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Posts tagged with "Calabar"

Apapa's port congestion expected to ease after it is linked with Lagos-Ibadan railway line African News

Apapa's port congestion expected to ease after it is linked with Lagos-Ibadan railway line

NIGERIA'S main seaport at Apapa in Lagos State has been offered respite from the terrible gridlock that has characterised its operations for the last 20 or so years after the China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) revealed it has connected it by rail.   CCECC is the contractor building thee Lagos to Ibadan...
United Nigeria Airlines becomes the seventh airline to begin flying to Enugu airport African News

United Nigeria Airlines becomes the seventh airline to begin flying to Enugu airport

ENUGU'S Akanu Ibiam International Airport has been another big boost in its quest to become a major travel hub after the United Nigeria Airlines became the seventh career to start flying to the facility.   Nigeria's aviation industry is struggling to keep up with the rise in passenger volumes and several states are upgrading...
Nigeria’s 2030 railway development plan African News

Nigeria’s 2030 railway development plan

Ayo Akinfe As the whole world moves away from crude oil Nigeria needs to set herself and ambitious target of making her railway network the new mode of transportation across the country. Just look at how far we are behind other developing nations when it comes to kilometre of railway lines. In the 21st century,...
Tragedy avoided as Cross River State magistrate slumps while protesting two year salary arrears African News

Tragedy avoided as Cross River State magistrate slumps while protesting two year salary arrears

TRAGEDY was recently avoided in Calabar when one of the magistrates currently protesting outside the governor's office of the non-payment of their two year salary arrears by the Cross River State slumped but was immediately resuscitated by colleagues and state house staff.   Over the last few days, Cross River State...
Next week Mr Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister will be visiting Nigeria, so I hope President Buhari and his team will have this post-Covid action list presented to him African News

Next week Mr Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister will be visiting Nigeria, so I hope President Buhari and his team will have this post-Covid action list presented to him

Ayo Akinfe (1) If China comes up with a Covid-19 vaccine, Nigeria’s government wants a commitment that a pharmaceutical plant to manufacture the drug will be built in Nigeria. In addition, Nigeria wants sole distribution rights of the vaccine across Africa (2) Nigeria wants a platoon of an elite division of China’s special...
Pope Francis I intervenes in Nigerian crisis calling for prayers to end the ongoing violence Headline

Pope Francis I intervenes in Nigerian crisis calling for prayers to end the ongoing violence

POPE Francis I has intervened in the ongoing crisis in Nigeria by calling for prayers over the current violence and widespread  looting that has spread nationwide across the country asking that peace be returned.   Last Tuesday, Nigerian Army troops opened fire on unarmed protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, killing several of...
Events of the last 48 hours have convinced me that the Nigerian revolution will take place in our lifetime African News

Events of the last 48 hours have convinced me that the Nigerian revolution will take place in our lifetime

Ayo Akinfe (1) It is crystal clear to the whole world now that the gulf between the haves and the have-nots in Nigeria is now totally unsustainable. No matter what anyone says, social convulsions are inevitable (2) We are the poverty capital of the world with about 87m people living in extreme poverty. When nearly 90m of your...
Poverty alleviation is the only long-term antidote to looting African News

Poverty alleviation is the only long-term antidote to looting

Ayo Akinfe (1) Over the last 24 hours, the social convulsions in Nigeria have taken on a new dimension with people attacking the homes of rich politicians in search of food and basic consumer items (2) In Ibadan, the home of a senator was attacked and 200 motorcycles carted away by the dispossessed (3) In Calabar, a...
Hausa/Fulani community in Cross River State tells Ohaneze it will back Igbo president come 2023 African News

Hausa/Fulani community in Cross River State tells Ohaneze it will back Igbo president come 2023

MEMBERS of the Hausa community in Cross River State have promised Ohaneze Ndigbo that they will be backing the southeast geo-political zone in its quest to produce Nigeria's next president come 2023.   Although not constitutional, Nigeria's component parts have a gentleman's agreement that the presidency will rotate between...
If President Buhari is serious about building continental railway lines to boost commerce, here are economically viable routes he should consider rather than the inexplicable Kano to Maradi one that serves no purpose whatsoever African News

If President Buhari is serious about building continental railway lines to boost commerce, here are economically viable routes he should consider rather than the inexplicable Kano to Maradi one that serves no purpose whatsoever

Ayo Akinfe (1) A a Yaoundé-Douala-Calabar-Ikom line that will transport Cameroonian cocoa to the processing plant at Ikom in Cross River State (2) A Lomé-Cotonou-Badagry-Apapa-Warri-Port Harcourt line that will link up West Africa’s coastal ports (3) An Abuja-Niamey-Ouagadougou-Bamako-Conakry-Dakar line that will open up the...
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