Tag: Murtala Muhammed International Airport
Blackout at Lagos MM Airport
A blackout Monday night at Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos forced the diversion of an Emirates Flight EK781, an…
Facilities dysfunctional at Nigeria’s Airport after makeover
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Two months after it was commissioned by Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, the Murtala Muhammed…
Fire outbreak throws MMI Airport into chaos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, was thrown into confusion Thursday when a thick…
Impact Of Corruption On Facilities At Nigeria’s Airports
Few internal memos explain better why infrastructure has remained squalid at Nigeria’s airports. The one written on 28 May 2009…
Many Trapped In Lagos Airport Lift
A major tragedy was averted on Monday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, after a 45-minute…
Cocaine: Baba Suwe Arrested At Airport
Nollywood comic actor, Alhaji King Babatunde Ayinla Nurudeen Olasunkanmi Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been arrested by the…
N1.6b Drugs Seized At MMIA
About N1.6 billion worth of hard drugs have been seized this year alone at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in…
HIV/AIDS Pushed Me Into Drugs, Says Suspect
A suspected drug trafficker, Mr. Anthony Judd Thomas, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, on…
Air Nigeria Passengers Delayed For Hours
Passengers with Air Nigeria who travelled from Douala International Airport, Cameroon, to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Southwest…
Aviation Staff Slumps, Dies At MMIA
A staff of Aviation Logistics Management, this morning, slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in Lagos…
Friends, Relations Of British Airways Passengers Panic Over Flight Diversion
Friends and relations of passengers on board a British Airways airplane were in a panic on Sunday following the diversion…
Man Caught With Firearms At MMIA
The police at Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested Anyanwu Longinus Obialor, 62 for…
FAAN Should Sit Up
The old culture of inefficiency at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, must give way. The tired-and-empty argument that…
LAGOS AIRPORT: Water Main Not Serviced For 33 Years
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has disclosed that the reason the water main at the Murtala Muhammed International…
Water Taps Run Dry At Lagos Airport, Tankers To The Rescue
Water taps have run dry at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, and tankers have been…
Mother Of 2 Caught With Heroin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a mother of two with 2.3 kilogrammes of heroin concealed in…
NDLEA Nabs 2 Suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that it had arrested two suspected drug traffickers at the…
Passenger Threatens To Sue Arik Air Over Compensation
For being stranded for 15 hours at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, a passenger with Arik…
Two Drug Suspects Nabbed
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, has arrested two…
Anti-Bomb Squad Stationed At MMIA
Following bomb explosions in some parts of the country, the authorities have stationed an anti-bomb squad at the Murtala Muhammed…
R. Kelly Arrives Nigeria
American rap star, R.Kelly has arrived Nigeria, P.M.NEWS can reveal. Investigations revealed that the multiple award winner arrived the Murtala…
South African Airways Manager Gets Bail
A Lagos High Court has granted bail to a South African Airways manager, Mr. Michael Adebulehin, who was arrested by…
NDLEA Arrests Another China-Bound Passenger With 17KG Of Cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has apprehended a suspected drug trafficker with 17 kilogrammes of cannabis. The NDLEA…
2 Chinese Men Arrested
Two Chinese citizens were, yesterday, arrested by the police for taking photographs of the vicinity around the Murtala Muhammed International…
2011: NDLEA Moves Against Politicians
Politicians in the country who intend to use money from illicit drug trade to actualise their ambition in the 2011…
Fight Against Drug Traffickers Is Being Won —NDLEA CommanderIs
As Nigerians continue to evaluate what has been achieved in the last 50 years of the country’s independence, the Commander…
No Porno At Lagos Airport —FAAN
Following media reports that security officers in charge of the full-body screening machines at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA,…
Arik Air Grounded Over Debt
Hundreds of air travellers were this morning stranded at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
Lagos Air Space Shut For Jonathan
The air space at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and the local airport in Ikeja, Lagos, South West Nigeria, was…
Couple On Trial For Using Kids As Drug Couriers
Jimoh Oladega Bashiru and his wife, Jimoh Mulikat Adebukola, alleged to have used their twin children as courier of drugs,…