•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 ConÂtinuous Monitoring Approach (CMA) for Lagos and Abuja airÂports. 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...
No fewer than 15 states have spent N301 billion on airports that failed to meet the yearly passenger traffic requirement per airport. The airports, which are spread across the country, are underutilized as many hardly record daily flights while others only have a few chartered flights sometimes, reports Sunday Vanguard. Constructed by state go...
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