•Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos The industrial action by aviation unions on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, grounded operations at the domestic wings of Nigeria’s two busiest airports – Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja – in a coordinated picketing exercise...
Passengers were left stranded at airports in Lagos and Abuja on Tuesday as members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) disrupted flight operations in protest over unmet demands from domestic airlines. The industrial action, which groun...
•Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo and MMIA, Lagos Fresh tension is brewing in the Nigerian aviation industry as aviation unions and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) are trading accusations over the remittance of the 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC). The crisis, if not nipped in the bud, may lead to flight disruptions across […]...
A bill seeking to harmonise taxes and eliminate the collection of levies by unions and other unauthorised groups in Lagos State is currently being considered by the Lagos State House of Assembly. The bill, titled “A Law to Enact the Lagos State Harmonised Taxes and Levies (Approved List for Collection) Law, to Provide for the […]
Two leading aviation unions-by the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Air Transport Employees-have written the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority over alleged breach of the “Safety Threshold Ground Handling Charges’ by operators in the industry. In a joint petition addressed to the NCAA by ATSSS...
•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo Flight activities were disrupted at the Lagos, Abuja, and Kano airports on Wednesday as workers of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency staged protests at the facilities. At the Lagos airport, XEJET, Aero Contractors, and Ibom Air operated as scheduled, while Air Peace did not, reports The PUNCH. In a statement ...
Academic activities in public universities in the country is once again facing a serious threat, following the alleged federal government plan to release N50 billion Earned Allowances to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Already the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, has written to the Minister of Education, Dr...
Universities across the country, especially those owned by the federal government, were today shut down by non-academic staff under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions, NASU. The step followed the decision of the national leaders of th...
Following the decision by aviation unions to embark on a peaceful protest on September 18 over the deduction of 50 per cent of agencies’ internally generated revenue, IGR, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has scheduled a meeting with the unions. Keyamo, who said President Bola Tinubu was looking into the [&...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) staged a one-day national protest today, Thursday, July 18, over the four months’ withheld salaries of their members. The national protest disrupted administrative work in universities and inter-university...
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