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IKEJA — The National Assembly has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to work more in the area of improving airport security using the latest modern technology at the country’s airports. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Sen. Smart Adeyemi, made this known during an oversight visit to FAAN facilities in Lagos on Saturday by the National Assembly joint committees on Aviation. The chairman said the deployment of the security equipment was based...

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The National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) revealed in a Twitter update that passenger flights from Nigeria and 11 other African countries will resume from Saturday, January 29. Other affected countries are Ethiopia, Tanzania, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, and the Republic of Congo. It added that entry procedures have been updated for flights originating from Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda. Travel restrictions were put in...

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ABUJA — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has allocated six slots to Air Peace, both at the Dubai and Sharjah airports. The development was announced by James Odaudu, director, public affairs, ministry of aviation on Tuesday. According to him, the move was part of the resolution to the diplomatic row between the two nations. He noted that the UAE aviation authorities allocated six slots to the Nigerian carrier as part of the diplomatic resolution. “It...

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The United Kingdom (UK) has announced that it will remove 11 African countries from its travel red list from 4 am on Wednesday, December 15. The countries on the list are Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe. The list was introduced in November following the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The UK government had added Nigeria to the list due to the discovery of COVID Omicron cases...

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ABUJA — On Sunday, the British High Commission in Nigeria said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. This was disclosed by the spokesperson of the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock while reacting to a statement by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, that the UK and Saudi Arabia would be put on travel ban on Nigeria on Tuesday. Hurlock stated that...

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LAGOS — The federal government has said airlines from Canada, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia are banned from coming into Nigeria from Tuesday, December 14. The minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the move was to reciprocate the travel ban placed on Nigeria over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. He noted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would also place the United Kingdom, Canada, and Saudi Arabia...

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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has refuted claims of an explosion at Maiduguri airport in Borno state. Channels Television had reported that there was an explosion at a residential estate in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Saturday. According to the report, the estate is located along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway and the explosion happened less than 100 metres away from a holding camp for repentant Boko Haram members, leaving about 12 houses affected. But...

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By Uche Nworah (ABS News) The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued authority to Anambra state government to open Anambra International Cargo And Passenger Airport for commercial operations with effect from 2nd December, 2021. In a letter dated 1st December, 2021, addressed to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state, the aviation authority said that it has received security clearance from relevant security agencies for the opening. It said that the negative security clearance was...

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ABUJA  — The chairman of, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Smart Adeyemi says the senate has approved the rehabilitation of eight airstrips across the country.  The airstrips include: Uli-Okija (Anambra) Bida (Niger), Zuru (Kebbi), Zaria (Kaduna), Kotangora (Niger), Ajaokuta, (Kogi) Irrhua (Edo) and Mubi (Adamawa).  Adeyemi disclosed this, on Friday, while presenting his panel report on the 2022 budget before the Appropriations Committee, said the rehabilitation of the airstrips has become imperative to curb excessive...

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LAGOS — Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the suspension of some officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. In a statement in Lagos on Saturday, Yakubu said some of the suspended officials are staff of Aviation Security and Customer Service departments of the Authority. She said the action was in line with management’s determination to rid the...

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