Tag: Abuja Airport
FAAN to start cashless payments at Lagos, Abuja airports
Travellers can also get a FAAN Go Cashless Card at airport gates in Lagos and Abuja. The card can be…
Kwam 1 bags FG appointment following airport flight saga
The ValueJet drama occurred on August 5 when Kwam 1 allegedly refused to hand over a flask suspected to contain…
Protesting Nigerian youths block Abuja Airport road
Some Nigerian youths protesting against bad governance and insecurity early on Monday blocked Abuja Airport Road.
No fire incident at Abuja Airport – FAAN
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Saturday said no fire incident has occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
Election: Abuja Airport witnesses increased traffic
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday witnessed an upsurge in passenger traffic and flight operations on many domestic…
Abuja airport deserted in spite of elections’ postponement
In spite of postponement of Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) late Friday night,…
Flight operations begin at Abuja Airport’s new terminal
The newly-inaugurated international terminal at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has officially been opened for operations as Asky Airlines…
EFCC seizes gold worth N1.1 billion at Abuja airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has seized gold worth about $3, 131, 412.39 (N1, 127, 308, 460.39) being…
Strike: Normal activities continue at Abuja airport
In spite of the total shutdown proposed by the organised labour unions in the ongoing nationwide strike, normal activities continued…
1.02 million passengers travelled through Abuja Airport in 3 months
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says that no fewer than 1.02 million passengers travelled through the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Eid el-Fitr: Passengers struggle for flight tickets
Many passengers on Thursday struggled for flight tickets at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to travel for the Eid…
9 escape death as plane overshoots Abuja airport runway
There was à commotion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja this afternoon when a private aircraft E.A.N chartered by…
Federal Government And The Abuja Airport
The announcement by the Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in…
Abuja Airport: Critical segment 100% completed – FAAN boss
The Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Saleh Dunoma, says that all the critical items of work…
Abuja airport: Lufthansa schedules flight for April 20
Lufthansa Airlines says it will resume flight on April 20 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja following the planned…
Abuja Airport Terminal Undergoes Rehabilitation
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has embarked on the rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja,…
Helicopters Now To Fly Into Abuja Airport
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, says helicopters can now fly in and out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
Ethiopian airlines to fly Kaduna route
The Ethiopian Airlines says it will fly Kaduna route with daily frequency with its Dream Liner aircraft during the six…
NAGAFF wants more banks at Abuja airport
The Abuja chapter of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders of Nigeria, NAGAFF, has written the Minister of…
Abuja airport to be closed for 6 weeks in Feb., March 2017
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will be closed…
Mother of 3 excretes 80 wraps of cocaine at Abuja airport
Saidat Hassan, 48, and mother of three children, on Friday, allegedly excreted 80 wraps of white powdery substances that tested…
Emergency landing shuts Abuja Airport
By Simon Ateba The Abuja international airport has been shut following an emergency landing on the runway, airports sources said…
Abuja Airport Closure: Aero diverts flights to Kaduna
Simon Ateba Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, said on Thursday it will divert passengers to Kaduna while the Abuja…
FAAN shuts Abuja Airport for three days
Simon Ateba The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said on Wednesday that the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International…
Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport re-opened for flights
Nigeria aviation authorities have re-opened Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja which has been shut since Wednesday night as a result…
Passengers stranded as Abuja Airport shut
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As frantic efforts are on to clear the runway of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja which was blocked…
Crashed Saudi Cargo plane shuts Nigerian airport
Simon Ateba Flights have been suspended at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, the Ministry of Aviation…
Abuja Airport runway lights rectified
Some of the runway lights at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja which were out of order on Friday night…
Airports To Undergo Renovation Ahead 50th Anniversary
The Director-General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, on Tuesday said that all airports in the country were…
Corps Member Arrested For Crossing Runway On Motorbike
In a desperate move to catch her flight, a National Youth Service Corps member was arrested by the police for…