IMMIGRATION

Passport: Nigerians Groan Over Extortion Despite Advanced Tech Deployment, High Cost

Despite the deployment of advanced technology to expedite passport processing, coupled with the increase in the official rate of international passports by the federal government, officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) are still extorting passport applicants, an undercover investigation carried out by THISDAY has revealed. A Nigerian who recently applied for passport, and was […]

Aviation

Stakeholders Chart Roadmap for Aviation Sector

The 2025 National Aviation Conference held recently at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, where industry stakeholders deliberated on issues affecting the development of the aviation sector, has been described as the best outing since its inception in 2022. Organised by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the 2025 outing attracted top political leaders in […]

INTERVIEW

Musa Adede: High Taxes, Cost of Aircraft Maintenance Overseas Impinge on Viability of Airline Business in Nigeria

Senator Musa Adede, owner of King Airlines Limited, one of the oldest business jet companies in Nigeria, said to make Nigerian airlines grow and become profitable, government must have to cut down taxes paid by the operators. He also spoke on air safety; high cost of aircraft checks and the need to have more domestic […]

Airlines

Air Peace Reaffirms Commitment to Nigeria-UK Busiest Air Corridor

Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace has reaffirmed its commitment to sustaining its operations on the highly competitive UK–Nigeria route, describing it as the country’s busiest international air corridor with more than 450,000 passengers annually. Chairman of the Airline, Dr. Allen Onyema made the commitment at the inaugural lecture by SAPTCO Communications Limited with the theme: […]

NCAA

Najomo: Nigeria Rewriting Its Aeropolitical Imbalance Story

Director General Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo, captured the decades-long operational and aeropolitical imbalance that shaped Nigeria’s struggle on the competitive London route. Najomo who spoke at the conference organised by Sapto Communication Limited with the theme: International Aeropolitics: ‘The Survival of Nigeria’s Carriers on the London Route’, said the reality was […]