The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has issued Air Operator Certificate (AOC) to Binani Air Global Services to commence scheduled flight operations. Speaking in Abuja during the presentation of the certificate, the Director-General of Civil Aviation, Capt. Chris Najomo commended the airline’s resilience and determination, describing the certification as a historic milestone and a significant…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Panseke–Adigbe Unit Command, on Wednesday convened a stakeholders’ engagement meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as part of efforts to promote road safety and enhance compliance with traffic regulations. The meeting, held at the Skating Ground in Panseke, brought together key players in the transport sector,…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos A Lagos Magistrate Court has sentenced a 39-year-old man, Omotosho Nure, to six months’ imprisonment for attempting to set a Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) operative ablaze while resisting arrest in the Cele area of the state. The Corps Marshal of LAGESC, popularly known as KAI, disclosed the development in a…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos The Lagos State Taskforce has dismissed allegations of bribery levelled against its officials in a viral video circulated by Objectv reporter, Mr. Segun Adewoye, describing the report as misleading and lacking factual basis. In a statement issued on Thursday by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, the Taskforce said the…
Two students of Lagos State Model Junior College, Igbonla, Epe, alongside their teacher, escaped death when the vehicle conveying them collided with another vehicle in the Onipanu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, that the accident…
In its continuous effort to enforce road discipline and ensure safety on major highways, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Sector Command, has convicted 17 drivers for various traffic-related infractions in the Ogere area of the state. The offenders were convicted on Wednesday during a mobile court session presided over by Magistrate O.S. Fadahunsi. Recall…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the full restoration of train services along the Abuja–Kaduna corridor following a disruption earlier this week. Managing director Kayode Opeifa, disclosed this in a post on X on Wednesday, assuring passengers of enhanced safety and improved operational standards after the March 16 incident. “Following the incident on Monday,…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has handed over the contract for the proposed Zariagi International Airport to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and Gamji Nigeria Limited. The brief ceremony took place on Wednesday at the Government House in Lokoja, with key stakeholders and international partners in attendance. Governor Ododo described the airport as a…
