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THE just concluded public hearing on the amendment Bills for the review of some aspects of the civil aviation Acts has brought to the fore the impending crisis in the aviation industry which require urgent attention. The industry is in dire need of urgent intervention to save it from imminent collapse. There is no gain saying that aviation is the …

TO say the three day public hearing on the amendment of six (6) executive bills of aviation agencies hosted by the Senate Committee on Aviation is anything short of interesting would be the understatement of all time. Views and counter views with divergent ideas filled the air as law makers, the regulator, investors and stakeholders gathered to amend  Acts establishing …

THE Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO) has issued a disclaimer over allegations leveled against the handling company by former Managing Director of its subsidiary, NAHCO Free Trade Zone Limited Mr. Baba Yusuf who is also the centre of a law suit According to the handling company its operations, contrary to what the erstwhile managing director has been touting around, …

Highlight other areas where change is expected PROFESSIONALS in the aviation sub-sector are tasking the National Assembly to promulgate laws that will strengthen the economic oversight functions of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) as well as reduce political interference in all forms following plans by the lawmakers to review of Civil Aviation Act 2006 before it. Industry stakeholders are …

IF everything goes according to plan, the Ibom Maintenance Repair Organization (MRO ) facility at the Victor Attah International Airport Akwa Ibom will come on line within 18months to two years increasing the chances of creating a hub of sorts with the Airport. Recall that the Akwa Ibom state government, while establishing the airport, MRO and later on Ibom Air …

GLOBAL leaders have emphasized the need for meaningful collaborations between governments and the private sector as a panacea for the quick economic recovery of the African continent post Covid-19. The leaders at the second edition of United Bank for Africa (UBA) African Day Conversations titled Growth, Jobs and Sustainable Development Amidst a Global Pandemic brainstormed over ideas that would help …

According to the Wildlife Control team, as much as five thousand (5,000) adult individuals of the 10 species, cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis), roost nightly at the site. Birds start arriving to roost about an hour before sunset. Cattle egrets also nest at the site as nests and chicks were observed in abundance.

"In the standard passport, data page was in the cover, once it was in the cover people used to remove the laminate and forge but this is difficult because it's poly-carbonate, secondly the cover is very weak before, if you check the texture of the cover, you find out that they are different. Even the writing is laser. This passport can stay longer time for the period of 10 years without.

Planning, a clear cut direction, Corporate governance these are some of the ingredients that are missing from most African airlines and the reason why there are few of them successfully operating in the continent today. As Nigeria is bent on re-establishing it own national airline, here are some key lessons it can learn from how Ethiopian Airlines has survived for …

Ethiopian Airlines is the biggest selling brand in Africa and that brand is used effectively to uplift businesses especially tourism. In this report ANTHONY OMOH looks at how the airline has created an intricate web, connecting tourism and other aspects of the Ethiopian economy and how it wants to grow this strategy to encapsulate all of Africa and strengthen the …