Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika Aviation

Aviation Security Now to Bear Arms

The federal government has fulfilled the promise it made about two years ago that the Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) would now bear arms. In 2016 the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika said that due to terror threats and general insecurity that may cause breaches at the […]

MMIA Aviation

Brisk Business at Lagos Airport

Following the implementation of the executive order on ease of doing business in Nigeria, extortion of money from passengers by security operatives at the MurtalaMuhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos has drastically reduced. The removal of tables where security operatives carry out physical searching of luggage has enhanced facilitation of screening as movement of passengers from […]

Comptroller-General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede Aviation

AVSEC Arrest Immigration Officers at MMIA over Human Trafficking

Two officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have been arrested by members of the Aviation Security (AVSEC) of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for allegedly aiding human trafficking. THISDAY gathered from an insider that the officers had attempted to traffic six underage girls to […]

Security Threat: FAAN Begins Profiling of Airport Personnel

In order to forestall security breach and incursions,the nation’s airports the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has started profiling workers who provide services at the various terminals of the major airports in the country. THISDAY learnt that this was in response to the recent unconfirmed reports of alleged pilferage of bags on taxing business […]