Again, workers in the aviation industry have rejected the plan by the federal government to concession Nigeria’s major airports, starting with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The workers insist that government is not sincere with the process and aims to sell the facilities in a self-serving transaction that would not meet the target […]
About 4,281 Nigerians were repatriated through various countries in Europe, the US and even some African countries through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in the first half of 2017. Also, a total number of 691,934 travellers departed through the airport while another 560,988 travellers arrived the country within the period under review. A […]
Officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and other security operatives have expressed concern about the extortion of passengers by the officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. THISDAY investigations revealed that the NDLEA officials have become a menace at the airport, and damaging the […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) over the years has faced the challenge of inadequate staff, especially in the technical area. For example, there have always been complaints about the paucity of Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), engineers, radio and communication personnel and other technical personnel. ATC has warned severally that as the seasoned hands are […]
How the aviation sector has fared in the past 57 years of Nigeria’s independence and how the country can take the advantage of its high population to boost the sector’s contribution to the nation’s GDP The first aircraft that landed in Nigeria might not have been as a result of strategy to have regular flights […]