Transport Services Limited (TSL) commenced petroleum road haulage on the 5th June, 2002 and has redefined the Nigerian downstream Oil and Gas sector.

• Current fleet size of over 600 complete trucks (tanker trailers and flatbeds) with over 50% brand new.

• The only private company to own 5 specialized aircraft re-fuelers.

• Amongst the top 3 logistics companies in Nigeria based on volumes moved, and revenue.

• Pioneered the Grade ‘A’ system of asset classification in the downstream oil and gas sector, by providing clients with high quality/brand new assets for product distribution.

• Introduced the Smith System drivers’ training program into the haulage industry, as one of the company’s several safety initiatives.

“TSL shall carry out its business activities in a safe and efficient manner to prevent accidents, injuries and occupational illness”. Our goal is to attain and sustain the highest Health, Safety, Security and Environmental protection standards in line with international best practices.”

Our main objectives are to build a strong dynamic logistics and distribution platform partnering with a network of skilled solution providers.
http://tsllimited.com/companies/transport-services-limited/company-profile/

Flying Doctors is an indigenous air ambulance in Nigeria and West Africa. We have been in operation for about 10 years. Where I was coming from in the United Kingdom, everybody was using private jets and helicopters to transfer patients and I thought this would be the best thing to bring to Nigeria.

But after few years I realised that, in this market, expecting a patient to pay up to $10,000 or more for a transfer between cities was not feasible. What we did was to bring down the price. We forged a partnership with a number of commercial airlines we now have a way of placing all the life-support equipment inside a commercial aircraft, thereby reducing the price from $20,000 to as low as N200,000 for air ambulance transfer. It is just a small closed-up cabin, the curtain would be around the patient so nobody knows the patient’s identity, while the rest of the passengers sit in their seats.

We are the only air ambulance service that specialised in doing this, and I realised that, in Nigeria and most of West Africa, the affordability is quite low for the private jet model. That is how we designed this to fit into any commercial airline. Maiduguri to Lagos, Benin to Lagos, Kaduna to Abuja are journeys that patients need to make every day for treatment. It has really changed the lives of a lot of people that would have not been able to seek the best care for them without the use of our service.

What is the nature of the staff you employ?
We have critical care doctors, nurses and paramedic doctors, among others. Some patients that we transfer are unable to breathe on their own so they need to breathe with a ventilation machine and the role of this machine is like taking the place of the lungs, which is like a life-support machine.

So, because of that complexity in controlling the machine, how they are breathing, the pressure at which they are breathing, we need critical care specialist. For the regular cases, we use nurses or paramedics. http://sunnewsonline.com/why-i-started-air-ambulance-orekunrin-md-flying-doctors/

"Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s smallest number of motorized vehicles but the highest rate of road traffic fatalities, with Nigeria and South Africa leading the pack.

Trauma has become a silent epidemic in Africa, an epidemic that will only spread as the economy grows. More and more Africans are buying cars and working in heavy and dangerous industries. At the same time, infrastructure is poor, safety laws lax, and cars badly maintained." http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/lioness-ola-orekunrin/

Africa’s Trauma Epidemic | By OLA OREKUNRIN OCT. 17, 2013

LAGOS — It was dusk and I was on my way home from Abeokuta, a vibrant city in southwest Nigeria. My driver had switched off the car’s air-conditioning so I could open the windows and feel the breeze. He was weaving between potholes in the road when suddenly, the scene ahead changed.

A large truck had pulled out carelessly onto the road, knocking a car straight into the median.

That stretch of road is notoriously dangerous, not just because of traffic accidents but also because of armed robbers. It’s for that reason that I suppressed my natural instinct to stop and help.

I was filled with guilt as we passed the wrecked car, because I knew that if the young man at the wheel had been badly injured, there was only a small chance that he would get the emergency treatment he needed.

I knew this because I am a trauma doctor and the founder of West Africa’s first indigenous air ambulance service. Nigeria, a country of more than 170 million people, has no organized trauma response system and no formal training for paramedics. Injured people are often taken to the hospital in a car or minibus or draped across the motorcycle of a good Samaritan, sometimes several hours after the accident has occurred.

Even if the patient does reach a local hospital, it may not have the skilled staff or equipment needed. (There are only a few that do, and there are huge distances between them.) Most of those who are seriously injured probably bleed to death.

So I couldn’t help it when, a few moments later, I said “Stop the car, please.”

