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Feed SubscriptionAir Peace Mulls Discounted Fare For Serving, Retired Military Officers
Air Peace airline, on Thursday, said it would introduce rebate on flight tickets for serving and retired officers of the Nigeria military. This was disclosed by the chairman of the airline, Allen Onyema, when being conferred with a Doctor of ...
Read More »Floating Naira: Importers Abandon Tokunbo Cars At Seaport
Due to the rise in foreign exchange rate, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday, said vehicle importers abandoned thousands of imported fairly used vehicles at the seaport. Speaking when members of the Association of Nigerian Licenced Customs Agents (ANLCA) ...
Read More »Nigeria Has Best Aviation Safety Record In Africa – NSIB Boss
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 ...
Read More »FAAN 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 ...
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