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UAE Opens Visa Application Centre in Lagos

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has inaugurated a visa application and document attestation centre at the office of the UAE Consulate General in Lagos. This was disclosed to the media by the office of the UAE Consulate on yesterday. The inauguration was led by the Consul General Dr Abdulla Al Mandoos and was attended by […]

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UAE Backs down, Gives Air Peace Flight Slots to Dubai

The diplomatic crisis between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over flight operations may be coming to end as the Dubai Civil Aviation Authorities Airport (DXB) has given Air Peace weekly flight slots to Dubai. The Federal Government had last Thursday stopped Emirates 20 frequencies a week and left the airline with only one […]

Aviation

Emirates Lands in Nigeria in Style

Emirates has today touched down in both Abuja and Lagos, marking the restart of daily services to Nigeria from Dubai. It received a spectacular water canon welcome at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. Both flights from Dubai, EK 785 to Abuja and EK 783 to Lagos, were welcomed to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport with water cannon salutes. […]

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UAE Bans Air Peace Flights to Sharjah

United Arab Emirates has banned Air Peace flights to Sharjah. It however allowed the airline to continue with airlifting its passengers to Nigeria from the city, which is near Dubai. The Nigerian carrier made the disclosure on Thursday in a statement signed by the management, saying that UAE stopped the flights as part of its […]