I grabbed one of our emergency response bags from my trunk and walked back. I tried to concentrate on the types of injuries the driver might have rather than how unsafe it was walking on that stretch of road, particularly in the evening. Was he bleeding? Was he conscious?

The crash scene had quickly attracted some of the people who typically gather around accidents in Nigeria. Bystanders were pulling the driver out of the car. Before long they were joined by a barefoot “prophet” in a white robe. No Nigerian accident scene is complete without a prophet who commands everyone to stand by while he loudly predicts that the patient will stop bleeding. The patient is often drained of blood by the time the prophecy is complete....

The World Bank predicts that in the next two years, road accidents could be the biggest killer of African children between 5 and 15. By 2030, according to the Global Burden of Disease study, road accidents will be the fifth leading cause of death in the developing world, ahead of malaria, tuberculosis and H.I.V.

If you add to these numbers the injuries caused by violent crime and communal conflict, then you have all the ingredients for a public health emergency.

And yet, trauma receives only a tiny fraction of the attention and money given to these three infectious diseases. Every health care conference I attend focuses on vaccines, treatment and training to combat the infamous “triple epidemic.”

Over the last decade, billions of dollars have poured into Africa with the laudable aim of defeating these killer diseases. But that most basic killer, injury, remains neglected...

A pill would do very little for someone on a rural road in Nigeria with a head injury and a collapsed lung.

We need to put in place systems to provide lifesaving care for accident victims. They need to be moved to a fully equipped hospital — one with X-ray machines, CT scanners, a burn unit — within the space of 45 minutes. We need at least 10 of these proper hospitals. We need to improve our roads, and we need a high-quality ambulance system to drive on them. And we need paramedic schools — like the one my company is helping to open, the first of its kind in Nigeria.

Some countries in other parts of the world have come up with proactive solutions. In Israel, a group called United Hatzalah helps volunteer emergency workers get quickly to accident sites, by “ambucycle” or on foot, if necessary. But Africa’s challenge will require an African response — and international support.

On the road that night, I quickly assessed that the young man needed urgent medical attention. I gave him oxygen and inserted a makeshift airway. I noted that he probably had internal bleeding and did my best to stem whatever external bleeding I could detect.

A passing taxi then transported him to the nearest hospital. He had a fighting chance. But too many injured Nigerians, forgotten on the side of the road, do not. It’s time the global public-health community paid attention to Africa’s urgent need for emergency medical care.

Ola Orekunrin is a trauma doctor and the managing director of Flying Doctors Nigeria, an air ambulance service. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/opinion/africas-trauma-epidemic.html?_r=0

Ekealterego:
This is pathetic, I was expecting the Yorubas here to come up with something competitive, all I saw was tissue papers, serviettes, trousers and ororo and gas stations...
Kai!! All these to fill up space. These are things the average road side Igbo entrepreneurs produce effortlessly.

I expected a much more stiffer competition but this is a whitewash even on their home soil.

patrick89:
everything about you is ugly. . your legs must filled with dark spots, dirty people.

laudate:
Due to the poor state of infrastructure in the country, a lot of goods and services are still moved by road. And road haulage is fraught with delays and attendant risks. But a company known as Transport Services Limited (TSL) is slowly changing all that, by providing supply chain options and haulage services, to multinationals and others in the industrial sector.

TSL is divided into 3 units: The 1st one is TSL Transport Limited, which offers road transportation with its fleet of 642 trucks, including petroleum product tankers and flat bed trailers. The 2nd one is TSL Logistics Limited which covers Terminals Development and Operations. This division controls 3 petroleum product storage terminals, including 2 aviation terminals in Nigeria with a combined storage capacity of 55 million litres. The 3rd division is TSL Marine Limited which handles Shipping and Marine transportation of Petroleum Products, as well as the provision of support and service vessels for down, mid and upstream operations.

The company board is headed by 3 young men: Deji Wright, Wale Fatoki and Jide Tinubu. They are bright, articulate young professionals with a flair for delivering results, in the logistics sector.

Ekealterego:
This is pathetic, I was expecting the Yorubas here to come up with something competitive, all I saw was tissue papers, serviettes, trousers and ororo and gas stations...
Kai!! All these to fill up space. These are things the average road side Igbo entrepreneurs produce effortlessly.

