The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has assured that the planned amendment bill on the Act establishing the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) would enhance increase in the agency’s revenue base. The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji gave the assurance during the committee’s oversight visit to the agency’s headquarters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has assured the flying public that Nigerian airlines are safe, insisting that there is no cause for alarm. Captain Nuhu reacted to the reports credited to the Chairman of Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi who was quoted as having warned […]
There are two key issues stopping more Nigerians from travelling by air. One is low purchasing power of average Nigerian and two is relatively high cost of air ticket. Currently the number of Nigerians that travel by air is lower than one per cent of the projected 200 million population; so if five per cent […]
In the last few months, the National Assembly has raised concerns about the state of the aviation industry. But despite the efforts to draw the parlous attention to the Nigerian authorities, their solutions appear to have fallen on deaf ears. About two months ago, the House Committee on Aviation came to Lagos on a fact-finding mission, to […]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced that it is collaborating with the office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and other industry stakeholders to hold a One-day Stakeholders meeting to articulate the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/ Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in the Nigeria’s airspace. According to statement from NCAA, the meeting […]
