Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said on Thursday that the state’s light rail project would be completed by December 2016 and would commence operation immediately. This is coming about six years after the Blue Line rail project was awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Company. It is a 27-kilometre line stretching from Okokomaiko to Marina. […]
A Medview Airline aircraft en route to Abuja on Thursday morning returned to the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, some minutes after take-off. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the aircraft developed a pressurization problem which affected the cooling system while flying at about 8,000 feet. The source said there was […]
The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Saleh Dunoma, has told the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Aviation that obsolete nature of most of the facilities and equipment at the nation’s airports was responsible for the poor rating the nation’s airports got from an international travel agency. Dunoma, who said this on […]
Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam, on Wednesday assured air travel passengers of adequate safety as necessary facilities had been put in place to forestall plane crashes in the country. The NAMA boss appeared before the senate ad-hoc committee on Aviation, to explain efforts being made by his agency […]
THE Nigerian Maritime sector is the second revenue earner for the government, after the oil and gas sector. As oil revenue continues to dwindle, it is natural for the country to turn to the maritime sector, to close the gap. But this may not be, because the sector is going through its own crisis, orchestrated […]
Haunted by the failure of Nigeria Airways Limited, the strong agitation for a new national carrier seems to have lost steam over concerns on the ownership structure and fears that it will encounter the same operational challenge of other local airlines, writes Chinedu Eze There is no doubt that Nigeria needs a national airline that […]
Nigeria’s largest carrier, Arik Air, on Monday,November 2, said it has completed the process for its private placement for investors billed for first quarter of 2016. It said the Initial Public Offer (IPO) for the listing of the airline at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is billed for 2017. Managing Director of the airline, Chris […]
Medview Airline will on November 20 flag off flight on the Lagos-London route. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole said the United Kingdom and Nigerian civil aviation authorities and their foreign affairs ministries had given the airline all approvals required to operate direct flight between the two countries. Unlike […]
The Senate ad hoc Committee on Aviation which is chaired by Rabiu Kwankwaso (APC-Kano State) Tuesday, held a public hearing on Tuesday. Heads of parastatals and other officials of the Ministry of Aviation led by the Permanent Secretary, Binta Bello, attended the hearing at the National Assembly. Ms. Bello lamented the challenge of funding which […]
MORE than a decade after liquidation of the Nigeria Airways, the healthy discourse on the possibility of a new national carrier has only underscored the significance of the quest and the need to balance best business practices with national interest. President Muhammadu Buhari's directive to the ministry to get a committee to review modalities for […]
