The Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State, has recorded its first international flight, when Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace airlifted about 315 pilgrims in its inaugural 2025 Hajj operations from the airport on Saturday. The airline deployed its wide-body equipment, Boeing B777-300 aircraft, debuting as the first large aircraft to land and take […]
Tunde Akanni Suddenly, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, almost became the centre of activities in Abuja in February, 2025 This was after a rather sluggish break, rife with unpleasant misgivings by naysayers. The rumour mills keep rolling once there seems to be unclear status of certain expectations. The NAHCON leadership had been busy perfecting strategies […]
Pilgrims, stakeholders airline operators have commended the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over the successful commencement of the 2024 airlift of pilgrims to the Holy Land, Saudi Arabia. The stakeholders said that at all the airports the airlifting is taking place, there is absence of hiccups that characterized the exercise in the previous years. […]
West and Central Africa’s largest airline, Air Peace, has expanded its Asian footprints with the commencement of direct scheduled commercial flights into Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on October 31, 2023. This is as the Emir of Kano, HRH Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has lauded the airline’s giant strides. The inaugural flight, operated with one of the […]
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj has announced the allocation of 95,000 Hajj seats to Nigeria in the forthcoming 2024 Hajj. This was made known via a virtual meeting held between the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah today. Statement signed by the Deputy Director Information and Publication, […]
