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Oduah, car scandal minister sets up panel to probe leak
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s embattled minister of aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, has set up a panel to investigate how…
Nigeria to shut financially distressed airlines
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian airlines that do not pay staff regular salaries will be shut and a comprehensive audit of…
Another Plane Crash Survivor Dies
One of the remaining six survivors of last Thursday’s plane crash has died, an official at the Nigerian Civil Aviation…
NCAA suspends licence of Associated Airlines
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Saturday in Lagos suspended the operations of Associated Aviation Limited. Associated Aviation Ltd.…
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NCAA formally grounds Governor Amaechi’s plane
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Saturday formally grounded Gov. Rotimi Amaechi Rivers state government owned Bombardier aircraft. The…
NCAA Reads Riot Act To Foreign Airlines
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s aviation regulatory body has given foreign airlines operating in the country two weeks to comply with…
Stakeholders Thumb down Demuren’s Sack
Stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry on Tuesday reacted angrily at the sack last night of Dr. Harold Demuren, Director…
Nigerian Reps adamant on Dana Airline’s suspension
DESMOND UTOMWEN/ Abuja Nigeria’s House of Representatives has insisted that Dana Airline which recently resumed flights should remain suspended. The…
Dana Crash: 14 Families Compensated
Simon Ateba & Funsho Balogun/Lagos Seven months after the Dana plane crash, only 14 families of the victims have been…
Nigeria’s troubled airline sends workers on leave
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Only weeks after receiving a new Air Operators’ Certificate, AOC, the management of Dana Air has sent…
Nigerian Reps, Aviation agency at war over Dana Air
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The animosity between the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and members of the House of Representatives Committee…
Dana Air Insurers Begin Final Settlement Of $100,000
Insurers of Dana Air on Thursday commenced final payment of $70,000 compensation to families of victims of the of the…
Dana Air Returns To The Skies This Week
Dana Air would begin flying again this week, five months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
Official: Only 71 private jets in Nigeria
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Contrary to media reports that there are more than 100 private jets in Nigeria, the Nigerian Civil…
Another Dana aircraft had hydraulic problem
A Coroners’ Court in Lagos sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday heard that another aircraft in Dana Airline’s fleet had hydraulic…
NCAA Unveils Satellite Navigation Road Map
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, yesterday, unveiled a roadmap for satellite navigation in the country’s airspace, saying that it…
FAAN, NCAA At Loggerhead Over Loss Revenue
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, may have fleeced the Federal Government of Nigeria of at least N1 billion,…
Oil Marketers, Airlines Set For Showdown
Struggling Nigerian airlines and oil marketers who supply them aviation fuel known as Jet-A1, may be bracing up for a…
Bird Strike: NCAA Summons Arik Air
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, will summon the management of Arik Air after one of their pilots flew a…
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…
NCAA Certifies Air Nigeria
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has reissued an Air Operator’s Certificate, AOC, to Air Nigeria to continue with passenger…