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A passenger, name and details withheld, travelling through the Murtala Muhammed Airport  Terminal 2(MMA2) on Ibom Air flight QI0319 from abuja to Lagos has been charged to court, convicted and fined for declaring a false baggage claim against the airline. According to the airline, on the 20th of February 2023, the passenger who boarded the Ibom Air flight QI0319 from …

Following the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission   arrest of  four officials of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), including the agency’s Director, Finance and Accounts, Bilkisu Adamu Sani over allegedly orchestrating a N2 billion Duty Tour Allowance ( DTA) fraud the agency has alerted staff that payment may not be timely. EFCC arrested the agency’s  staff, all part of …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has agreed to deepen its relationships with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on ways of enhancing safety in the rail and road sector. This is coming as the multimodal investigation agency has assured that it would release its report on …

Says parties have not taken security into consideration Failure to address N150bn staff arrears Arbitrary 60:40 profit sharing ratio in favour of concessionaire  Aviation unions, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP- FAAN BRANCH) have filed a suit seeking …

Sierra Leone Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Kabineh Moinama Kallon has said that a pass in aircraft accident investigation coupled with its commissioning of a new international airport at Lungi on March 3rd, 2023 in the forthcoming International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Audit, will boost the confidence of international airlines and attract them to fly into the West African …

Ahead of its upcoming International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Audit, the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Bureau ( BAGAIA) has said a lot of progress has been made with the Sierra Leone Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau ( SL-AAIB) and the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SL- CAA) to ensure the country’s readiness to play in the globally stage. Commissioner of …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that for over a year, Nigeria has been the country with the highest amount of airline blocked funds in the world and this will affect Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria, the image of a country that does respect contractual obligations as well as reduced connectivity to and from Nigeria and high-ticket …

The International Air Transport Association( IATA) has disclosed that the trapped funds belonging to foreign airlines operating in Nigeria have risen to $743,721,097 from $662m in January 2023. The world airlines body made this known in a letter addressed to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, signed by the Area Manager West and Central Africa, Dr Samson Fatokun, and obtained …

Commissioner, Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency ( BAGAIA) Engineer Charles Irikefe Erhueh has said that cost of safety is nowhere near what happens when there is an accident stressing that accidents and incidents investigation be taken seriously for the safety lessons they provide. Engineer Erhueh made this known during a visit to Sierra Leone Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau( SL-AAIIB) …

Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau ( NSIB) has been directed to commence Immediate investigation into the reported collision of a passenger train and a bus conveying workers to their work places in Lagos Thursday morning. This is coming after the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was due to reckless driving on the part …