The FCT Administration has officially declared that there was no case of Ebola in the territory after the index patient, who returned from Rwanda, suspected of having the virus that causes haemorrhagic tested negative for Ebola and Marburg disease. Equally, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the development. Also yesterday, FCT […]
Non-insurance of Nigeria’s airports forced airlines to lose an estimated N15 billion annually expended on repairs of aircraft damaged at the airports, including bird strikes and other mishaps. The Managing Director of Overland Airways, Captain Edward Boyo, explained that if the airports were insured, such expenses would be defrayed by insurance claims. He therefore […]
Harmattan haze will disrupt flight operations starting from late November to end of January 2026 with projected revenue loss of about N20 billion during the period, which is the peak of flight operations in Nigeria. This is because like in the previous years, no effort has been made to provide equipment that will counter the […]
The CEO of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has said the federal government spends outrageous amounts of money to run Nigeria’s airports which processes less than 15 million passengers per annum and advocated concession of the airports to the private sector under the PPP arrangement. This is just as the Chairman and CEO of Air […]
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Kana, has deplored past interferences in the aviation agencies by the Ministry of Aviation in some areas of operation and infrastructure development, saying that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is in the best positioned to lead the design and execution of Nigeria’s airport master plan. Speaking at the […]
