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Troops secure Banjul for Barrow’s return More details of the peaceful battle to restore democracy in The Gambia became known yesterday. After days of stand-off, former President Yahya Jammeh suddenly agreed to quit office, yielding to last-minute pressure from Guinean President Alpha Conde and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohammed Ould Abdel …

Over 200 former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways recently converged on the Air Force base at the Murtala Mohammad International Airport (MMIA) for a prayer session.  For some time now, the retirees have taken to the spiritual option to seek government intervention on their pensions and entitlements 12 years …

According to Nigeria Today report, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja, will begin major repair and restoration work on its runway spanning the whole of February till March 8, 2017. This means the main runway of the airport which caters to both domestic and international flights, will be shut down completely …

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos, has assured domestic airlines and passengers wishing to use the Kaduna Airport as alternative to Abuja Airport of quality service. BASL kicked against suggestions that the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Lagos be expanded to …

  Foremost aviation professional group in the country, Aviation Round Table (ART) has blamed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA for the present condition of the Abuja Airport runway which the federal government  proposed for  six-weeks closure to give room for repair works. According to the experts made up of …

  Nigeria may consider itself a regional aviation hub but years of mismanagement and now recession have blighted domestic airline operations, making delays and cancellations the norm. Industry experts say the sector needs a fundamental overhaul, pointing to opaque management practices, rampant corruption and risks for passengers from security and …

The government-run Air India airlines have denied that a lizard was spotted in a meal tray served to one of the passengers during a Delhi-London flight, International Business Times reports. The controversy erupted after a purported passenger tweeted a picture of lizard inside the wrapped lunch tray, reportedly served during …

For big-time donors like Boeing and Chevron, the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump sounds downright romantic. They’ll be treated to an “intimate” dinner with Vice President-elect Mike Pence and his wife. Then there’s the “elegant” meal by candlelight — part of inaugural festivities described by the event’s planner as having a …

Have you been to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lately? if you did, did you notice the darkness that pervades the roads that leads there? Well, I drove to the International Airport this night and observed that the entire stretch of the road  that leads to the Murtala international Airport …

American has formally introduced its long-expected Basic Economy fare class, saying the fare type will first go up for sale this February in 10 “select markets.”With that, all three of the USA’s biggest airlines have now introduced their own versions of a basic economy fare. Like at United, fliers buying …