Many air travellers missed their flights yesterday when physically challenged Nigerians, especially the blind, blocked the two major access roads to both the domestic and international wings of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in protest against alleged neglect by government. The physically challenged, numbering over 100, sat on the road at the roundabout […]
A director with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ahmed Garba, has revealed that most drug movements through Nigeria’s airports have insider collaborators at the airports. He also disclosed that drug traffickers that use scheduled commercial airlines, carry relatively small volume of drugs, while large volumes are conveyed in private jets and through cargo […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) will commence comprehensive anti-narcotic operations at the Benin-City Airport, a move aimed at fortifying the state’s defenses against drug trafficking. The development follows a productive visit by the NDLEA Edo State Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) General Manager, Mr. Akinbinu Felix. As […]
The management of MallamAminu Kano International Airport, Kano (MAKIA), has disclosed that the airport processed a total of 39, 159 passengers in 2024, made up 20, 472 inbound domestic passengers and 18, 687 inbound international passengers during the period, which amounted to over N20.83 billion revenue generated, as against the targeted N17.3 billion. The Regional […]
It took one week for aviation stakeholders to reconcile with the reality that they have lost one of their own, the late Captain Shehu Usman Iyal, who passed on in Lagos last Thursday. Captain Iyal was embedded in the aviation industry, where he played many roles and where he made invaluable contributions that gave rise […]
