Obadiah Mailafia Published 17 May 2021Railways are a great passion of mine. They are very central to our common future. Not only are they the cheapest and safest means of public transport, I cannot imagine a nation of more than 200 million without an efficient and well-functioning rail network. Railways were crucial for the 19th-century Industrial Revolution in England. They also are for our own ambitions in the 21st century. Not only do they.
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Published 17 May 2021
Railways are a great passion of mine. They are very central to our common future. Not only are they the cheapest and safest means of public transport, I cannot imagine a nation of more than 200 million without an efficient and well-functioning rail network. Railways were crucial for the 19th-century Industrial Revolution in England. They also are for our own ambitions in the 21st century. Not only do they have the potential to employ millions of people, they are also a vehicle for nation building.
Last week, some unscrupulous characters were caught on camera vandalising the rail tracks on the Itakpe-Ajaokuta rail. They loaded them unto a waiting van and drove off. It made my stomach churn. If peradventure a train was moving on that track that afternoon, there would have been a catastrophic accident.
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Hadi Sirika
About three years after its unveiling in London, the Federal Government has relived hope of the new national carrier with a funding offer above $250 million.
The Ministry of Aviation, in a memo, disclosed that the private sector would avail the fund, in line with the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) design for the ‘Nigeria Air’.
The Federal Government on July 18, 2018, unveiled the name and logo of the proposed carrier at the Farnborough International Public Air show in London, United Kingdom (UK) ahead of the planned initial take-off on December 24 of that year. The lack of budgetary provision and criticism by the public forced the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to “temporarily” ditch the December 2018 roll-out plan.
Nigeria-Press-Review May 14, 2021 to 09:20 174 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The 14 countries placed on close monitoring by the Lagos State Government as part of measures to prevent infection and possible spread of the new variants of COVID-19 pandemic is one of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Friday.
The Vanguard reports that as part of measures to prevent infection and possible spread of the new variants of COVID-19, pandemic, Lagos State Government has placed 14 countries on close monitoring.
It will be recalled that Lagos state had earlier placed all emergency facilities in the state on high alert to pick up early trends that may suggest fresh wave.