•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...
•Investigation ongoing at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames South Korean police today raided the offices of Jeju Air and the operator of Muan International Airport as part of the probe into the fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800 plane that killed 179 people. The flight was […]
•Governor Alex Otti No fewer than 13 communities in Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State have protested against the proposed citing of Abia Airport in their villages, saying that the project if not urgently stopped would render millions of the inhabitants with no place to farm to feed their families. The […]
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku, has convened a crucial meeting with the heads of all security agencies at Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos, warning the officials to stop the habit of soliciting for kickbacks and tips from passengers. She said airport is not a...
•Southwest governors Governors in the southwest, both past and present, have voted more than N266 billion for the construction of new airports despite the non-viability of the many existing ones. As governors continue to pursue these projects, industry experts believe that some of these projects may not succeed and may not be profitable in the...
A man accused of killing his girlfriend in Boston and fleeing to Kenya has been extradited back to the United States. This is the latest development in an international case that involved his arrest at a Nairobi nightclub and subsequent escape from jail, reports AFP. Kevin Kangethe, 42, is accused of killing nurse Margaret “Maggie” […]...

