Air Peace yesterday removed a passenger from flight P47866, bound for Abuja, after he threatened that his anger was capable of burning down the aircraft. According to a Twitter post yesterday by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu, the passenger, identified as ...
•Emergency landing by an aircraft A CL60 aircraft operated by Triton Aviation has made an emergency landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after its crew reported that a door had opened in flight. The aircraft, with registration number T7-SEI, departed Abuja for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 4:17pm ...
The Air Peace aircraft carrying the fourth batch of Nigerians from South Africa arrived this morning The aircraft conveying Nigerians repatriated from South Africa amid the ongoing hostilities against black migrants has arrived. The plane touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 10:42 a.m. One of the returnees who ar...
•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo The four crew members of the private aircraft that landed on a road near Asaba Airport, Delta State on Wednesday are currently in the custody of security agencies, Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo(SAN) has revealed. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), also announced the suspensi...
•Teslimat and Vice Chancellor Jimoh Teslimat Abiola Nurudeen, a 500-level student of the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering of Kwara State University has made history by becoming the first undergraduate from the institution to complete a solo flight at the Ilorin International Airport. The historic moment occurred on Apri...
United Nigeria Airlines (UNA), has recorded another bird strike incident involving one of its aircraft. This is the fifth time the airline would experience such an occurrence since January 2026, thereby raising concerns over aviation safety hazards at Nigerian airports, reports The Guardian. A statement today by the Public Relations Officer (P...
Passengers travelling between Abuja and Lagos yesterday faced unexpected disruptions after United Nigeria Airlines confirmed that one of its aircraft suffered a bird strike during take-off, marking the second such incident affecting the carrier within 24 hours and the fourth since January 2026. In a statement issued yesterday, Sunday, February...
•An aircraft makes emergency landing at airport A technical fault has forced an aircraft conveying 248 passengers and 12 crew to make an emergency landing at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. A statement by Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, stated that the ai...
•NAF C-130 aircraft crew The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has successfully ferried its C-130 aircraft, NAF 913, to Lisbon, Portugal, for scheduled depot maintenance. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, today in Abuja, Ejodame said the aircraft, which made planned st...
•The released aircraft and crew The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft, which was released on Thursday by the Burkinabe authorities following a diplomatic meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has arrived in Ghana. NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, revealed this in a statement yesterday. He said...
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