Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi on Friday said that building industrial clusters and a state-owned airport were among his vision for the state in the next four years. Umahi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the secret for his strides was passion and grace. He said that he would continue to…

It was a near-death situation yesterday when a Toyota Camry car with registration number, Lagos MUS 753 FP, plunged into an uncovered ditch dug by Hitech construction company, the firm handling the Airport Road rehabilitation and expansion, at about 10:30a.m. during yesterday’s downpour. The incident occurred near the pedestrian bridge still under construction between 7/8…

A total of 3.5 million passengers passed through Nigerian airports in 54,000 aircraft movements in the first quarter of 2019, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said. According to FAAN’s First Quarter Report obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the figure represented an increase of 76,397 passengers or 2.23 per cent growth…

Irate passengers have urged the minister of aviation to probe the near air mishap involving Aero Contractors on Thursday night at the Port Harcourt international airport. Some of the passengers on board flight NIG 317 told The Guardian that the plane tyres at the point of landing failed to eject, thus, making it impossible for…

Anyone who has passed through the arrival hall at our premier international airport in Lagos recently would notice that the structure of arrival does not permit crowding and milling. A narrow path with guard rails leads to the passport control. Here, the architecture of discipline has tamed the hurry-hurry, rush-rush na-me-alone-get-road mentality that rules Nigeria…

Turkey has freed 160 workers out of almost 600 who were arrested following a protest over work-related deaths and poor conditions at the construction site for Istanbul's third airport. Hundreds of labourers were arrested late on Friday as the security forces sought to break up a demonstration outside Istanbul Grand Airport, a huge development which…

The Chinese and Nigerian governments in 2013 struck a loan deal to build four new airport terminals in Nigeria. On paper, it was a fairly good deal in the light of gross infrastructure deficit and inadequate funding to fix it. But there is more to critical infrastructure gap in Nigeria than a lean purse to…

To forestall flight glitches during extreme weather condition, the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, are set to receive Category III Instrument Landing System (ILS). The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) disclosed that the CAT III equipment are currently being installed to replace CAT II at the airports, to boost…

The Bayelsa International Cargo Airport will commence operations this month to develop and boost the economic activities of region. Managing Director (MD) of the Bayelsa Airlines Limited, Capt. Henry Ungbuku, made this known at the recent Airport Business Summit and Expo in Abuja, saying the project was at its final stage of completion and will…

A suicide bomber killed or wounded at least 10 people at the entrance to Kabul international airport on Sunday, officials said, as scores gathered to welcome home Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum from exile. Senior government officials, political leaders and supporters were leaving the airport after greeting the powerful ethnic Uzbek leader and former…

A Lebanese man has been stuck in immigration purgatory at an airport in Ecuador for 42 days after losing his passport and being returned there from Spain. Nizam Hussein Shalak, 56, who does not speak Spanish, has been residing in the international terminal of the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil, El Universo newspaper…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) yesterday cautioned Nigeria and other countries on the verge of either privatising or concessioning airport infrastructure to be wary of models that prioritise financial gains. IATA, the clearing house for over 290 international airlines around the world, urged governments to take a cautious approach when considering airport privatisation especially,…