by Ayodele Kupoluyi Life truly is vanity. Agagu is gone but our President is still alive and can make the necessary change. This 2015 distraction is too much. It looks like a deliberate ploy for him to fail. Obasanjo gave us GSM, Mr. President should give us light. I recently visited Toronto in Canada (not... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Two officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were yesterday spirited away by officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) after a visit to the FAAN headquarters. The men of the ICPC allegedly arrested the FAAN Director of Administration, Ikechi Uko, and also the... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze My own little problem with him remains his continued use of Islam to defend his tastes. In all honesty, given that his actions are quite legal, he doesn’t need that mask. Good morning, and in the Nigerian parlance, happy new month. First off, I want to apologise for the rather long absence.... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze The killings of almost 100 of our security agents in Nasarawa is being swept under the carpet. And what will follow, is that the monies meant as compensation for the widows will find their way to, err, pockets that can put them to better use. All through last month, I was harrassed, almost... Read More
by Simon Kolawole One of the reasons many self-respecting companies avoid doing serious business with Nigeria is the fear that a government official can, with a stroke of the pen, invalidate an agreement without justification. You should have seen me battling with tears. My aunt was narrating how my teenage cousin – a student of... Read More
by Feyi Fawehinmi The thing about a crisis is that it’s always an opportunity to do the truly radical things that could never be done when everyone was coasting and vested in the status quo. Looks like a good time to talk about aviation so I will weigh in with my 2 cents. So I... Read More
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by Rachel Ogbu 65 Nigerians deported from around Europe countries arrived Nigeria yesterday Friday, January 25. According to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN in Lagos, the deportees came from Spain, Bulgaria, Romania and the United Kingdom. A FAAN official, who pleaded anonymity, revealed to reporters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport’s cargo section in Lagos that... Read More
by Isi Esene There was panic yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, when fire gutted a section of the 33-year-old aviation facility. Property worth millions of naira was reportedly lost in the inferno which was attributed to an electric equipment in a section of the airport which is under construction. The fire caused a... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Like some on Nigerian Twitter would say, it’s the irony of life. Dana Airline, the troubled airline which made headlines in June 2012 when one of its planes crashed in Lagos killing over 150 people has been named by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria as the best domestic carrier for 2011.... Read More
by Reuben Daba On Saturday, an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Akinyele Adetula, was apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Murtala Mohammed Airport with $1.4m (N218m). Adetula was able to pass through Nigeria Customs Service and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency security checks because he was wearing... Read More
by Isi Esene The chief executives of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), George Uriesi; Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Harold Demuren, and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nnamdi Udoh yesterday conducted a joint press briefing explaining that the labour unions which disrupted the Arik Air domestic flight operations on Wednesday did so... Read More
by Isi Esene Reports say that Arik Arline today suspended all its flights out of Lagos leaving passengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport stranded. There are conflicting accounts as regards the actual cause of the flight suspension but some published reports say flights were grounded by labour unions over unpaid dues to them. It further stated... Read More
by Isi Esene Dana Air yesterday joined the plaintiffs, Dele Ore and the Civil Aviation Round Table Initiative (CARTI), to make attempts at stopping the coroner’s inquest into the airline accident which happened on June 3. Th initial plaintiffs had gone to the Federal High Court, Lagos, to demand a stop to the inquest stating... Read More
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Premium Times is reporting that the NNPC’s General Manager in charge of Public Affairs, Dr Levi Ajuonuma, was one of the casualties in the McDonnell Douglas (MD-83) aircraft operated by Dana Air, which crashed in Lagos today. The flight, arriving Lagos from Abuja, crashed with less than four minutes to landing. Dana airline has said it... Read More
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