President Muhammadu Buhari, in a last-minute decision, approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. In a statement made available to the media, the spokesperson of the ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi, said the airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; and Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akenzua…
Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo hosted the 2022 CAF Confederation Cup final. The 21-storey Dakkada Towers was opened in 2021. It has its own airline, Ibom Air which is Africa’s only sub national airline. Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria has one of Africa’s largest libraries, Ibom E-library in Uyo. It has a 1,000 capacity conference…
By Muideen Olaniyi The Federal Government has said at least 159 Nigerians renounced their citizenship in 2022 alone. The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore. The Federal Government has said at least 159 Nigerians renounced their citizenship in 2022 alone. The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, stated this…
Aviation workers have embarked on a peaceful nationwide protest over a law seeking to prevent trade unions in the sector from demonstrations.The President of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Ben Nnabue, made the disclosure on Monday. The NUATE president stated that all aviation workers had begun the peaceful protest in all airports…
Global airlines have expressed worry over fresh impositions of travel bans and flight restrictions as governments race to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The carriers, under the aegis of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said the emerging disruption would set the sector’s slow recovery backwards, with additional losses for struggling airlines…
The United States Government says the Federal Government is expected to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft only in the northern part of the country where Boko Haram terrorists have engaged the Nigerian state in a decade-long insurgency killing thousands and displacing millions. This, therefore, precludes the possibility of the Federal Government deploying the security equipment…
LAST week, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) threatened to impound 29 private jets on which the owners had not paid statutory duties to the Federal Government. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, the NCS Public Relations Officer (PRO), Joseph Attah, disclosed that the agency had, in June, commenced the verification of all privately owned…
Global aviation experts have expressed deep concern over the extreme complexities of technological advancement which they fear may lead to a very turbulent future for the industry especially in Nigeria and other African countries. At a one-day virtual workshop on ‘Global Megatrends and Impact on Aviation’ presented by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the…
