports, land borders and immigration officials. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Canadian woman reported abducted in Nigeria Apr 19, 2009
LAGOS, Nigeria Authorities say a Canadian woman is still missing two days after being abducted in northern Nigeria. Kaduna State police spokesman Aminu Lawan says the woman was seized Thursday evening in the city of Kaduna where she had been attending an international conference. (Globe and Mail)
Govt okays N89.5 billion for Lagos-Ibadan highway upgrade Apr 16, 2009
5 billion for Lagos-Ibadan highway upgrade From Madu Onuorah, Abuja. THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the reconstruction, expansion and modernisation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at a total cost of N89 ... Dora Akunyili, along with the Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Lawal and Minister of State for Information and Communications, Alhaji Ikra Bilbis, told journalists at the end of the Council meeting that "after exhaustive debate and... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Govt Must Avert Anarchy In Ekiti, Says Bankole Apr 11, 2009
I'M Ready For PDP, Fayose Declares From Ifedayo Sayo, Ado-Ekiti and Wole Shadare Lagos ... Bankole told journalists at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, that as the number four man in the country, he had every responsibility to intervene in the Ekiti crisis even as he urged Yoruba elders to wade into it. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Why govt introduced e-passport, by ministers Apr 7, 2009
Lagos airport gets new radar ... The Lagos end of the project has been installed by Thales, the French firm handling the project that has led to so much controversy, six years after the idea was conceived by a former Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Kema Chikwe ... About 15 air traffic controllers who are expected to man the new radar in Lagos are already in Miami, United States, for seven weeks training on how to man the complex, state-of-the-art system. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
A John's Grill First For Top Cop Fong Apr 5, 2009
John Cot, Marisa Lagos. Saturday, April 4, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
How Did University of Ghana Become Nigerias Deus Ex Machina? Apr 5, 2009
The Lagos based daily opens the report with a very explosive statement: The Nigerian educational system has collapsed. It blames the situation on successive military adventures into political offices, and the legendary emphasis on the rule of force over the rule of intellect It also criticises otherwise knowledgeable professionals who prefer to make financially rewarding careers in banking, politics and in the oil sectors instead of helping develop talent and build scholarship in... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
History as Nigeria records first all-female crew flight Apr 2, 2009
28 p.m. yesterday, Nigerian women made a significant entry into the aviation industry when a flight of all-female crew of the pilot, co-pilot and cabin crew arrived in Lagos from Osubi Airport, Delta State ... The crew members, who first flew from Lagos to Osubi at 11 ... Speaking to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, where they were received by the airline's top chiefs and other workers, Agbelusi described it as a normal flight, noting that the applause from the passengers... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Forex Scam - EFCC Arrests Bank's Top Managers Apr 2, 2009
Two weeks ago, managers of one of the new generation banks ran out of luck, when EFCC agents raided the bank's Marina, Lagos branch and carted away thousands of fake travel documents and other supporting papers used in the racket. Two top managers were arrested over the scam. (allAfrica.com)
HAWK TENNIS ON A ROLL Apr 1, 2009
(Lagos, Nigeria) and (Landover, Md. took their opponents in straight sets, while (Teaneck, N.J.) came from behind to win hers 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. (Umeshawks.com)
Sudan's leader ends Egyptian trip Mar 26, 2009
Five die in Lagos building collapse. FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS. (BBC News)
Ministry comments on alleged detention of Ghanaians in Turkey Mar 24, 2009
A statement issued by the Ministry said investigations conducted so far by Ghanaian authorities indicated that 13 people with false Ghanaian passports arrived in Istanbul from Lagos on March 2009. The investigations revealed further that the Turkish National Security also detained 14 nationals of Guinea who arrived the same day, ostensibly to attend the same Forum. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nigeria: Central Bank Sends Examiners After Other Banks Mar 19, 2009
A top CBN official, who confirmed this development to THISDAY in Lagos yesterday, said the examiners were sent to the banks last week and are expected to submit their reports before the end of the week. Two of the four banks currently being examined have their head offices located on Victoria Island, Lagos, while others have theirs on Lagos Island. (allAfrica.com)
Man swindles as Mr. Right to 56-year-old woman in love Mar 17, 2009
He told the woman he was an engineer working in Lagos, and his wife and only child had been killed in a car accident, according to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria's anti-corruption police. The woman in love then sent Nurudeen money for medical treatment and travel costs to visit Australia. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ben Enwonwu in focus, 'resurrects' tomorrow Mar 17, 2009
" With this introductory remark, a new chapter in the documentation of the life and times of the premier African modernist, Ben Enwonwu, begins tomorrow in Lagos with the presentation of Ben Enwonwu, The Making Of An African Modernist. Written by the art historian and associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States of America, Sylvester Okwunodo Ogbechie, the book has been described as an answer to years of neglect visited on the work of modern African artists... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Recession And Expatriates Influx [editorial] Mar 16, 2009
Lagos With deepening recession in the world's leading economies and various companies closing shop or cutting jobs, global unemployment can only worsen. The job losses include those of highly skilled labour, considered much secured before the financial crisis. (allAfrica.com)
Nigeria: Shell to Lay Off More Workers Over Security Costs Mar 9, 2009
Lagos Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell Petroleum Deve-lopment Company Nigeria (SPDC) may have rescinded its decision to put on hold the re-organisation of its Nigerian operations which last year claimed the jobs of over 1,000 workers and resulted in a drastic reduction in its operations in the Niger Delta. Shell was believed to have soft-pedalled after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua reportedly met with the company's out-going Chief Executive Officer, Jeroen van der Veer, and the Dutch Prime Minister,... (allAfrica.com)
FAAN Grounds Airlines Over N5b Debt Mar 8, 2009
While we have had Federal assisted programmes such as ship acquisition funds; and Road mass transit program; for the transportation sector, no programme has been put in place to support the airlines, " she added. Damina reiterated that the devaluation of the Naira was severe and called on the government to help the industry. Others which services were suspended yesterday included all the concessionaires, who have refused to remit money to FAAN based on the concession agreement reached with the... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigerian airline increases flights to Ghana Mar 6, 2009
Accra, March 5, GNA - Aero Contractors, a leading Nigerian airline, has increased its flight frequency on the Lagos to Accra route to two daily flights with their new Boeing 737-500 aircraft, a move the airline says would boost the tourism sector of Ghana ... Customers from both countries taking advantage of the two daily flights between Lagos and Accra, he said, would soon be able to pay for their tickets using their Visa card, a feature that has already been implemented in Nigeria. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nigeria: Maternal and Child Deaths [editorial] Mar 5, 2009
Lagos Again, the United Nations International Children's Educational Fund (UN-ICEF) has raised an alarm on Nigeria 's increasing maternal and child deaths. According to UNICEF Report launched by the wife of the President, Turia Yar' Adua, in Abuja recently, one Nigerian woman dies every 10 minutes from complications of pregnancy and child birth, while 500 newborns die daily in Nigeria. (allAfrica.com)
