Passport Control Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in the South-east have been accused of charging extra fees in addition to the official fees for obtaining international passports. THISDAY Investigation revealed that hundreds of applicants who applied to obtain passports were made to either pay more for the passport, or get delayed for several […]
The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Mesfin Tasew, said the airline has contributed immensely in connecting Nigerians through flight services to different parts of the world. Tasew who spoke to selected Nigerian journalists recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital, expressed hope that air transport industry will grow in the continent when political […]
The Governor of Enugu state, Dr Peter Mba, has said the state has concluded plans to provide 300, 000 hectares of land in each senatorial zone for the cultivation of cash crops that would be processed for export. Mba, said his administration has laid out the plans to actualise this goal in order to […]
In 2013 the federal government responded to many years of clamour of the people of South-east Nigeria to have international airport in their zone by designating the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu as international airport. Before then there was no international flight emanating from the zone and till today, there are only four airports that process […]
There are indications that air travel has picked up again as the low period of February and March, when airlines barely had full flight, is over, a development that has brought excitement among industry stakeholders. Airline operators attributed the improvement to the Easter holidays and the fact that many travellers who shunned the airports when […]
