Top security officials from the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security (AVSEC) at the weekend held emergency meeting on how to fortify security at the nation’s airports. THISDAY learnt that the federal government has ordered security upgrade at […]
Less than two weeks a Nigerian, 38-year-old Chijioke Obioha was executed in Singapore for smuggling 2.6kgs of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis; officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have prevented the execution of another thirty-eight year-old man, Augustine Uchenna from execution in […]
If handled in a transparent manner, the airport concessions could actually be the elixir for air transport facilities in Nigeria. Stiff opposition that greeted the planned concession of airport facilities had prompted the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika to convene several meetings, including the recent stakeholders meetings to convince those who were not […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) commissioned 3 numbers ultra-modern carousels and conveyor belts at the D-Arrivals of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The commissioning of these facilities will reduce delays and fast track departure formalities of arriving passengers. This facility is one of many projects embarked by the Federal government to facilitate passengers’ […]
Airline operators have called on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to avert imminent tragic accident by urgently rehabilitating the runways at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, which have degenerated over the years and are now damaging aircraft gears on landing and take-off. The latest […]