Tag: Travelers
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Road travelers in Abuja commend FG for 50% discount
Some travelers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have commended the Federal Government for granting 50 per cent discount of their fare tickets to various destinations within the country.
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Air fare rises by 8.70% in one year, says NBS report
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said in one year, air transport fare rose by 8.70% from N72,690.54 in September 2022 to N79,013.48 in September 2023. This was contained in its report titled: “Transport Fare Watch for September 2023.” According to the data, in air travel, the average fare paid by air passengers for…
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FG assures travelers of completion of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in December
The Director, South-West, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Adedamola Kuti, has assured travelers that the inward and outward sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be completed on or before December 2022. Recall that in August travelers encountered challenges when approaching Alausa in Ikeja, from Magboro. Some of these travelers spend hours on a journey…
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Amotekun rescues three remaining travelers from kidnappers
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, code-named Amotekun, have rescued the remaining three people who were kidnapped last Wednesday in the state. The victims were travelling to Lagos from Ifira-Akoko in Akoko South-East Local Government Area of the state when they were kidnapped by gunmen. The incident occurred at the bad portion of…
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Travellers must bear full costs of COVID-19 tests – PTF
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, has said the country cannot afford to conduct free COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving into Nigeria. Aliyu, who made this statement on Saturday during a webinar organised by the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, noted that the country…
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Buhari in Lagos: Travelers, commuters, groan over restriction of movement by security agencies
Some travellers and commuters were on Thursday, forced to walk long distances to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to catch their flights, following restriction of movement around the airport vicinity by security operatives. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the movement restriction around the airport is due to the visit of President Muhammadu…