The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has congratulated the Director-General/CEO of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Professor Mansur Bako Matazu, on his appointment into the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Professor Matazu, who is also the Permanent Representative of Nigeria with the Meteorology regulatory body, was elected at the seventy-third session […]
Two months after the federal government approved the resumption of international flights to the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, flights were yet to resume because of curfew introduced by the state government to check insecurity. This was disclosed by Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)’s Regional General Manager for the South South and South-east in […]
Ahead of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) audit coming up by first quarter of 2022, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) at the weekend joined forces with critical stakeholders in aviation emergency rescue operations to conduct a live aeronautic simulation of an air crash which occurred at the Mafoluku area of Oshodi in Lagos, […]
Nigeria failed to benefit from the World Bank Group’s $851 financing for air transport infrastructure earmarked for developing nations in 2020 to provide succour for the devastation of the industry by COVID-19 as well as to support projects in the aviation sector. List of beneficiaries are contained in the Washington-based institution’s ‘Air Transport Annual Report […]
The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede has frowned at the attacks on its personnel by intending passengers blacklisted by the state from leaving the country. Bandede said Immigration is currently in conversation to see if people can be notified of their inability to travel before they their intending date for […]
