A technical glitch which has caused hundreds of U.K. flights to be disrupted could take “days” to fix, causing chaos for passengers during the busy summer travel period. Hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled Monday after a systems failure…
Passengers stranded as aviation unions begin strike
Activities in the aviation sector of Nigeria have been disrupted with many passengers stranded as Aviation Unions today commence their two-day warning strike. Members of the unions have blocked the entrance to the Murtala Muhammad Airport domestic terminal, leaving many…
NRC transports 693,224 passengers on Lagos/Ibadan standard gauge
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that it recorded 693,224 passengers travelling on the Lagos/Ibadan Standard Gauge train between January 2021 and December 2022. The Lagos District Manager, NRC, Mr Augustin Arisa, made the disclosure in an interview with…
Buhari meets family members of Abuja-Kaduna train abduction
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with family members of the Abuja-Kaduna train abduction in Abuja. Presidency in a tweet disclosed that Buhari is meeting with people whose relatives were abducted in the train that was attacked by terrorists. Eight…
Passengers groan as 1 hour flight hits N75k
Air travelers have begun groaning bitterly under the prohibitive fares airline operators have rolled out for flights within Nigeria as a one-hour flight now costs over a hundred thousand (N100, 000) naira. When The PUNCH visited the domestic wings of…
Terrorists threaten to start killing Abuja-Kaduna train passengers in 24hrs
Terrorists threaten to start killing Abuja-Kaduna train passengers in 24hrs. Terrorists who kidnapped the AK 9 train passengers have reportedly threatened to start killing the remaining passengers in their captivity in 24 hours. They made this known in an audio…
That Abuja-Kaduna train attack was a ticking bomb
The Abuja-Kaduna train that was bombed by terrorists on the night of Monday, the 28th of March, 2022 was actually a ticking time bomb! I mean, literally; everyone who is old enough to follow the incessant terrorists’ attacks especially up…
Drunken danfo driver rams passengers into shops (Guardian)
About 18 passengers in a commercial bus, popularly called Danfo yesterday escaped death when a bus driver who turned up the music blaring from the bus stereo, veered off the road and rammed into some shops by the roadside at…
My passenger raped me and then she took my money
I had been a red cab taxi driver for about two years at that time, you know there were these small red cabs before Uber and Taxify came and scattered business for us. I used to have my own clients,…
Passenger bus somersaults on Third Mainland Bridge (Punch)
Eighteen passengers in a commercial bus and the driver were lucky to escape death in Lagos on Sunday as their vehicle somersaulted on the Third Mainland Bridge. The accident, according to eyewitnesses, occurred very close to the Iyana Oworo bus…