Murtala Muhammed International Airport
29 Mar
About seven years of waiting is finally over. An indigenous carrier, Air Peace Airline, will today resume the Lagos-London operations, restoring national pride and competition on the busy route.
7 Mar
Fire broke out on Thursday at the terminal of the E-Arrival Finger of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
6 Feb
Reacting to recurring blackout at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has asked the management of the airport to sit up or get booted out.
16 Dec
At first they couldn’t recognise him properly but he knew them vividly like the lines on the palm of his hands. He stood there, mouth agape on sighting these two people who made life painful and miserable for him while he was a kid. He held his breathe with asphyxiating shock for a couple of…
19 Sep 2023
The Federal Government of Nigeria has reopened the D Wing of the old international terminal at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The move is aimed at alleviating flight disruptions and improving the overall efficiency of air travel. The reopening of the old international terminal, which had been temporarily closed for renovation, comes after the sudden…
7 Sep 2023
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the relocation of flight operations from the old terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos to the new one (terminal two). FAAN announced the relocation in a press statement on Thursday with the agency also calling on travellers to arrive at the airport…
6 Sep 2023
Smoke engulfed a part of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday morning, leading to the evacuation of staff, passengers and other airport users. The incident occurred at Terminal 1 of the airport. Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, FAAN, in a statement after the incident, said that the smoke originated from…
6 Sep 2023
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday said the fire incident that occurred earlier on Wednesday at Murtala Muhammed International airport, Lagos was successfully brought under control. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, FAAN Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection in Abuja. “At approximately 0723 hours this…
1 Sep 2023
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has denied reports that he gave orders for the demolition of private hangars at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Two (MMIA 2), Lagos. A report by a digital media outfit said Keyamo ordered the Dominion and EAN hangers at the MMIA 2 in Lagos to…
1 Sep 2023
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, yesterday, ordered the immediate relocation of all foreign airlines to the new but deserted Chinese terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.
22 May 2023
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom (UK) at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company...
4 May 2023
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), yesterday, invaded Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos to picket Owerri-bound flights, in protest against alleged anti-labour activities in Imo State.
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