The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has risen to expose and denounce the efforts to damage its reputation by ex-officials of the organisation. The company recently replied the erstwhile managing director of its subsidiary, NAHCO Free Trade Zone (FTZ), Mr. Baba Yusuf, who accused the company of using its facility to conceal illegal weapons […]
Nigeria loses over $30 million in export produce annually due to poor quality control and poor packaging and has lost the position of a major hub for cargo freighting in Africa. This was disclosed by the President of the Association of Foreign Airlines Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN), Kingsley Nwokoma who said that many farm produce […]
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 […]
Nigerian Customs personnel at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have been accused of conniving with cargo agents to deprive the federal government revenues that accrue from imported commodities. Reports indicate that almost half of the goods imported are not declared by cargo agents because they allegedly collude with Customs personnel, so government […]
The granting of a waiver on aircraft and spares importation by the federal government has often elicited argument between Nigerian airlines and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Recently the federal government shelved tariffs paid by airlines on imported aircraft parts but the Nigerian Customs had insisted that they it not see the notification from the […]
