As yuletide approaches, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria wishes to notify air travelers and other airport users that her network of airports across the country are fully prepared for the usual surge in passenger traffic that is the norm during the season. The Authority noted that security has been beefed up at all airports, […]
When the report was broken by BBC on Christmas Day in 2009 that a Nigerian nearly bombed a US airliner, it took time for the report to simmer because before then, no Nigerian had been linked to terror attack. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab made history in what is popularly known today as the underwear bomber. […]
The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika last week, during a stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos disclosed that the federal government had concluded plans to arm the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security (AVSEC) with guns. Although this is aimed at strengthening security at the airports and it is other security operatives not […]
The Federal Government has completed plans to arm aviation security (AVSEC) personnel who are the primary security operatives at the airports with guns in the face of current terror threat. Government also has given consideration to the abuse and influx of passengers to the restricted areas of the airport by sometimes unruly passengers, thus causing […]
The federal government has called on the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to reinforce measures to curb security threat on air travel. The call was conveyed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika at the weekend during the 39th ICAO general assembly at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, Canada, as Nigeria urged member states […]