#BBB NEWS| Seven Dead, Ten Rescued As Boat Capsizes In Lagos

Ten people were rescued while seven others were confirmed dead on Saturday, during a boat mishap which occurred in Badore area of Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos State.

The incident occurred at about 10.20am after the boat with 17 passengers on board took off from Ijede jetty on board Badore, Ajah.

According to eye witnesses’ account, the boat capsized barely few minutes after its take off from Ijede after which it allegedly ran into a heap of sand scooped together by sand scoopers.

Fishermen in the area were able to rescue four bodies on the spot while 13 were later recovered and hospitalized at the General Hospital, Ijede, Ijede Aeromedics and two private hospitals for medical attention.

#BBB NEWS| Federal Government To Privatize Airports In Lagos, Abuja, Kano, And Port Harcourt

The Federal Government has plans to concession the management of the Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano airports to private investors.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos during a fact-finding tour of facilities and agencies at the Murtala Muhammed Airport.

He was accompanied by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Muhtar Usman; Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma; and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Ibrahim Abdulsalam; as well as the Director-General, Nigeria Meteorological Agency, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, among others.

The minister said the planned concession of the four airports was to guarantee efficiency and good management in view of dwindling resources from the government for infrastructural development in the aviation industry.

#BBB NEWS| Arik Air Abandons New York Bound Passengers In Lagos [PHOTO]

New York bound intending passengers on Arik Air have been stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) airport correspondent reports that the intending travelers, numbering no fewer than 100 were stranded at the airport since April 17.

The intending travelers resorted to violent protests, invading the tarmac of the airport and disrupting a scheduled Lagos-Accra flight of Arik Air early on Saturday.

However, the Spokesman of Arik Air, Mr Ola Adebanji, told reporters that the issue had been resolved and that the Accra-bound aircraft later made the trip.

Adebanji explained that the U.S. bound passengers could not depart as scheduled, due to malfunctioning of the browser, fuelling the aircraft.