Category: Travels
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NCAA Suspends Azman Operations
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, on Thursday, has suspended Azman Air over the airline’s inability to renew its Air Operator Certificate. checking on the website of the airline currently revealed that all flights to and from different routes have been cancelled. This is coming few months after the NCAA suspended the AOC of Dana Air…
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Airlines Records Rise In Passengers Demand- IATA
The International Air Transport Association’s passenger data for June 2022 shows that the recovery in air travel remains strong with a 103.6 per cent rise. According to the IATA, total traffic in June 2022 which was measured in revenue passenger kilometers was up 76.2 per cent compared to June 2021. The report states that the…
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE AIRPORTS FACILITIES FOR EFFICIENCY, SAFETY- FAAN
The ceremony was tagged, “Best Performance Staff (2020) Award Presentation Ceremony and Honouring of Retired General Managers and Deputy General Managers (2020/2021)”. According to him, the Federal Government is ready to intensify efforts to ensure passengers get the best services for their flights. “We are ready to keep developing and profitably managing customer centric airport…
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FG will stop train service if…-Ameachi
The Federal Government says it will shut down the Lagos-Ibadan and the Abuja-Kaduna train services should there be any case of COVID-19 among passengers. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stated this yesterday while featuring on NTA Good Morning Nigeria programme. He said train users must comply with all COVID-19 protocols from the beginning of…
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Immigration Service hosts automated system to monitor lost, stolen travel documents
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has completed the process of automation of and integration of its system to monitor lost and stolen travel documents. The service says this feat positions Nigeria as the only country in Africa to have launched a system that monitors missing travel documents. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the…
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Enugu Airport begins commercial flight operation Monday
All is now set for the resumption of day and night commercial flight operations at the rehabilitated Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu from Monday The development followed a Notam issued by the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, NAMA Aeronautical Information Service, on Friday September 4, 2020. Based on the Notam, flights operations from Monday, September 7…
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Ondo ghastly auto crash leaves one dead, 6 injured
One person in Thursday lost his life in a fatal motor accident in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Me Ahmed Hassan who confirmed the accident, said six persons also sustained serious injuries. He said the accident involved a Nissan Vanette…
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FRSC flags off Ember months safety sensitisation for motorists
As the last four months of the year 2020 approaches, the Federal Road Safety Corps says it has begun its nationwide year-end campaign to sensitise road users on safety measures to forestall accidents and incidents during the ember months. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Oyeyemi Issues Travel Advisory As Frsc Begins Nationwide Ember…
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Buhari mourns victims of Lagos helicopter crash
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, commiserated with friends and relatives of victims of the helicopter crash in the Opebi area of Lagos State. In a two-paragraph statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President prayed to God to console the bereaved and heal the injured. The statement titled, ‘President Buhari…
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How jet crashed in fence after alleged brake failure in Lagos
An aircraft in the fleet of a chartered carrier – Jedidiah Air, on Friday, hit a fence at General Aviation Terminal (GAT), local wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The aircraft, King Air 200, with registration number 5N-HIS, was parking when it rammed into the fence at the tarmac close to a facility used…