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Forex Crisis: Stakeholders lament over dwindling fortunes as Nigerian airlines aircraft shrink to 44…
Joseph Irikefe
Current operating aircraft of Nigerian carriers have dropped to 44 from about 107 a few years ago following the debilitating foreign exchange crisis, investigation has revealed.
The…
Air Peace struggles to explain discriminatory high fares on South East
Maureen Aguta
The management of Air Peace has refuted claims making the rounds on social media that it is charging high ticket fares and extorting passengers on its Southeast routes.
The airline, in a statement on…
Why we deported 264 Nigerian pilgrims, by Saudi Arabia
Maureen Aguta
As reactions continue to trail the cancellation of the visa of 264 Nigerian pilgrims by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on their arrival in the Kingdom on Monday, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia Kingdom has finally…
REVEALED: Real reason Saudi Arabia cancelled visas of all Air Peace 264 Passengers on arrival in…
Maureen Aguta
Saudi Arabia has cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers airlifted by Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace, on arrival in Jeddah from Kano and insisted that the airline should return them back to…
Forex Crisis: FG haven’t paid foreign airlines their trapped $800m–IATA
Maureen Aguta
Despite the claim by the Federal Government that it has commenced the payment of some of the foreign airlines’ trapped funds in Nigeria, it has been disclosed that no carrier has received any amount of…
Nigeria’s aviation workers face call to strike from Monday
Nigeria's airports face two days of disruption from Monday as aviation workers stage a second strike this year in protest over working conditions and wages, unions said at the weekend.
The country's aviation industry is facing problems,…
Emirates to suspend Nigeria flights from September over trapped funds
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The decision highlights the difficulties faced by international carriers that fly to Nigeria, which is one of the biggest markets in Africa for several of them.
The country has restricted access to foreign currency for imports and…
As Boboye Oyeyemi bows out of FRSC
When he was appointed as the first internally groomed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by former President Goodluck Jonathan on 23rd July 2014, the emergence of Dr Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi was celebrated widely…
NRC to reduce trips on Abuja-Kaduna route for 3 days
The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced a reduction in the number of trips on the Abuja-Kaduna rail service for three days due to scheduled maintenance.
Fidet Okhiria, NRC’s managing director, said this in a statement…
NITDA kicks off operations of NPKI
Chidi Ogbuokiri
he National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has commenced operations of the National Public Key Infrastructure (NPKI).
The commencement of the national PKI operations was recently unveiled by the…