The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma, has assured of the provision of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Speaking with newsmen in Lagos at the weekend, he said due to the increase in passenger and airline movement at the airport, a second runway would prevent […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) said it has begun the test-run of its Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract/ Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (ADS-C/ CPDLC) in the nation’s airspace. This is contained in the weekly publication of NAMA’s Public Affairs Department, made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. The publication stated that NAMA had issued […]
Westboro Baptist Church recently announced they would bring their colorful posters and seething vitriol to Anchorage, Alaska, and picket outside the Native Heritage Center on June 1. Their reasons are as follows: Indigenous people “make a religion out of the pagan idolatrous practices of past generations,” and there’s “nothing appealing or holy about the ‘heritage’ … or […]
Medview Airline on Thursday completed the airlift of pilgrims back to Nigeria while commiserating with the families of pilgrims who lost their lives in the stampede in Saudi Arabia during the 2015 Hajj. In a message to the families, NAHCON and state governments, the airline's Managing Director/CEO, Alhaji Muneer Bankole prayed to God to give […]
A Katsina state ministerial nominee, Senator Hadi Sirika on Wednesday stressed the need for the reintroduction of a national air carrier, saying it would enable Nigeria reciprocate the many bilateral agreements it entered with other nations. Sirika who is a Pilot and being touted to head the Aviation Ministry during his screening at the senate […]
Nigeria's ground-handling services provider, nahco aviance, has taken over the running of the Osubi airport in Warri, Delta State. The airport is owned by the Shoreline Group. The take-over followed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Shoreline Group recently for the company to provide ground-handling services at the airport. The agreement gives nahco […]
On a recent trip to Dubai on Emirates, for example, Adeniyi Jones, a top executive could build a list of video favorites from more than 100 movies from Hollywood Classics to Asian films to Nollywood blockbusters. But much more than that, as an upwardly mobile executive, Jones, loves to stay in touch with what is […]
Mr Shola llupeju, a Tourism Consultant on Tuesday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to set up an inter-ministerial committee to reposition the tourism sector. llupeju made this call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that to reposition the tourism sector, government would have to plan and put […]
As the countdown continues to the grand finale of Miss Tourism International World finals holding in Vietnam this November, the Nigeria representative and delegate, reigning Miss Tourism International, Her Majesty Queen Rita Onyinye Oguebie is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure she makes her country proud. The Anambra State born beauty queen who has […]
After a 6 hour long meeting held at Serena Hotel Kigali after the Kwita Izina Gorilla naming ceremony a new group of committed Africa based travel promoters formed an organisation TeamAfrica to jointly promote destinations in Africa to Africans. It was observed that Africans promote themselves mostly to non Africans while most Africans travel to […]
