Airports

Onyema: Transit Facility Key to Developing Airport Hub

The Chairman and CEO, Air Peace Limited, Dr. Allen Onyema, has commended the plan of the federal government to build transit facility at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, which is part of the planned transformation of the airport infrastructure. Onyema said that the transit facility remained critical to developing a hub at the airport, noting that […]

Airports

MMA2 Marks 18 Years of Service, Reiterates Commitment to Community Impact

The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), has marked 18 years of uninterrupted service in Nigeria’s aviation landscape with a celebration in the terminal’s ticketing hall. The company in a statement signed by Head, Corporate Communications, Ajoke Yinka-Olawuyi, said terminal users were treated to melodious music by a […]

Airports

Investigation: Cargo Terminal, MMIA Becoming Major Gateway for Drug Trafficking in W’Africa

It has emerged that the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has become major hub and gateway for drug trafficking in West Africa. Despite the efforts to significantly curtail the movement of illicit drugs through the airport, the cargo terminal has increasingly continued to record high number of consignments. Inside sources revealed that […]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Keyamo Orders Dismantling of Joint Luggage Inspection Table, Launches New Reforms at MMIA, GAT

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed the dismantling of joint inspection tables managed by multiple security agencies, which they use for physical inspection of passengers’ luggage. The Minister said, henceforth, inspections will focus on intelligence-based screening, use of advanced scanning technology equipment, and non-physical passenger profiling to enhance efficiency and accuracy, insisting that these new reforms must […]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

As Immigration Sets Up Panel for Woman Who Tore Husband’s Passport

Last Saturday a woman, Favour Igiebor,  tore up her husband’s international passport on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos before security operatives and other travellers. She had returned from Europe alongside her husband and children and landed at the Lagos airport. Shocked and enraged security officers, including that of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) accosted her […]