A passenger plane carrying 163 people was forced to turn back 40 minutes into the flight after it was discovered one of the plane’s doors was not completely shut. The flight, operated by low-cost Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air, left Cebu in the Philippines on Sunday, bound for Busan in South Korea. A public […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted 149 drug dealers arrested by the Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in 2015. Three of the culprits who were sentenced to life imprisonment have commenced their service with hard labour as others equally got stiffer punishment. One of the […]
The Chairman of National Association of Government Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) Murtala Muhammed Airport Ikeja, Segun Musa has warned that if Nigerian Customs Service continues to charge exorbitant tariff on imports air freighting business will collapse before end of this year. Musa attributed the problem to unfavourable government policies being implemented by Customs, which […]
Managing Director of Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited, Olurepo Owolabi, in this interview with Chinedu Eze, said there should be incentives to encourage agro-allied exports. He also called for a review of the policy that gives the Nigerian Customs Service duty waivers for aircraft and aircraft equipment imports, saying it is a threat to safety […]
Last week Turkish Airlines that airlifted passengers from its base in Istanbul to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja failed to deliver the luggage of the passengers, who in reaction protested violently and attempted to stop the flight that brought them from taking off. THISDAY learnt that Turkish Airline came in with small-body […]
