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August 11, 2013

Opinion: Of Femi Fani-Kayode and his gospel of hate

by Nnaemeka Meribe A million Fani-Kayodes cannot create a gulf between us. Lagos and the Yoruba need people from other ...

August 1, 2013

Sen. Yerima is quite a reasonable fellow – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze My own little problem with him remains his continued use of Islam to defend his tastes. In ...

July 1, 2013

The NCC and it’s never-ending deadlines – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze The killings of almost 100 of our security agents in Nasarawa is being swept under the carpet. ...

June 30, 2013

Simon Kolawole: In Nigeria, impunity is the name of the game

by Simon Kolawole One of the reasons many self-respecting companies avoid doing serious business with Nigeria is the fear that ...

May 10, 2013

Feyi Fawehinmi: Nigerian aviation – We need to break it up to make it up

by Feyi Fawehinmi The thing about a crisis is that it’s always an opportunity to do the truly radical things ...

January 26, 2013

65 Nigerians deported from UK, Spain arrive Lagos [Updated]

by Rachel Ogbu 65 Nigerians deported from around Europe countries arrived Nigeria yesterday Friday, January 25. According to the Federal ...

January 3, 2013

Better skies ahead: FG to acquire 30 aircraft, plans reduction in air fares

The Federal Government, Wednesday, said it plans to acquire 30 aircraft to boost domestic airlines in the country and ensure ...

December 21, 2012

Panic as fire guts Lagos International airport

by Isi Esene There was panic yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, when fire gutted a section of the ...

November 18, 2012

TICKER: #AviationMadness: Arik flight nearly lands on ‘mad man’ who strayed onto airport runway

Arik Air flight nearly crushed a man in ragged clothes and dishevelled hair who stood few metres away from the ...

October 23, 2012

TICKER: FAAN insists Dana Air deserves best airline award: “It’s for 2011,” it says

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said on Monday in Abuja that it had no regrets for choosing DANA Airline as ...

October 22, 2012

Dana Airline (yes, Dana) wins FAAN award as best domestic carrier

by Stanley Azuakola Like some on Nigerian Twitter would say, it’s the irony of life. Dana Airline, the troubled airline ...

October 21, 2012

Money laundering? This FAAN official was caught by the EFCC with N218million in cash

by Reuben Daba On Saturday, an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Akinyele Adetula, was apprehended by ...

September 22, 2012

Arik Air resumes flight operations as labour unions suspend action

by Isi Esene The chief executives of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), George Uriesi; Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ...

September 20, 2012

Conflicting reports on the suspension of Arik flight operations

by Isi Esene Reports say that Arik Arline today suspended all its flights out of Lagos leaving passengers at the ...

September 6, 2012

Dana Airline joins others to quash inquest into plane crash

by Isi Esene Dana Air yesterday joined the plaintiffs, Dele Ore and the Civil Aviation Round Table Initiative (CARTI), to ...

July 16, 2012

Another Arik Problem: Passengers stuck at the Abuja airport for 3 hours (and still counting)

by Hauwa Gambo Arik Air passengers at the Abuja Domestic Airport have been delayed for about four hours now due ...

June 27, 2012

Eddie Iroh: Nigerian airlines are unsafe at any height

by Eddie Iroh Those of you who bother to read my occasional intervention on this page will bear witness to ...

June 3, 2012

Update 1: Report says NNPC GM Public Affairs among casualties in crashed plane

Premium Times is reporting that the NNPC’s General Manager in charge of Public Affairs, Dr Levi Ajuonuma, was one of the ...

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