•VIP escort by police The Force Headquarters has intensified its clampdown on illegal VIP protection duties, issuing a fresh directive warning police officers against escorting Very Important Persons (VIPs) in mufti or uniform without authorization. The police leadership described the act as illegal and a clear violation of standing orders. Th...
•Bagos, KWAM1 and Keyamo A former member of the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has criticised the federal government’s decision to engage Fuji musician Wasiu Marshal, popularly known as Kwam1, as an ambassador for airport security protocols. Bagos, who spoke on Channels Television today, warned that the move could set an unpleasant p...
India reopened 32 airports today following a weekend ceasefire that ended the worst fighting with neighbouring Pakistan since 1999. The Airport Authority of India said the 32 — from Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir to Bhuj in the western state of Gujarat — were now available for civil operations “with immediate effect”, reports AFP. The...
Aviation unions have threatened to shut down airports across the country from March 31 over failure to remove a customs officer who assaulted the director of aviation security of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (AT...
•Aviation Minister Keyamo As the federal government moves to concession some of the major airports across the country, the only way the efforts may become a reality lies in its ability to pay attention to the settlement of the workers before embarking on the project. A renowned labour leader, who is the General Secretary of […]
•Festus-Keyamo Five airports are set for concession, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said. Keyamo spoke when he received the Regional Vice President (Africa and Middle East) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Kamil Awdhi, at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, reports The Nation. A state...
Nineteen of the 22 airports in the country are unviable, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said yesterday. FAAN’s Managing Director, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku said several states in the North and Southwest are developing new airports. She spoke on a national television programme. Mrs Kuku said the authority is cross-subsidising the 19 a...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Minister of Interior Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo today test ran the electronic gates (e-gates) mounted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, asserting the job is 99 percent done. The e-gates, he said, would be deployed for operations by next week, reports The Nation. Tunji-Ojo was accompanied by the Permanent Secret...
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) auditors yesterday commenced the 2024 ICAO Universal Security Audit Programme (USAP) through Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) for Lagos and Abuja airports. A statement by Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), sa...
•Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to show the total annual generated revenue from toll gates and parking lots fees in all federal government-owned airports and how much it remitted from January 2015 till January 2024. Justice Ibra...
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