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Yobe airport for test landing on May 29 — Buni

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2020 0

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state, on Monday, said that the Damaturu International Airport would be test landed on May 29. Buni disclosed this in Damaturu while hosting the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. “The Damaturu International Airport will be test landed on May

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Coronavirus: Why infected Italian was not detected at Lagos airport – Health Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 29 February 2020 0

…Sanwo-Olu urges Lagos residents not to panic, says patient stable …Lafarge identifies contact persons with Covid-19 victim The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, gave reasons why the Italian infected with coronavirus that arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday was not detected at the Lagos international airport, his port of entry. According to him, […]

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The Coronavirus challenge, Nigeria and other responses

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

The biggest threat to our collective humanity today is not the suspected threat of a Third World War, but a corrosive, debilitating, murderous pathogen known as new Corona Virus. The fear of a World War III was fuelled by tensions and differences among key super powers dictating contemporary geo-politics notably: the US, China, Iran, Iraq, […]

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FAAN steps up security over incessant Airport invasion

Ihesiulo Grace 30 December 2019 0

…To raise fence, procure K-dogs Following the last invasion of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja by an intruder, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria is set to extend the heights of the perimeter fence with additional blocks. Investigation by The Daily Times revealed that the management of the organisation has been worried about the […]

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Nigerian man who just arrived from China slumps and dies

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2019 0

A Nigerian man identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday, December 11th slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal said the passenger on arrival from China, slumped and died while waiting to collect his luggage. Ezeh, according to information on his passport, was […]

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Lagos to get new international airport next year

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

The Federal Government on Wednesday has stated that plans are already in place for the delivery of a new international airport in Lagos before Easter celebration next year. The Minister of Aviation,  Hadi Sirika, stated this in an interview with journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice […]

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Airport car hire operator returns N.8m, others to passenger

Ihesiulo Grace 1 August 2019 0

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo A member of the Airport Car Hire Association of Nigeria (ACHAN), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, Mr Adeniyi Olayinka, has returned a sum of N888, 000 and an international passport to a passenger that forgot the items in his car. Olayinka told journalists at the airport that he discovered the items in […]

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AIB, UNILAG partner on metallurgical lab usage

Ihesiulo Grace 15 July 2018 0

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on the use of its metallurgical laboratory at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The spokesperson for AIB, Mr Tunji Oketunbi, said in a statement issued on Sunday that the MoU was signed recently by the […]