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Passengers Queue For Ebola Check At Abuja Airport
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Passengers arriving from domestic and international flights into Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, are now being subjected…
Task Before New Aviation Minister
Osita Chidoka, Nigeria’s new Minister of Aviation who was sworn in on Wednesday by President Goodluck Jonathan, has no experience…
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…
Air Transport Workers Threaten Strike
The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on Sunday threatened to call out its members for strike…
FAAN increases security check at airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Saturday said it had intensified special security check of individuals and vehicles…
Misguided Merger In Aviation
The plan by the Federal Government to merge the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA…
Jonathan Sacks FAAN, NCAA, NAMA, NCAT Bosses
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Tuesday sacked virtually all aviation chiefs in the troubled industry,…
FAAN denies blockade of Gombe Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has denied allegation that it prevented a chartered plane conveying some officials of…
APC seeks probe of Gombe Airport blockade
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a clear act of sabotage and a dent…
FAAN relocates cabs at Lagos Airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria , FAAN, said on Wednesday it has commenced the relocation of…
Aero Contractors plane loses pressure mid-air, lands safely
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent An Aero Contractors plane, whose tyre lost pressure mid-air, landed safely at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
FAAN admits buying 2 armoured limos for Princess Oduah
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday said the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) purchased…
Plane carrying Pilgrims crashlands in Sokoto
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian aviation authorities on Saturday confirmed that a plane with 512 souls on board crash-landed in the…
Lagos Plane Crash Update:14 Dead, Six Survivors
Simon Ateba/aviation correspondent Fourteen people died and six others survived from Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, the country’s…
Plane Carrying Agagu’s Corpse Crashes In Lagos
An Associated Airlines plane conveying the corpse of the late former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday…