Skytrax has released its annual world airline star ratings, ranking airlines by the quality of their front-line product and service standards. Nigeria’s Arik Air made 3-star ratings alongside 119 other airlines in the world. Arik Air is the only rated Nigerian airline. According to Skytrax website, “The 3-Star Airline Rating is awarded to airlines delivering […]
A man, Suleiman Waheed, has been arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly assaulting a Nigerian Railway Corporation worker, hitting him with fist blows. The said incident took place on September 12 at the Railway Terminus, Iddo, Lagos. The complainant, Principal Station Master, Adedoyin Idowu, was reportedly checking tickets at the terminus gate […]
The number of air passengers embarking on international trips from Nigeria plunged by 27.93 per cent in the second quarter of 2015. The Nigerian Aviation Sector report for the second quarter of 2015 released over the weekend by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that 1,048,598 passengers travelled abroad by air in the second […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Muritala Mohammed International Airport Command, has decried the high rate of indebtedness by airlines. The command is therefore seeking permission of the Immigration High Command to withdraw passenger clearance of debtor airlines as done in April 2013. Comptroller of Immigration, MMIA, Mrs. Chizoba Dibi, who spoke at the weekend lamented […]
Asaba — Delta State House of Assembly has approved a loan facility of N5.021 billion for the upgrading of the Asaba International Airport, which was downgraded by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on account of alleged lapses in the runway and taxiways. A request dated Tuesday, September 8, 2015 was forwarded to the state […]
A 25-year-old stowaway has been arrested after he was found inside the tyre compartment of a Ghana-bound Medview Airlines plane parked at the tarmac of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two. Stowaway found in tyre compartment of Medview aircraft The man identified as Festus Chikelube succeeded in gaining access into the tyre compartment of Medview […]
The newly appointed Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Kure Martins Abeshi, has warned officers and men of the service at airports and Immigration passport offices to stop demanding for extra money for services rendered. The new immigration boss warned that anyone found culpable would be sacked. Abeshi, who gave this warning during his first on-the-spot […]
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 […]
