The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu will reopen for normal business on Aug. 30. Sirika gave the assurance at the airport in Enugu after inspecting the progress of ongoing rehabilitation of the runway and upgrade of other infrastructure, aiming toward international standards, on Tuesday. According to him, […]
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Airport reopening: FAAN conducts simulation excercise
Ahead of anticipated lifting of restriction on air travel in Nigeria, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has conducted simulation excercise at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja. This is to test all the protocols designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 at the Airports. Nigerian airports have been shutdown in excess three months […]
HOW NAIRA MARLEY USED FRAUDULENT FLIGHT APPROVAL, FG SUSPENDS AIRLINE
Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika has ordered the immediate suspension of private airline, Executive Jet Services, from operating in the country. This is for conveying popular musician Naira Marley to Abuja for a musical concert. According to the Minister, the return flight that conveyed the musician to and from Abuja was originally approved by the […]
ENUGU AIRPORT TO REOPEN BEFORE EASTER, AVIATION MINISTER ASSURES
The Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu will be reopened for use before Easter 2020, Aviation Minister Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated. The Minister gave the commitment after an inspection visit to the airport on Thursday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu. The airport was […]
NIMASA: APC endorses Jamoh’s appointment to replace Dakuku
Following President Muhammadu Buhari approval of the appointment of Bashir Jamoh as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the appointment was based on competence and not nepotism as alluded in some quarters. Reacting to the appointment on Friday during a chat with […]
FG SHORTLISTS BIDDERS FOR AVIATION LEASING COMPANY AND MRO FACILITY
The processes for the establishment of both the Aviation Leasing Company and the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility by the Federal Government gathered momentum today with the Bidders Conferences for the two major components of the Aviation sector roadmap of the Buhari administration. In attendance were officials of the Ministry of Aviation, Federal Airports […]
NAMA COMMISSIONS CATEGORY 3 INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM AT ABUJA, LAGOS AIRPORTS
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has commissioned its newly installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Runway 18 Right, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos as well as Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In the same vein, a flight commissioning of the newly installed DVOR (Doppler Very High Frequency Omni-Directional […]
CORONA VIRUS: Health, Information, Humanitarian Aviation Ministers collaborate to halt entry into Nigeria
Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika Tuesday revealed that the nation’s international airports have been collaborating effectively with relevant agencies to ensure the dreaded Covid-19 does not find it’s way into the country. Sirika made this known with the Ministers of Health, Information and Humanitarian Services after inspecting facilities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja […]
Lagos Airport: Sirika expresses concern over flight diversions, cancelations
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has noted, with great concern, the experiences of air travellers to and from the Murtala Muhammed International airport Lagos regarding flight diversions and, in many cases, outright cancellations, which have been occasioned by highly inclement weather conditions. In a statement Thursday by Director signed by the Public Affairs, […]
Ebonyi Airport: Group chides Ezza-Ezekuna stakeholders over plight of farmers
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has condemned in strong terms the content of the communique issued by those it described as apologists of the state government from Ezza extraction under the auspices of Ezza-Ezekuna Stakeholders, threatening the peasant farmers whose ancestral lands had been forcefully acquired by the Ebonyi state government […]