Tag: Murtala Muhammed Airport
Closure of runway at Lagos Airport will not affect flight operations – FAAN
FAAN said this in a statement signed by its Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, Mrs Obiageli Orah while…
Tragedy averted as Air Peace crash lands in Lagos
Tragedy was averted on Tuesday as Air Peace airline crash landed at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport,…
4 officers suspended after Lagos Airport security breach
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended indefinitely, four aviation security unit heads who were on duty when an…
Lagos Airport: Panic as man climbs Azman Air aircraft
Passengers aboard a Port Harcourt-bound Azman Air flight were thrown into panic on Friday after a yet-to-be-identified man climbed the…
Lagos Airport: US Embassy calls for link between international, domestic terminals
The United States Embassy, has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), to link the international and domestic terminals…
Flight operations, business activities resume at MMA2
Flight operations and business activities on Friday resumed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2), Lagos following the suspension of…
Nigerian Govt urged to beef up security at Murtala Muhammed Airport
Stakeholders in the aviation sector have called on the Federal Government to beef up security at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,…
Casualisation: Security operatives abort picketing of airlines at Lagos airport
The Organised Labour-planned picketing of airlines at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, was on Thursday aborted by armed security operatives.
Electrical fault responsible for fire at MMIA
A fire incident that occurred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos on Thursday has been traced to an…
Nigerian food vendor conceals cocaine in vagina
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A food vendor who concealed wraps of cocaine in her vagina has been arrested at the Lagos…
Man, 61, arrested for cocaine smuggling
The NDLEA has arrested a 61-year-old man, Prince Ifeanyichukwu, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport for attempting to smuggle cocaine…
Man keeps heroine in anus
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly inserted two wraps of heroin into…
Waste Takes Over MM Airport staircase
Waste has taken over a staircase at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. P.M.NEWS learnt that many travellers and airport…
Nigerian on way to Dubai caught with cannabis
Simon Ateba/Lagos A 34-year old Nigerian trader has been arrested at the Lagos airport over attempt to smuggle 16.335kg of…
China building new airport terminals in Lagos, P-Harcourt
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, has started building new terminals at the Lagos and Port Harcourt…
New Security Gadgets Installed At Airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said on Tuesday it has installed modern security equipment at the nation’s airports…
FAAN Unravels Luggage Rats At Lagos Airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, said on Sunday it has unravelled port rats behind the…
Nigeria Customs shuts NAHCO, SAHCOL warehouses
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command, on Wednesday ordered the closure of two cargo warehouses…
Stowaway boy arrested At Lagos airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A teenage boy who beat security personnel at the Benin Airport to hide inside an Arik plane…
Bricklayer with 2kg cocaine in stomach arrested
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) today arrested a 46-year-old bricklayer from Anambra, who attempted to smuggle 2.07kg of…
Cocaine: Nigerian, Cape Verdean arrested
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday announced the arrest of two persons, including a Cape Verdean over…
Video of the week: Rage of stranded Arik Air passengers
Arik Air New York bound passengers enraged after the airline failed to lift them Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport…
FAAN confiscates Babalakin’s property
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The crises rocking Nigeria’s aviation industry took a turn for the worse on Tuesday, with airport authorities…
Police Checkpoint Causes Traffic Snarls At Airport
A police checkpoint along the road, leading to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, in Lagos has been causing traffic snarls since…
Another Nigerian held with $320,000 at Lagos Airport
Another Nigerian has been arrested with $320,000 cash at the Murtala Muhammed Airport. The man, Onwuekwe Chidi was about to…
Man Arrested With N1b At Airport For Trial
A 25-year old man, Abubakar Sheriff Tijani who was recently arrested while trying to smuggle $7 million (about N1.1 billion)…
A Dying Sector
More Nigerian airlines are dying in a choking business environment When Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd. completed the building of the…
Qatar plane in emergency landing in Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A major accident was averted on Saturday as a Qatar plane made an emergency landing on Saturday…
Panel Kicks Against Multi-Billion Naira Deal At Airports
Six months after forcefully ejecting Maevis Nigeria Limited from the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a panel has…
Ethiopian Air Dreamliner lands in Lagos
The Ethiopian Dreamliner 787-800 series aircraft has made its first landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.…