Ethiopia n Airlines says it is the frontrunner to set up and manage Nigeria’s new national carrier, Nigeria Air. “We are among a small group with an interest in establishing a national carrier (in Nigeria)…we do not know the results (of the tender), though we are frontrunners,” The Ethiopian Airline Chief Executive Tewolde Gebremariam told a […]
The federal government may not be willing to provide about N30 billion needed to complete the new airports terminals in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and Kano airports, THISDAY has learnt. While most of the projects are over 80 per cent completed, the terminals at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and that of the […]
Pupils of the Bayelsa State Government Model Schools on excursion at the multi-billion international airport have commended the Governor Seriake Dickson for changing the narratives of the State, through his developmental strides. The students, who were left in awe by the nearly completed state-of-the-art facilities at the international cargo airport, commended the huge investments in […]
A new internationally licensed Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO), 7 Star Global Hangar, owned and managed by Nigerians, will commence operations in the country next week, following the granting of a full license by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in Lagos (NCAA) According to the Chief Executive Officer of 7 Star, Mr. Isaac Balami, the […]
Med-View Airline Plc, one of the official carriers involved in the airlift of Muslim Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, on Monday commenced the airlift of intending pilgrims from Kaduna International Airport. The airline is airlifting 1,600 pilgrims from Kaduna as the first flight took off by 7:10 pm with 313 pilgrims to Prince Mohammed Bn Abdul-Aziz […]
There is a close affinity between culture, arts, and tourism. A sound tourism education must of necessity have arts and cultural contents and vice-versa. With Mrs. Chika Balogun, Director-General of the National Institute for Hospitality & Tourism, piloting the affairs of NIHOTOUR, her experience as one time project anchor in the celebration of Nigeria's culture […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have projected that Africa would be a market of 350 million airline passengers by 2035. This prediction, according to the association was an incentive for investors to go into commercial airline business. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had disclosed that in 2017, many entrepreneurs had indicated interest […]
About 10,000 Nigerians were employed during the construction of the Abuja Light Rail Project, which was recently commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, while 100,000 more will be directly or indirectly employed when the project begins full operation. The Chief Resident Engineer for the Abuja Light Rail Project, Mr. Anthony Agbakoba, disclosed this on Thursday while […]
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, on Friday, said Nigeria does not need to recruit foreigners in order to run the Nigerian Air. The SFG made the remark at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) 47th convocation ceremony in Kaduna, where 256 graduating students were conferred with certificates and […]
