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Air Peace, on Wednesday, announced plans to begin direct flight operations from Lagos to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Monday, 22 January. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa, on Wednesday. The new routes are part of the airline’s strategic plans to expand its regional destinations across the continent. “The new routes were further confirmation of the airline’s unyielding drive to connect the...

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The Federal Government has approved the extension of free train service to Sunday January 7, 2024 to allow more Nigerians who are yet to return to their stations enjoy the benefit of the free transport during the yuletide, Recall that the Federal Government announced a free train service on all serviced routes and 50% rebate on road transportation from December 21, 2023 to January 4th, 2024 on specific routes to reduce the burden of high cost...

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Ethiopian Airlines has restricted Nigerians from bringing ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags aboard any of its flights. The ban, according to a letter signed by Henok Gizachew, the Airline’s Manager of Airport Services, and addressed to the Regional Manager of the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria, FAAN, took effect from 25 November. Ethiopian Airlines Nigeria said the regulation is due to the “frequent occurrences of damages to conveyor belts at various airports, resulting in significant costs by the...

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United Nigeria Airlines has received approval from the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development, to fly passengers to six foreign countries including the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates. In a letter of approval dated September 8, 2023, and signed by Director of Air Transport, Mr. H. T. Ejiburu, the approval, the Ministry said, is in line with subsisting agreement between Nigeria and each of the foreign...

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Due to lingering factional crisis among the car hire operators at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended the Airport Taxi Services with immediate effect. Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of FAAN, in a statement urged airport users to use alternative transportation means. The statement read in parts: “The FAAN wishes to inform the general public that the airport car hire service at Nnamdi...

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The, has disclosed that Over 5,600 vehicles run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in Benin City, the Edo State capital, after the initiative was rolled out in 2007 and commissioned in 2009, according to NIPCO Gas.Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki disclosed this in Benin while speaking to journalists on fuel subsidy removal. “Data from NIPCO Gas, a joint-venture company between NIPCO and Nigeria Gas Company Limited (NGC), indicate that over 5,600 vehicles in Benin...

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A Saudi-bound aircraft which developed a slight crack on the windscreen shortly after take-off in the evening of Wednesday has made an emergency landing in the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA). The aircraft, Boeing 747 operated by Max Air with registration number, Max B747-HMM departed the Dutse airport carrying the first batch of 554 intending Muslim pilgrims from Jigawa state to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage. It was leant that lightning had...

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A group, All Youths Re-Oriented Initiative Of Nigeria (AYRION) has instituted a legal action against Dana Air over the failure of the airline company to airlift members of the group from Abuja to Lagos on April 28th, 2023. According to the group, the action of the airline caused the president of the group and others to miss very important business appointments. According to reports, the legal action was instituted on behalf of the AYRION by...

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Controversy has trailed the unveiling of an airplane for the proposed Nigerian Air, the national carrier, with many speculating that the aircraft unveiled by the federal government belongs to Ethiopian Airlines, ET. At 12:43 p.m. on Friday, a Boeing 737-800 series airliner with the ‘Nigeria Air’ inscription, which left the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia at 9:55 a.m., landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This is in keeping with the promise...

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President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned and opened the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta States for public use. President Buhari commissioned the project named after him virtually six days to the end of his administration. The bridge is one of the legacy projects of the Buhari administration, hoped to decongest the existing Niger bridge and connect South-East with the rest of the country and as well boost economic activities of Southern region. The main...

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