NCAA Aviation

NCAA Warns Airlines over Ticket Sales in Dollars

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has called on all airlines selling flight tickets in dollars to desist forthwith as it is a flagrant contravention of Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) prerequisite guiding cost of products or services in Nigeria. NCAA said a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) circular issued on 17th April, 2015, directed […]

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NIS Seeks Access to Interpol Database

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that to win the war against terrorism, insurgency and other organised crimes, it has become imperative for the agency to be granted unrestricted access to the International police (INTERPOL) portal. The Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Muhammad Babandede made this request when the Ag. Inspector General of Police, […]

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TransAsia pilots blamed for fatal Taiwan crash

TransAsia Airways Flight 235 crashed soon after takeoff from a Taiwan airport because the pilot failed to identify and respond properly to an engine problem, according to a crash investigation report released Thursday. The crash Feb. 4, 2015, killed 43 people and injured 14 others. The aircraft’s dramatic fall from the sky was captured on video, which showed the plane swooning […]