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...
•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...
•Tinubu Arewa Consultative Youth and Women Forum (ACYWF) has thrown its weight behind the decision to relocate the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. The Forum, comprising over 50 Arewa Groups who appraised recent efforts by President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the Aviation sector, includ...
The federal government has directed the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to relocate to Lagos. This was revealed in a memo signed by the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, reports Daily Sun. The memo reads: ”The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has directed that the Headquarters of the Federal Air...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has sacked the six Managing Directors and Directors-General of parastatals in the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. This was disclosed in a statement today by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale. The affected directors include the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nigerian A...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday conducted a full-scale security emergency exercise at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. A statement by Mr. Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, the Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, said that the agency yesterday carried out a bomb threat simulation ex...