Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Aisha Achimugu. The businesswoman was arrested around 5am shortly after her return from London at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Achimugu had been declared wanted in March by the EFCC over allegations of criminal conspiracy and money laundering. On Monday, the Federal High Court in […]
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Maiduguri on Monday to commiserate with the government and people of Borno state over the recent flood incident. On September 10, flood displaced many residents in the Fori, Galtimari, Gwange, and Bulabulin areas of Maiduguri. No fewer than 30 people have been reported dead from the flood which occurred […]
In the early hours of today, Monday, on his way to attend a Trade Union Congress conference in the United Kingdom, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, President Joe Ajearo was reported arrested by Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. Ajearo was about to board his flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja […]
Following the directives of the organised labour to withdraw flights to Owerri across the country, the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Thursday blocked the entry and exit entrance of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The protesters attempted to enter the airport but were stopped by military personnel at the checkpoint. […]
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika has assured that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja has been opened for operation just a few hours after a tyre burst at the runway on Sunday. While regretting all inconvenience, the Minister assured that the affected aircraft had been towed away and the runway swept, […]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has brought back home 94 Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The evacuees were flown in by NAF 913 C-130H aircraft which arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at 11.54pm Wednesday night. First batch of 276 Nigerians were airlifted from Aswan due to the ongoing battle at Sudan. Commodore Ayodele […]
The country’s proposed national carrier, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, is set to present the Air Transport License (ATL) to the interim management of Nigeria Air today. This was posted by the Ministry of Aviation on its Instagram page Sunday. The ATL certification precedes the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) which empowers the […]
Officials at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, on Thursday, stated that the female passenger who slumped and died on her way to Lagos from Abuja at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, had health challenges. However, other passengers at the terminal when the incident happened on Wednesday knocked FAAN for delaying sending […]
Tension from parents and relations may start coming down as the first batch of Nigerians from Ukraine have arrived in Abuja. The evacuees are mainly students. The passengers, numbering about 450 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by 7:10 am (WAT) via a Max Air flight […]
Federal Executive Council has approved the sum of N3,523,592,079 for procurement of equipment needed at Abuja, Lagos and Kano international airports, under the Ministry of Aviation. Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant to President on Media and Publicity, who spoke on the approvals on behalf of the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said […]