The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) has commended the Management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for their swift response to the recent fire outbreak at the International Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer NAA...
•An aircraft makes emergency landing at airport A technical fault has forced an aircraft conveying 248 passengers and 12 crew to make an emergency landing at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. A statement by Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, stated that the ai...
•NAHCO equipment and an Air Peace Embraer 195-E2 aircraft at the Lagos airport following a ground handling incident Flight operations involving a newly acquired Embraer 195-E2 aircraft belonging to Air Peace were disrupted today following a ground handling incident at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The airline confirmed the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into two travellers found in possession of undeclared foreign currencies totalling over $6,180 and £53,415 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Terminal 2 in Lagos. EFCC disclosed this yesterday, in a statement signed by Head of Media & Publicity, D...
•EFCC logo and dollar notes The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun investigating one Duru Ikechukwu Damian, who was arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $59,000 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was made known v...
•The protesters Activities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos were disrupted yesterday following a protest by visually impaired persons over the closure of their training school. The demonstrators, carrying the banner of the institution– Farmcraft Centre for the Blind – and placards, blocked major roads to both the d...
•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo and MMIA Lagos A coalition of civil society organisations has called on the federal government to immediately shelve its planned N712 billion reconstruction of Terminal One of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The organisations described the expenditure as excessive, misplaced and insen...
•Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos Former National Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Peter Ameh, has condemned the federal government’s decision to earmark a staggering N712 billion for the renovation of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, calling it a glaring example of misplaced priority at a...
•Mary Adekoya A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Mary Adekoya, who claimed to be travelling to India for a fibroid surgery has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos after 2.20 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in her bag. Director, Medi...
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has concluded plans to deploy new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security machines at the screening point of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. Director of Aviation Security Services, DASS, FAAN, Afegbai Igbafe, said as soon as the installation of the screening machines a...

