Aviation

Minister Wants 30-Year Concession for Airports

Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has proposed between 20 and 30 years period for the concession of four airports in its concessioning programme. Sirika made this known in Lagos and also said that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) would give the final approval for the concession of the airports slated for the exercise. The Federal […]

Aviation

Why Immigration Suspended Passport Production

Overwhelmed by the plethora of demands by Nigerians desirous of leaving the country and pressured by the producers of the Nigerian passport to find the right pricing for the product, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) decided to suspend production of passports for two weeks. Within that period, the NIS is expected to clear all the […]

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Immigration Hands over Unbalaced Deportee to father

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command on Saturday handed over a mentally unbalanced Nigerian deportee, Mr. Osagie Favour Aigbonghiamon, 22, to his father after three days in its care. Osagie was deported from Cyprus on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 aboard a Turkish Airline at the airport. Speaking […]

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Senate Committee on Aviation Visits Lagos Airport on Facility Inspection

The Senate Committee on Aviation today, March 6, 2021, paid an oversight visit to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria at the Authority’s Headquarters annex in Lagos. Receiving the distinguished committee, the Managing Director of the Authority, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, who led the FAAN Management team to the meeting, expressed the Authority’s appreciation to the […]

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Police Arrest, Parade 5 Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers at MMIA

The Nigeria Police, Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command has arrested and paraded five suspected fake COVID-19 certificate racketeers at the airport, while two others escaped. Police said the suspects, Achibong Idonrenyin, Moses Samuel, Popoola Adewala, Wale Aderele and Abdulmalik Ibrahim major in selling fake COVID-19 certificates to unsuspecting travellers within the international wing […]