TRAVEL

Domestic Air Travellers Lament over Prohibitive Cost of Flight Ticket

Air travellers to domestic destinations are lamenting that the cost of flight ticket has risen astronomically, especially to Eastern destinations, as one-way ticket now cost about N350, 000 and return ticket costing about N700, 000. Domestic air travellers perceived that the sudden hike in air tick is not unconnected to the Christmas season that is gradually approaching. Nigerians who […]

SECURITY

NDLEA Decorates Seven Deputy Commanders in Benin City

The Edo State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mitchell Ofoyeju, has decorated seven officers recently promoted to the rank of Deputy Commander of Narcotics by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (RTD). The event took place at the Command’s headquarters in Benin City and was marked by pride, […]

Airlines

Air Peace, Brazil’s Embraer to Build Aircraft Maintenance Facility in Lagos

Air Peace, in collaboration with Embraer, one of the world’s major aircraft manufacturers, has completed plans to build a modern Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Lagos for the maintenance of single and double aisle commercial aircraft in Nigeria, West and Central Africa. That was disclosed yesterday by Chairman and CEO of Air Peace […]

NIHOTOUR DGM FAGADE TRAVEL

NIHOTOUR DG Commends NANTA for Effective Self-regulation

The Director-General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Dr. Abisoye Fagade, has commended the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) for its aggressive and strategic training initiatives, which he described as crucial to aligning members with global travel trade best practices. Fagade described NANTA as a leading advocate of professionalism in […]

SECURITY

CRIMINAL SYNDICATE AT KANO AIRPORT

The airports must do more to safeguard travellers’ belongings In 2019, the late President Muhammadu Buhari intervened when a young Nigerian student, Miss Zainab Aliyu, was implicated in a drug trafficking case in Saudi Arabia. Then a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano,  Zainab was arrested after a banned drug, tramadol, was found in her […]