Why Foreign Investors Shun Nigeria

Last week aviation industry stakeholders and captains of industries, brainstormed on government’s plan to concession airport facilities. They concluded that Nigeria is a high-risk country for investors The frenzy about federal government’s plan to concession airport facilities was taking a high note until economics, entrepreneurs, aviators and politicians thawed at government’s intentions, the vacuity of […]

Nigeria’s Air Transport Market

Despite the current economic recession and the low value of the naira, some foreign airlines are looking beyond the present economic situation and this has informed their continued operation in Nigeria. Although at the beginning of the crash of the naira, some airlines had stopped operation into the country, but industry observers said that those […]

“Absence of Transaction Integrity Bane to Aviation Development”

. L-R: Mr. Chris Aligbe, CEO, Belujane Konzult Ltd; Elder Gabriel Olowo, Chairman of the occasion; Dr. Harold Demuren, former DG, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA); Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi, Rep of Minister of State, Aviation and Mr. Albinus Chiedu, publisher, Aviation Monitor at the Aviation Transaction Integrity Summit organized by Aviation Monitor Limited in Lagos […]

FG Urges ICAO to Reinforce Measures to Curb Security Threat

The federal government has called on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to reinforce measures to curb security threat on air travel. The call was conveyed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika at the weekend during the 39th ICAO general assembly at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, Canada, as Nigeria urged member states […]

MH17: Investigators Conclude Russia-Backed Missile Downed Malaysia Airlines Flight

A Russia-supplied missile brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 above Ukraine in 2014, international investigators told the families of the victims Wednesday, Dutch broadcaster Nos reported. According to investigators, the missile was fired from the village of Pervomaisk in eastern Ukraine, which was held by Russia-backed fighters at the time. The majority of the passengers on […]