The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it is yet to get official communication from the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the lifting of flight ban imposed on Nigeria and 11 other...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday shut down Globacom (Glo) facility in Wuse 2 Abuja over a N4.7bn debt. Musa Nuhu, NCAA Director-General, led the action, with the supervision of Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister...
The federal government has reinstated the air services arrangements it had with Emirates airline. Nigeria’s aviation ministry had earlier limited the carrier’s daily flights to Abuja to a single run a week and denied approval for...
Emirates has announced the suspension of flights operations to Nigeria indefinitely. The Dubai-based airline said it took the action in response to a restriction by the Nigerian government limiting its flights to the country to just...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has withdrawn the Ministerial approval of Emirates Airlines’ winter schedule. In a letter dated 9 December, 2021, with reference number NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/329, and addressed to the Country Manager, Emirates Airlines, Nigeria, the...
The police have arrested Izuchukwu Anoloba, a 35-year-old pastor, over the kidnap of a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba, in Imo State. Anoloba, who confessed to the crime, said he got N1.5 million as his share...
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approved flight operations at the newly-built Anambra airport effective Thursday, December 2. It granted approval to the State government to operate category B aircraft (Dash8-Q400 or its equivalent on...
The Federal Government on Thursday announced that Nigeria Air would start operations with three wet-leased aircraft as it would take about three to five years to take delivery of an aircraft that was ordered for. “They...
The federal government has approved new aviation safety threshold charges for ground handling companies. The current rates of the ground handling companies in Nigeria had been stagnant since 1986. Over the years, ground handling companies have...
The Presidency has explained how President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo at the meeting with southeast Leaders has been quoted out of context. Buhari was quoted as saying that “I’ll be careful...