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    Arik In Turbulent Weather

    Government takeover of ailing Arik Air is generating controversy even as some undercurrents suggest that there could be more to it than the purported rescue mission of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria. Arik air was until recently, the pride of the Nigerian aviation industry; and frequent travellers who patronised the airline did so with […] More

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    Business Development Institute Lauds FAAN, Honours MD

    The Nigerian Institute of Business Development has commended the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, for its cooperation and collaboration towards the progress of the institute. Paul Ikele, registrar of the institute, also disclosed plans to honour Saleh Dunoma, FAAN’s managing director and chief executive officer, CEO, with the award of honorary fellow during its […] More

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    NCAA Urges Police Commissioner to Check Crimes At Airport 

    Capt. Muhtar Usman, director-general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, has charged the new Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Taiwo Lakanu, to do his best to help stop the incessant cases of stowaways at the airports.   Usman, according to a statement issued by Fan Ndubuoke, general manager, Public Affairs, NCAA said this while receiving the new […] More

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    AirAsia Plane: Tail Of Crashed Plane Found

    As the search for the AirAsia flight QZ8501, which crashed in the Java Sea on Sunday, December 28, continues, the Indonesian search officials say part of the tail of the plane has been found in the sea. The tail, which houses the “black boxes,” that records voice and flight data, is expected to give investigators […] More

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    Bullet-Proof Cars: Court Grants EIE Access to Documents

      Enough is Enough, EIE, Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, has been granted leave by a Federal High Court, Lagos, to apply to the court to compel the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA; First Bank of Nigeria, FBN; and Coscharis Motors Limited, to disclose the information requested by the organisation on the purchase of two bullet-proof […] More

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    Akure Airport Now Cargo Terminal

    The Akure Airport has been designated a perishable and non-perishable cargo airport by the federal government. Stella Oduah, minister of aviation, announced this during her courtesy visit to Olusegun Mimiko, governor, Ondo State, recently. According to the minister, the perishable cargo terminal project at the airport is meant to harness the agricultural export capacity of […] More

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    Jonathan sacks Oduah, three others

      President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday finally sacked the embattled Stella Oduah, Minister of Aviation, Others ministers that equally received the president’s boot are Caleb Olubolade, minister of Police Affairs; Godsday Orubebe, minister of Niger Delta and Yerima Ngama, minister of State for Finance. Whereas it is not yet clear why president Jonathan sent the […] More

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    New Cooling System for MMA

    The federal government will soon install a new cooling system at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, MMA, Lagos. Yakubu Dati, general manager, public communications, Federal Airports Authority, FAAN, explained that the government has opted for a complete replacement of the cooling system at the terminal as a lasting solution to the epileptic cooling system, which was […] More

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    NIMET Enhances Aviation Safety

    In the last two years, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, and the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau, AIPB, have implemented several projects that have enhanced safety and security in the Nigeria’s aviation industry. Some of these are the installation of Doppler Weather Radar and the Calibrated Meteorological Instrument, which are used to detect and track […] More