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FEDERAL Ministry of Aviation and the agencies in the industry have indicated their interest and support for the upcoming annual conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), which will be held on July 28, 2022 in Lagos. The 2022 edition of the conference is with the theme: ‘Sunset Airports: Economic & Safety Implications.’ The agencies in separate …

  ACTING Controller-General of Immigration (CGI), Isah Jere Idris, has informed the 548 new immigration officers that they will be deployed to Forward Operations Bases ( FOB) and the Border Control Posts to help manage the nation’s borders keeping it safe. Nigeria’s borders cover 5,330 kilometres with an estimated 1,490 illegal entry points into the country and with a workforce …

  ACCIDENT Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) says it issued an Immediate Safety Recommendation to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), to ensure Azman Air Services Limited immediately reviews the training of the incident flight crew of 5N-AIS Flight AZM 2316 from Lagos to Port Harcourt. The investigators said this was in order for the crew to be able to understand …

  THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to reaffirm our commitment to strengthen civil aviation training and promote knowledge sharing for the civil aviation sector in Africa. The agreement will expand existing collaboration between both parties to equip aviation professionals with up-to-date competencies to meet …

  COMMISSIONER, Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency ( BAGAIA) Engineer Charles Irikefe Erhueh has stated that the Regional Accident Investigation Organisation (RAIO) does not charge for investigating accidents it is called on to probe as it is against the statutes of its formation.   This is just as he has reiterated that the challenge of fund remittances from yearly …

  CHAIRMAN, United Nigeria Airlines (UNA), High Chief Obiora Okonkwo is advocating a policy review in Nigeria that would take into account all the modes and their differences and synergize them to create a more integrated transportation system. He made the call in an address he delivered at the 9th Annual Nigeria Transport Lecture where he charged the federal government …

  THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that investigation is ongoing into the case of the mysterious mangled body found on Runway 18R/36L on Thursday, May 19, 2022. According to the agency, the body was discovered during derruberization and sweeping of the runway at about 0106hours and as a result the runway was closed between 0110 and …

  DIRECTOR General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Musa Nuhu has said that Nigeria, being faced with a host of climate change challenges, including being the country with the highest deforestation rate hence, is initiating the Fly-2-Green Nigeria Program to help carbon emission reduction. The progam he said, is engineered to launch the first Green Aviation Marketplace …

  SITUATION at Aero Contractors got further compounded as officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service ( FIRS) yesterday sealed some offices in the airlines following tax remittances of about N350million owed the tax agency. Our reporter found out the offices of the managing director, finance, legal departments as well as human resources were sealed along with some other strategic …

NCAA management distances DG, rep from attending conference AS the Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria ( ATSSSAN) is set to hold their branch elections at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority( NCAA), there is tension and unease as the disqualification of one of the candidates, Yahaya Danjunma is causing an uproar. This is just as the Nigeria Civil …