Medview Airline Stowaway Charged with Attempted Suicide

A man who allegedly stowed away on a Medview Airline Lagos to London and London to Lagos flights, was on Friday remanded in prison custody. Emmanuel Ogochukwu and his alleged accomplice, Michael Bamiro, a security guard working with ALMN Security at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, were remanded after their arraignment before an Ogba […]

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FAAN Moves to Paralyse Flight Operations over Ministerial Directive on Its Revenue

Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) will meet next week to agree on the commencement date for their proposed four-day warning strike to protest a recent directive by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika  that the agency should give five percent of its revenue from Passenger Service Charge (PSC) to Accident […]

Stowaways and Desperation to Leave Nigeria

  Many Nigerians have died in their attempt to stowaway from the country, but despite the deaths, others still struggle to get out through such precarious means. Despite the gory experiences, tragedies and deaths of Nigerians who tried to get to Europe by land, Nigerians have not stopped the attempt to go to the West […]

Impact of Weather on Airline Operations

  While Nigerian airlines were musing about how to beat the Harmattan haze that usually obstruct flight operations in December, they never envisaged that they would face the current flight disruptions occasioned by the ceaseless rains that have lasted for over two weeks. Industry operatives said that in the past, thunderstorm usually characterise the beginning […]