Plane caught fire at Lagos Airport.

A plane belonging to the Overlands airways caught fire this afternoon at murtala Mohammed airport Lagos state Nigeria.
A true witness of the story said that the plane was undergoing some series of servicing before the sudden incident happened,though there was no loss of life..

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academic staff union of polythecnics to begin nationwide strike by december 12

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared that it would begin an indefinite strike starting from December 12, 2018. The polytechnic lecturers will join their university colleagues who have been on strike since November 4th to press home their demands with the Federal Government. The National President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, in a chat with Premium Times said the federal government had failed to meet the demands of the polytechnic lecturers. Prior to this impending strike, the union had on October 2 issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government before it extended it to November. But even then, it did not commence the strike. Mr Dutse said the proposed strike would be “ total and indefinite. This further emphasises the resolution of the 93rd National Executive Council meeting reached at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos last week. Government has failed to implement and fulfil agreements it reached with the union as contained in the memora...

2Baba out with a big bang featuring Peruzzi as produced by Speroachbeatzz.

2Baba out with a big bang featuring Peruzzi as produced by Speroachbeatzz. Hypertek Digital’s lead act, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2Baba is out with a new offering titled “Amaka” The new record Amaka has been highly anticipated on on social media. Amaka features DMW’s act, Peruzzi . Hopefully, this might just peak on the country’s music charts. Enjoy! DOWNLOAD HERE 👇 http://cdn.tooxclusive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2Baba_-_Amaka_ft_Peruzzi.mp3

See what it costs to fuel a plane from Lagos to London

I have been very inquisitive about air travel lately. This took me on a journey to actually find out how much it costs to fuel planes. In this article, we would be using a Boeing 747 as reference and data (cost of aviation fuel) provided by IATA (International Air Transport Association). We would be calculating how much fuel would be consumed on a flight from Lagos (MMA) to London (Heathrow). First, let’s get some parameters right Distance between the two airports :- Approx. 5,006 Km Time taken for the journey :- 6 hours 35 mins , which is equal to 395 mins Cost of aviation fuel :- According to IATA, it costs 211.23 cts/gal cts/gal is a term used in aviation,it means cents per gallon. Lets convert this figure to ₦/litre Lets use 360 per $ One dollar is 100 cents 211.23 cents = 2.11 dollars To Naira = ₦759.6 This figure is per gallon 1 Gallon is approx. 3.79 litres That means its costs ₦759.6 per 3.79 litres That gives us ₦200.42 per litre ...

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