Nigerian start-up airline ValueJet has unveiled its expansion plans that would see it spread operations to other key destinations starting with Jos in the Plateau by this February while it keeps its eyes on Akure, Yola, Kano, and Gombe. The airline which reached a 100 days of operations has also announced plans to acquire three additional CRJ equipment to its …

The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, presided over by the Honourable Justice Ambrose Lewis- Allagoa has adjourned to 13th February 2023,the hearing on the preliminary request before it on transferring suit no:FHC/L/CS/2159/22/283 filed by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) to Abuja. The judge have the timeline of one month for counsel to the plaintiffs to study the request of …

The Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2)Training Academy has successfully obtained regulatory accreditation from the lNigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to offer industry-relevant training courses this helping to further bridge the apparent knowledge gap in the nation’s aviation sector. The MMA2 Training Academy is the Aviation training wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) which commenced operations in …

Joint Action Committee of Unions of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja) have initiated moves to resist plans geared towards ceding of revenue points including access gates, car parks without proper agreements and have issued a one-week period for their national executives to take a stand on the matter. This is just as the unions consisting …

Defendants Nigeria Air, Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika and the Attorney General of the Federation at the weekend filed a Motion of Notice with backing affidavits, seeking the Federal High Court in Lagos to transfer the suit filed against them on the suspended national carrier to The Federal High Court in Abuja, citing various reasons chief amongst which is jurisdiction. …

Inspects new Alimosho Passport Office, commissions projects at Alausa, Ikoyi Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says plans are underway to upscale the NIS’ system to achieve seamless integration , reduce human interface significantly and afford the applicants opportunities to verify their details and make corrections to their data by themselves thus handing them control over the duration they wish to get …

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has appointed Dr. Agnes Kijazi, as the new Director, Regional Office for Africa (RAF). Before her appointment, she was the Director General of the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) and Permanent Representative (PR) of Tanzania with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Third Vice President of the Word Meteorological Organization (WMO). She has more than …

Worried about the humongous amount of unclaimed passport booklets across the nation, the Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) has embarked on a sensitisation drive to get Nigerians to shun the use of third party to apply for their passport documents as that is the major cause of the uncollected booklets. The NIS Comptroller General, Isah Jere Idris  who was represented …

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East African Carrier, Ethiopian Airlines which is second defendant in the suit filed by the Airline Operators of Nigeria ( AON) challenging the establishment of national carrier, Nigeria Air,  has submitted its defence at the Federal High Court in Lagos where it said it was not aware the project was under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme. This is just …