I expected a much more stiffer competition but this is a whitewash even on their home soil.

honeychild:
The diff is clear men

ODVanguard:

kn23h:
What do you think about this thread

ibkayee:

I didn't know about a lot of the things mentioned here so it's a nice educative, straightforward archive to refer back to, hilarious too. Hopefully it doesn't get deleted for whatever reason

Ekealterego:
This is pathetic, I was expecting the Yorubas here to come up with something competitive, all I saw was tissue papers, serviettes, trousers and ororo and gas stations...
Kai!! All these to fill up space. These are things the average road side Igbo entrepreneurs produce effortlessly.

I expected a much more stiffer competition but this is a whitewash even on their home soil.

honeychild:
The diff is clear men

ODVanguard:
Another Yoruba shoe brand I like is Shoespeed. Itele Wey make sense.

http://shoespeed.com/

Ilovemystate:


Your brothers could only list seven manufacturing firms owned by Yorubas others are distributors and many lies check out

Eko Hotel part of the Chagoury Group of companies. Founder and Chairman of the Chagoury Group, Gilbert Ramez Chagoury



Global Infrastructure Partners is not the owner of Adebayo Ogunlesi and they are not the owner gatewick airport,The airport is owned and operated by Gatwick Airport Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ivy Holdco Limited, Ivy Holdco is, in turn, owned by a consortium of companies, which has changed over time.

http://global-infra.com/whatWeDo.php
Global partners What We Do

GIP is an independent infrastructure fund manager that combines deep industry expertise with industrial best practice operational management. Our current equity fund, Global Infrastructure Partners III, makes equity investments in high quality infrastructure assets in the energy, transport and water/waste sectors where we possess deep experience and strong relationships.

GIP manages over $40 billion for its investors. Additionally, the companies in GIP's portfolio have combined annual revenues greater than $5 billion and employ approximately 21,000 people.

Vigeo group is owned by Vigeo Eiris not a Nigeria

• Jimoh ibrahim-nicon group/global fleet group air nigeria/nicon J[b]imoh Ibrahim couldn't manage Virgin Nigeria air, his firm went bankrupt[/b] cheesy cheesy

James Ibori owns 30% shares Oando oil and gas
Wale tinubu- Oando oil James Ibori Owns 30% share in Oando oil and Gas

mercyville:



lol...if wars are won with the mouth then ojuku would have won the civil war.Igbos have the DNA of using their mouths to create what they want the situation to be but their laziness and lack of war and bizness acumen usually make them a laughing stock.I blame the Yorubas quoting you lazy things because reasonable people do not quote jesters who turns you into a jester too.Let the Ibos go and lick their astronomically deep wounds and learn how Yorubas did and still do it.Yorubas have always been achievers but I did not know frankly speaking that they can beat the Igbos in bizness this much.IT IS JUST TOO MUCH...ASTRONOMICALLY TOO MUCH.No wonder the SW is the 3rd economy in Africa.
KUDOS TO INNOSON FOR STRIVING SO HARD BUT I THINK HE SHOULD LEARN HOW PROFORCE DOES IT TO HAVE GONE INTERNATIONAL.Well basically most of the numerous Yoruba companies posted here have gone international while the few Igbos posted other than the oil companies are local.
I think bridges should be built between this bizness people and the Igbos should be taught how to be versatile lije the Yoruba guys.KUDOS.This thread is an eye opener for all Nigerians/Niaralanders.Everybody is a winner.

aniomafirstson:

you have only Lagos

mention another yoruba state

mercyville:

We have gone through this severally.Bayo started the bizness and to make it international and global,he went into partnership.That is the business acumen of the Yorubas and reason most of their businesses are connected internationally and only one will buy up all the biznesses of the Igbos.In that link..you will see that BAYO OGUNLESI IS THE ONLY KEY PERSON OF THE COMPANY.thnx.

obaaderemi:
Very educative,sister.Our Ibo brothers have opened about 10 parallel threads to divert attention from this thread after all the exposure.As usual,they failed.

honeychild:
The diff is clear men

Markfemi:

I think Ogun state made more money than the entire south east

aniomafirstson:


you are using igr to judge?

igr that cannot pay salaries is that one igr?

is Ogun state better than than anambra state in terms of beauty..development etc

Markfemi:


Use beauty and development to generate your IGR
Poor bunch of losers

How can anambra be beautiful when it host the dirtiest city in the world ? - Onitsha

aniomafirstson:


so Ogun is clean?
Ibadan is clean?


igr that cannot bring development is that one igr?

Markfemi:

Igr is as a result of development It's not ghost that pay tax
The Ibadan with brown roof is proudly among the fastest growing city in Africa