The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, on Sunday, September 13, said it would soon kick off registration of all the aviation fuel marketers, follow recent allegation that some marketers sell household kerosene as Jet A1, The NCAA’s Director-General, Muhtar Usman, revealed that the regulatory authority has finished arrangement for the registration exercise. It would be recalled that […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said on Sunday that it lost N40 million due to the closure of the Benin Airport for two months. Mr Sunday Ayodele, the Benin Airport Manager, in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos, said the airport reopened on Sept. 3. Ayodele said that the closure, which […]
Delta State shows peaceful surroundings for tourism to blossom notwithstanding eco-system challenges. Omolola Itayemi on a revisit to Asaba and a precinct discovers several tourists' delights in state and their unending allure My initial pier of call was Mungo Park House, a renowned colonial vestige of pre-fabricated wooden building that now serves as a National […]
Six Nigerian pilgrims have been confirmed dead while four have been declared missing in the crane accident which took place in a Mosque in Kaabah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Friday. The deceased, it was learnt on Sunday, had been buried in Saudi Arabia. The spokesperson for National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Mr. Uba Mana, confirmed […]
Findings have revealed that local airlines, charter operators and privately owned jets n Nigeria spend about N250 billion yearly on aircraft maintenance and training of pilots. According the investigation, airline operators pay a minimum of $500, 000 for engine overhaul and about the same amount of money for C-Check maintenance on a Boeing 737 aircraft. An inspector […]
Managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr Saleh Dunoma, has stated that the new international terminal currently under construction at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, would have over ten million passengers passing through it annually. Speaking with with newsmen during an inspection tour at the construction site, the […]
Following a long deliberation on the deplorable road and socio-economic situation in Arepo and its neighboring communities in Obafemi/Owode local government area of Ogun state, members of Journalists Estate Residents Development Association, JERDA have called on Governor Ibikunle Amosun to come to their rescue. In a communiqué issued at the end of its monthly meeting, the group […]
A man, identified simply as Sunday, has died in a Lagos hotel on Ishawo Road, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the management of the Western Lodge Hotel discovered his corpse around 1am in his room. All the contacts on his mobile phone were said to have been deleted, making […]
Nairobi has been rated third most expensive city for a good night's sleep in Africa, according to a new survey produced by hospitality research firm STR Global. According to the survey, the average rate for a hotel room in the first six months of 2015 was $144.76. This compares with $215.75 for a room in […]
Scores of Arik Air passengers continued to wait for hours at the departures lounge of the Lagos airport, Monday, with the airline failing to issue a reason for the delays. A passenger on a 7 a.m. Lagos-Port Harcourt flight said no official of the airline told them the reason for the delays after four hours. […]
