Director general, Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Engr. Akin Olateru, said the aviation safety record of Nigeria has been described as the best in Africa, with the country recording only two fatal accidents in the last ten years. He said ...
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Feed SubscriptionFAAN Shuts Down Yakubu Gowon Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Wednesday, announced the closure of Yakubu Gowon Airport in Jos, Plateau State, for one week. In a press statement by FAAN management, the airport will be temporarily closed to flight operations from ...
Read More »Forex: Domestic Operators Lament Over 40 Aircraft Grounded Abroad
No fewer than 40 aircraft belonging to domestic airlines are currently grounded in maintenance facilities abroad and in Nigeria due to lack of access to foreign exchange from the Central Bank of Nigeria to pay the necessary bills, according to ...
Read More »Abuja Airport 2nd Runway To Take Off As Federal Govt Agrees N825m Compensation
Construction at Abuja’s second runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) is set to take off as the federal government has agreed to pay N825m compensation to communities affected by the project. This was revealed after a meeting between ...
Read More »Drivers Lament Rising Levies, Union Officials’ Harassment
Some commercial drivers in Ogun and Lagos states have lamented the alleged increase in the daily levies they pay through the purchase of tickets in various motor parks across the states. Investigations by PUNCH Metro at Mowe Motor Park in ...
Read More »Aviation Security Workers Embark On Strike Aug 16
The Aviation Security and logistics sub-sector has been mandated by the National Union of Air Transport Employees to embark on a nationwide strike starting from Wednesday, August 16. This is as an aftermath of poor wages for the workers. This was ...
Read More »Nigeria Not Ready For ICAO Security Audit–NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), over the weekend, said the country is not ready for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), security audit in November. Speaking to journalists, the director general of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, said six ...
Read More »FCTA To Spend N5bn On Abuja Light Rail System Rehabilitation
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it is going to spend N5bn on the rehabilitation of vital equipment of Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) system that was vandalised by hoodlums following its temporary shutdown to mitigate the spread ...
Read More »Air Peace Launches Inaugural Flight To Lome, Targets Abidjan, Cotonou, Malabo
To strengthen the economic and cultural ties between Nigeria and Togo, Air Peace begins direct flights from Lagos to Lome, Togo. Speaking during the launching of the inaugural flight into Lome, which took place on Friday, the safety manager, Air ...
Read More »Rehabilitation, Digitalisation Of Nigerian Ports To Achieve Global Competitiveness
In Nigeria, the federal government through the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), is currently driving port efficiency through digitalisation and planned rehabilitation of collapsed port infrastructure such as quay aprons, venders among others for global competitiveness. The NPA’s aggressive drive for ...
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