Industrial action by pilots and cabin crew at German flagship carrier Lufthansa has disrupted flights, leaving some Nigerian passengers stranded and forcing others to spend the night at airports. Passengers affected by cancellations were rebooked onto alternative carriers, including Royal Air Maroc, reports Sunday PUNCH. However, some reported...
•Tinubu Criticism has trailed President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Plateau State, where he was meant to condole victims of the latest attack in Angwa Rukuba, Jos North Local Government Area. It was earlier reported how gunmen struck in the area on Sunday, killing 28 persons and leaving many injured. On Wednesday, Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesm...
•An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York A plane carrying dozens of people collided with a fire truck late yesterday on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport, killing the pilot and co-pilot and forcing a halt to flights, […]
•Nasir El-Rufai and a policeman Security agents reportedly attempted to arrest the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on arrival in Nigeria from Cairo, Egypt. This was disclosed by the Media Adviser to the former governor, Muyiwa Adekeye, on social media today, reports The Guardian. Adekeye shared, “Security agents today...
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the son of a former Jigawa State governor, challenging the decision of the trial court, which convicted him for failing to declare $40,000 at an airport. In a unanimous decision, the panel at the apex court dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the son of former […]
•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo and MMIA, Lagos The federal government has approved a comprehensive upgrade of navigational and communication systems across airports nationwide. The decision which was ratified at the Federal Executive Council meeting, chaired by President Bola Tinubu yesterday is aimed at strengthening air safety, modernis...
The CEO of a United States-based home care company, Cashmir Chinedu Luke, has been arrested at San Francisco International Airport by American authorities for defrauding the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) of over $7 million. In a statement by the Department of Justice, Mr. Luke was arrested at San Francisco International Airport yesterday ...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has recorded what it described as a “historic milestone” with the resumption of direct revenue collection at the cargo terminals of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, after 15 years. For the first time in more than a decade, FAAN officials from the Directorate of Cargo Develop...
•Oshiomhole Former Governor of Edo State, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, has been accused of blocking the terminal gate of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), domestic wing in Lagos, after missing his Abuja-bound flight. Oshiomhole, a former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) now a sitting senator, reportedly arrived the airpo...
•Aisha Achimugu and EFCC operatives Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Achimugu was arrested around 5 am today shortly after her return from London, reports Channels TV. A top EFCC staff confirmed this to our correspo...

