The airports must do more to safeguard travellers’ belongings In 2019, the late President Muhammadu Buhari intervened when a young Nigerian student, Miss Zainab Aliyu, was implicated in a drug trafficking case in Saudi Arabia. Then a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, Zainab was arrested after a banned drug, tramadol, was found in her […]
As part of preparations for the commissioning of the newly completed, world-class, brand new international terminal at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Management of the Federal Airports Authority (FAAN), last week inspected facilities at the airport. The delegation, which was led by the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Authority, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu also […]
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji has prevailed on the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to consider partial opening of the airports to unlock the economy. The House noted that as the Ministry of Aviation and its agencies are planning a gradual return to full flight operations in the […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace has denied airlifting a passenger suspected of Coronavirus infection on its Lagos-Kano flight on Tuesday. The management of the airline explained that a 13 year-old boy who was accompanied by his parents but flying for the first time suffered from flight phobia and vomited in the aircraft enroute Kano. Air […]
The greatest threat to airport security is the conspiracy of insiders who always breach security for personal reasons. This writer says that with revelations in the Kano airport drug trafficking ring, Nigeria may not be insulated from this dangerous threat. Investigations into the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268, which exploded shortly after take-off from Sham […]
