By Ayoola Olaitan The Secretary General of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative and Chief Executive Officer, Centurion Securities, Group Captain John Ojikutu (Rtd), has urged the Federal Government not to give airlines cash as bail-out for its stimulus package …
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Airports and airlines in the country are not yet fully ready to resume operations, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has said. It was gathered on Sunday that while airlines were about 70 per cent prepared for resumption, domestic airports were …
Read More »Nigerian ports suffer delays of over 40 days as a result of the cumulative COVID-19 lockdown in the country since March. Ogboi spoke on Thursday, during a webinar agribusiness organised by the Africa CEO Forum, in partnership with the African …
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· Ghastly set-up, El-Rufai, Kyari wanted Bashir as next CG · Fleet Implementation Committee is moribund – Ogbeifun By Kenneth Jukpor The presidency directed the retirement of highly celebrated Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) Bashir Abubakar, after the ACG’s team raided President …
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Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) intends to organise simulations on facilitation, physical distancing to ensure that arrangements ahead of resumption of flight activities follow all the COVID-19 guidelines and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) checklist and help it …
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By Kenneth Jukpor In a bid to eliminate the navigational hazards associated with ship scraps on Nigerian waters, the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has resolved to tackle the menace of ship scraps …
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Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) Nigeria commiserates with its Patron and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Oil and Gas Limited, Capt. Emmanuel Ihenacho, following the demise of Mr. Julius Sunday Akinwusi. Akinwusi who was the Group Chief Finance Officer …
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As Ship-owner issues dud cheques By Kenneth Jukpor Merchant Seafarers Association of Nigeria (MSAN) has written a petition to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) over unpaid salaries of seafarers onboard a Nigerian ship, MT ADEBOMI1 one …
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The Federal Government on Thursday said it was not feasible to open the airspace for commercial flights to begin operations again on June 21, 2020. According to the government, it will be disastrous to allow domestic flights begin operations from …
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that N19.67bn be released to fast-track the completion of section I-IV of the East-West road project. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, said the President also directed that the project …
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Headquarters implicated in plot, barefaced cover up By Eguono Odjegba The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has been embroiled in a messy retirement saga, threatening to expose both present and past management to ridicule for its apparent blunder and involvement; and …
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The presidency may have finally caved in to criticisms of lopsided appointments into key national positions in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Against this backdrop, President Buhari is said to have, therefore, approved the reshuffling of service chiefs and others. Those …
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By Kenneth Jukpor The Africa Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has urged the Director General, National Agency for Food, Drug Adminstration and Council (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye to instruct representatives at ports to desist from …
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By Kenneth Jukpor In a bid to boost intra-African trade, the African Association of Cross Border Trade has called for collaboration with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) in the area of trade facilitation among the Economic Community of West African …
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Six airlines pass airworthiness test, says NCAA About 20 operators in the aviation sector, including the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, have submitted their operational restart plans to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority as the country prepares to reopen its …
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By Ayoola Olaitan Africa’s Regional Director of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Mrs. Funke Adeyemi, has said Nigeria’s aviation sector suffered a loss of $700million amid the coronavirus pandemic. Adeyemi, who disclosed this during a webinar, titled, ‘A National …
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By Kenneth Jukpor In a bid to curb the influx of substandard products into the country and ease the cargo evacuation process at seaports, plans are underway to operationalise the National Single Window project as well as deploying scanners at …
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APM Terminals has appointed Mr. Klaus Holm Laursen as the new Country Manager in Nigeria to oversee the Terminal’s operations in Apapa, Onne and Kano. Until his appointment, Mr. Laursen was the Managing Director of APM Terminals, Poti Seaport – …
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By Ayoola Olaitan The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has urged passengers to arrive three hours before their take-off time when domestic operations resume at airports later this month. In an update on its verified Twitter handle today, FAAN …
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