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Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr. Christopher Anyanwu, yesterday met with the leadership of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TRANSCORP) and Capital Leisure and Hospitality Limited to resolve the tussle over the ownership of 51 percent equity in Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja .
DELTA Airlines poor treatment of hundreds of its passengers heading to the US appears to be the standard practice for most foreign airlines that operate into Nigeria.
Tourism sector players are upbeat the high season will not be affected by the detection of swine flu in the country.
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation applauded the U.S. government for taking the final steps to repeal the more than 15-year-old policy banning HIV-positive foreign nationals from entering the United States. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) removed HIV from the list of “communicable diseases of public health significance,” effectively ...
Botswana has the lowest civil aviation charges in the region because it has not reviewed the levies for over a decade, senior aviation officials have said.
A man was injured and property worth million of shillings destroyed, following a fire outbreak at Top Land Hotel in Magomeni Mapipa yesterday morning.
Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has embarked on an ambitious programme to boost its haulage capacity to tap into freight cargo destined for DRC, Rwanda Burundi and Zambia.
The Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) will soon use packaged water polythene to grow flowers and other plants in nurseries.Dr Dije Bala, the Chairman of the agency, who stated this in Bauchi on Wednesday in an interview, said the agency would design a method of collecting the sachets and sending them to various plant nurseries for incubation of plants.
IN THESE tough economic times, horse racing is coming to the rescue of KwaZulu-Natal's economy, with Saturday's Vodacom Durban July set to inject R500m into the province's coffers.
Hotel and tourism players have been put on high alert following the reported case of swine flu in Kenya.
A Yemenia (Yemeni Airways) jet with 153 people on board crashed into the Indian Ocean on Tuesday as it tried to land during strong winds on the island nation of Comoros.
Oceanic Insurance Group has, in conjunction with Aero, Nigeria's oldest aviation company, introduced an online travel insurance scheme to address air travel challenges for its customers in Nigeria and Ghana.
A 14-year-old girl seen alive from the waters of the Indian Ocean is thought to be the only survivor of the second plane disaster to hit France in a month.
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCo) has attributed the smooth take off of Delta Airlines' inaugural flight from Abuja to New York, via Senegal, to the seamless ground handling services it rendered the airline.
Kwara State governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the state's Aviation Academy, expected to take off during the third quarter of the year, was on course.
A novel advertising medium has debuted at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
Malindi MP Mr Gideon Mung'aro is rooting for the relocation of Malindi airport from its current area to allow expansion.
Several hundred miles into southeastern Liberia, stands the town of Tuzon, the birthplace of late President Samuel K. Doe who seized power in a military coup in 1980 to engrave Tuzon in the pages of Liberian history.
The Capital Markets Authority chairman Micah Cheserem has resigned from the board of Kenya Airways.
Malindi MP Mr Gideon Mung'aro is rooting for the relocation of Malindi airport from its current area to allow expansion.
Health officials have now enjoined their immigration counterparts to check the spread of the deadly H1N1 (swine) flu virus.
A traveler-historian in the tradition of Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun and Ibn Jubayr, Leo was a man of many talents, occupations and adventures. He was, at various times, a diplomat, jurist, hospital administrator, geographer, teacher, political prisoner and international celebrity.
The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has requested for the provision of e-passport machine from the Nigerian Immigration Service for the issuance of the passport to intending pilgrims.
Struggling to beat the economic hardships and the low tourist season, hotels in Mombasa have been doing a booming business following the arrival of more than 4,000 teachers and several other groups that are participating in the 2009 Kenya Secondary School Heads Association conference in the coastal city.
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