253 Nigerian nationals stranded in Libya have been returned back home with the help of the United Nations migration agency International Organisation for Migration (IOM). An Airbus A333-200 airplane with registration number 5A LAT disembarked 140 women, 102 men and 11 children at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday. Officials of the … Read more
Nigeria on Tuesday reopened its main Abuja airport after six weeks of closure to enable the authorities to carry out long overdue work to resurface its potholed runway. The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport was closed to all domestic and international flights on March 8, forcing flights to divert to Kaduna, some 190 kilometres (120 miles) … Read more
41 Nigerians, deported from the United Kingdom (UK), arrived Lagos on Wednesday. The chartered Airbus 330 aircraft that brought them landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 8am. It was learnt that they were deported for alleged immigration offences. Before their arrival, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, had informed that about 83 … Read more
41 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom yesterday. The deportees were very aggressive and refused to interact with newsmen. They screamed intermittently that they were deported unjustly. Some of them who refused to be identified said; “We were not even given any chance to pick any of our possession. ‘’This is inhuman and our government … Read more
All eyes were glowing and movements remained at a standstill as the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama was welcomed to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Nigeria as he prepared to join other class of crème de la crème to grace The Ovation Carol 2016. The Ovation Carol 2016, a brainchild … Read more
Emirates rejects naira in payment for flight in Nigeria Emirates Airlines has rejected the Nigerian currency, naira, for payment by travellers to Brazil. The Dubai-based airline is rather demanding a credit card mode of payment from passengers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The development, which caught many passengers unawares, caused some of … Read more
Sometime in 1984, a young man by name Akin Ogunrinde, walked slowly out of his boss’ office. Akin had just been fired at his work place and now faced a gloomy and uncertain future. He shook his head droopily as he wobbled painfully out of the company’s premises. He had hopefully worked with Pimson Manufacturing … Read more
An Ethiopian cargo plane has crash-landed at the Kotoka International Airport at about 11 am saturday morning. According to reports the cargo plane with flight number ET-AQV skidded off the run way after landing. All three crew members on board have sustained injuries and are currently on admission at the 37 military hospital. Information regarding … Read more