•Comfort Emmanson Comfort Emmanson, an air passenger embroiled in a controversial Ibom Air incident, has given a detailed account of the events on board the flight that led to her arrest, arraignment, and eventual discharge by a Lagos court. In a video shared on her Instagram page yesterday, Emmanson expressed gratitude to supporters who stood...
Please fact-check me: In 2024, Ibom Air generated ₦96 billion in revenue, which is almost equal to the ₦101 billion that the five Southeastern states collectively contributed to the Nigerian treasury via VAT. That is not a small achievement. The tax paid by Ibom Air is responsible for some of the roads you are driving […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is preparing to meet with eyewitnesses over the altercation that occurred between a crew member of Ibom Airline and a passenger, Comfort Emmanson, in a bid to unravel hidden facts about the issue that transpired on Monday. Mike Achimogu, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA, on Tue...
•Comfort (middle) released from prison today The Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, who was arraigned and remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, over her alleged unruly behaviour during a flight inbound Lagos from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on Sunday, has been released. Emmanson was discharged by Magistrate Olanrewaju Salami t...
A security consultant, Onyekachi Adekoya, has called for urgent reforms in aviation security following the recent Ibom Air incident involving a passenger and cabin crew members. Speaking on Channels Television, Adekoya stressed the need to prepare for redundancy in security planning. He said there was enough time for security to evacuate the p...
•Keyamo and passenger Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has condemned the release of indecent footage showing Comfort Emmanson, passenger on Ibom Air plane. Keyamo, who directed that whoever released that part of the video among the staff be singled out and sanctioned, said it was unacceptable, reports Vanguard. Th...
A Nigerian domestic carrier Ibom Air has placed a travel restriction on Comfort Emmanson, for assaulting members of the airline’s Uyo–Lagos flight crew at the Lagos airport yesterday. The airline, in a statement today said the unruly passenger won’t be permitted to fly on any of its aircraft from now on. “The passenger was removed […]...
•Governor Umo Eno ANIEKAN ESSIENETTE, Uyo reporting Ibom Airlines Limited (Ibom Air), one of the leading airlines in Nigeria, held its 1st public Annual General Meeting, AGM, yesterday, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, bringing together key stakeholders as requested by the Shareholder, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State. According to the Shareholder...
The purchase of two new aircraft on the same day was described as a rare feat by aviation experts in Nigeria. Ibom Air, one of Nigeria’s most decorated and favourite airlines, November 1, 2024, celebrated the arrival of two new aircraft, among the four new aircraft it has purchased in the last one year. As […]
A former Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Joe Abah, has narrated how a ground engineer saved travellers on an Ibom Airlines flight from a “potential disaster”. Narrating the experience on his X handle today, Abah said he boarded a 7 am flight from Lagos to Abuja this morning and the flight was ready […]
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