Olasunkanmi Akinlotan

3 weeks ago | punchng.com | Olasunkanmi Akinlotan |Princess Etuk |Tukur Muntari

Flight activities were disrupted at the Lagos, Abuja, and Kano airports on Wednesday as workers of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency staged protests at the facilities. At the Lagos airport, XEJET, Aero Contractors, and Ibom Air operated as scheduled, while Air Peace did not. In a statement posted on its X handle, Air Peace stated that following the strike by NiMet staff, it had to suspend its operations.

2 months ago | punchng.com | Dare Olawin |Arinze Nwafor |Olasunkanmi Akinlotan |Temitope Aina |Gabriel Oshokha

Marketers of petroleum products have expressed concerns that the alleged harassment of tanker drivers by officials of the Lagos State Government could lead to fuel scarcity in a few days, as some filling stations were shut in various parts of the state on MondayThey also vowed to shut down operations in the South-West if the 30 tankers arrested by the Lagos State Government are not released.

Jan 28, 2025 | punchng.com | Olasunkanmi Akinlotan |Onozure Dania

A passenger, Ahmed Rabiu, has filed a N26m lawsuit against Virgin Atlantic Airways over his missing luggage while travelling in an aircraft belonging to the airline from London to Lagos. The passenger who dragged the airline before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos is seeking $4000 (more than N6m) in compensation for the lost luggage and N20m in damages for the distress and inconveniences allegedly caused by the airline’s negligence.

Jan 17, 2025 | punchng.com | Olasunkanmi Akinlotan

Managing Director, AMCON, Gbenga Alade The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has insisted that it will recover all the debt owed by a Nigerian carrier, Arik Air. AMCON, which is currently managing the airline in receivers, stated that the corporation is not unaware of the false claims that the owner of the airline, Johnson Arumem-Ikhide, has been paddling against it and its officials, but it insisted that the matter was already in court.

Jan 16, 2025 | punchng.com | Olasunkanmi Akinlotan

File: Passengers boarding a train The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority has disclosed that six new trains will be added to the Lagos rail system following successful safety tests in China. LAMATA made this known through a statement posted on its X handle on Thursday. According to the statement, the trains will operate on both the Blue and Red Lines of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit system.