Tag: Airport
Kano Airport records another air incident as plane crash-lands
The private jet, owned by Flybird Aviation, crash-landed at about 9:30 a.m. while approaching Kano Airport on a flight from…
Outcry as Nigerians discover US visas cancelled at airports
Analysts suggest this could be linked to longstanding scrutiny of applicants from countries with high migration rates. Nigeria has often
(Video)They left me stranded at the airport – Boniface recounts failed Al-Nassr transfer deal
So confident was he in the deal going through that he even gave away some of his high-end designer gear…
Video: Where is Obasanjo running to?
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo was sighted at the airport last night walking briskly to catch his flight to God knows…
Customs agents decry multiple customs units at seaports, airports
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Friday said the existence of multiple Customs units at seaports and…
Aviation union rejects planned airport concessioning
The Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN) has maintained its opposition to the Federal Government’s proposed concessioning of…
Ebonyi to build airport next year – Gov. Umahi
The Governor of Ebonyi, Mr David Umahi, announced on Wednesday that the State Government would build an airport next year.
Bali shuts airport after volcano eruption
Ash from a volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island of Bali forced the closure of its international airport and…
New Boeing 737 MAX 9 makes maiden flight from Austria
A new version of Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 jetliner,737 MAX 9, took off from Seattle, Australia for the first time…
FAAN: Abuja airport runway 80% completed
The Managing Director, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Saleh Dunoma, said rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,…
Umueri Airport will boost state development – Nworah
Mr Uche Nworah, Managing Director of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) says the Umueri Airport City project when completed will boost…
Flight Operations Return In N. Zealand Airport
Flights from New Zealand’s Auckland Airport are returning to schedule after a runaway dog near the tarmac was shot dead…
NYSC member assaulted at Airport
An NYSC member, Taylor shared on his Instagram page how Security operatives at Medview smashed his phone, and assaulted him…
Unidentified caller threatens to blow up airports in South Korea
South Korean police said they have on Friday heightened security at Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul after they received…
Port Harcourt airport voted the worst in the world
Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria has been voted the world’s worst airport, according to tens of thousands of travellers.…
Why APC is opposed to Ekiti Airport project – PDP
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given reasons the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) was…
Lagos police arrest passenger smoking on board
The Lagos Airport Police Command has arrested a Nigerian passenger, Lawal Oluwabusola, for smoking cigarette in an Arik Air flight…
Aregbesola promises to develop aircraft maintenance airport
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has said that the proposed airport at Ido-Osun in Egbedore Local Government Area of the…
Fire At Lagos Airport
By Simon Ateba There was a fire incident on Wednesday at the “E” arrival wing of the Murtala Muhammed International…
Passengers stranded at Lagos domestic airports
Hundreds of intending passengers were on Thursday stranded at the two domestic Lagos airports over hike in fares by airline…
75% of cargoes still uncleared at MMIA Cargo Terminal
The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Thursday said 75 per cent of the cargoes at the Cargo…
FG to privatise airports
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprise, Mr Benjamin Dikki, on Thursday in Abuja said the privatization of federal airports in…
Hajj 2014: Bauchi airport begins operation
The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Sagir Saleh on Sunday, said 530 intending pilgrims in the state left for…
IG Orders Transfer Of Lagos Airport Bomb Suspect
Cyriacus Izuekwe Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has ordered the Commissioner of Police in charge of Lagos Airport Command,…
Islamists mount ‘heaviest’ assault on Libya airport
Islamist militia launched their heaviest assault so far on Libya’s main airport Sunday two days after a truce with the…
Britain boosts airport security after US warning
Britain has bolstered security at its airports in what leaders said Thursday was the correct response following US alarm that…
Kano Airport Harassment: ‘I Drove Myself For 5hrs To Abuja’
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has narrated how he escaped from Kano to Abuja on Sunday night when his life…
Secret Service seized my passport – Lamido Sanusi
Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor Lamido Sanusi said on Sunday that secret police had seized his passport as he tried…
CAR refugees block runway
(Reuters) – Thousands of people caught up in fighting in Central African Republic blocked the runway of its international airport…
Abia government to build seaport, airport
Gov. Theodore Orji of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia, on Monday, said the proposed Umuahia Airport and a seaport…