The International Air Transport Association, IATA , has revealed hat global passenger traffic results in June year-to-year showed a 5.7 per cent leap in demand compared to June 2014. However, IATA stated that Africa recorded a two per cent drop in the review period, due to negative economic developments in parts of the continent including […]
A projection by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has stated that by 2024, Nigeria’s travel and tourism industry would contribute 1.6 per cent (N1.4 billion) to the nations Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Council, which stated this in its review of the sector in Nigeria, also projected that travel and tourism industry would […]
Four passengers died yesterday when a Bristow Helicopters chopper plunged into the Lagos Lagoon. On board were 12 people, including two crew members. Six others, who were injured, were rescued from the scene of the crash, which was still being combed late yesterday for the two missing persons. The chopper, marked 5N – BDG – […]
THE management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has called on all owners of abandoned aircraft at the graveyard of the Murtala Muhammed Airport to evacuate such within the next seven days, as the Authority is ready to dispose of such aircraft, in line with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization. […]
Cecil is dead, killed by James Palmer, an American dentist. He was 13. He has followed the death-steps of his namesake, John Cecil Rhodes, who left this earth in 1902. Rhodes sleeps at Matopo, atop that sacred hill. He sleeps well, unmolested, visited daily by kith, by kin, by victims. By all measure, Rhodes flourishes. […]
Years ago, a brilliant lecturer of mine(now late) said something about Nigeria that I waved aside as an exaggerated expression of patriotism. Here are some facts from our common heritage that should make you proud to be called a Nigerian: 1. Nigeria is home to seven percent (7%) of the total languages spoken on earth. […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service said it barred no fewer than 4,916 Nigerians from travelling out of the country between January and March, 2015. The Nigerians were suspected to be on their way to join international terrorist organisations, including the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and the Taliban, sources within the NIS confided in our […]
MED-VIEW Airlines has completed arrangement to commence direct flight operations on the Lagos-London lucrative route by November this year. Its managing director/CEO, Muneer Bankole, revealed this on Sunday night after taking delivery of another Boeing 767-300ER with registration number 5NBQN at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. According to him, the plane is […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) is one of the six agencies under the Ministry of Aviation, charged with the responsibility to investigate aircraft accidents and incidents in Nigeria. As part of the Civil Aviation Act of 2006, AIB became an autonomous agency which reports directly to the President through the Minister of Aviation. It has […]
Suleja, sometimes confused as one of Abuja's suburbs, due to its proximity, is one of the major cities in Niger state, Nigeria. Originally called Abuja before the Nigerian government adopted the name for its federal capital in 1976, it is now regarded as Abuja's younger, smaller, less glamorous sister considering its local appeal. Many people […]
