Since this year there have been at least 11 fire incidents at the international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Although the incidents disrupted activities and damaged facilities at the terminal, no life was lost. The fire incidents that sometimes lasted for hours threatened safety at the Lagos airport. As the major speaker at […]
The House Committee on Aviation has condemned the slow pace of work at the new terminal being built by the Chinese at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and said that it should have been completed by the end of this year, but the pace of work indicated that the company would not meet […]
As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria has the highest passenger traffic in the West and Central African sub-regions. However, the country is losing its leading role as the hub of air traffic in these regions. Few years ago, Ethiopia established its West African hub in Lome, Togo. From the tiny African country, it operates to Brazil, to New York in […]
About 152 Nigerians were brought back from Libya on Monday evening at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The deportees, according to sources, stated that they voluntarily returned to the country on their own accord but it was recorded that some of them had tried to make their way to Europe, although unsuccessfully. It […]
Despite stiff opposition, especially by aviation unions, if well-managed, concession could be the remedy for Nigeria’s airport infrastructure challenges. Occasionally, Airport Council International (ACI) tends to support government and its agencies owning airports and related facilities. There was a time ACI argued that privatising airports could cost an air traveller more because when airports are […]