Recently, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, hinted that the federal government has concluded plans to streamline the screening of passengers at the international airports and deploy security equipment to reduce human interface in order to end the allegation of the harassment of travellers by security operatives. It is also hoped that […]
Fears that aircraft parked at Nigerian airports could easily be accessed by unwanted persons through security breaches has impacted on cost of insurance and cost of aircraft leasing in the country, THISDAY investigation has revealed. Informed source told THISDAY that reported cases of insecurity at the airports lead to the increase in boosting the level […]
The House of Representatives is spearheading a major reform of the nation’s international airports in support of the federal government’s Ease of Doing Business, (EODB) initiative that would usher in a single security screening point for arriving and departing passengers. Currently there are many security operatives including the Nigerian Customs Services, National Drug Law Enforcement […]
It was a serious security breach yesterday when a man suspected to have mental disorder was discovered inside the engine of aircraft already boarded with passengers and about to take off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Port Harcourt. Reacting swiftly to the security breach, airport authorities put the two people on […]
Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has been awarded the best Aviation Ground Handling Company by the Nigeria Transport Awards. Nigeria Transport Award (NTA) is an initiative of TransportDay Newspaper, the 2018 award was presented to SAHCO PLC during a dinner which is the 7th edition in the award series at the Radisson Blu Hotel, […]
