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NCAA, FAAN, NAMA set to implement decision Despite the plummeting fortunes of domestic airlines in the country due to the harsh economy, they will have to pay up their debts worth more than N30 billion or be grounded by regulatory agencies. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority …

Nice to hear….Read: BEIJING: China’s unruly plane passengers who use mobile phones, smoke or occupy seats by force on aircraft will face hefty fines of up to USD7,500 under a proposed revision to a civil aviation law, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reports. Those who use other prohibited electronic …

On 1 August 2016 UK Visas & Immigration launched a new 24-hour Super Priority Visa service in Nigeria. The introduction of this service allows customers greater flexibility to choose from a number of visa products to meet their needs; it is offered alongside our current Priority Visa (front of queue …

Read this and lets have your thoughts… New Delhi: Emirates flight EK-521 crash-landing in Dubai has become a test case of how not to evacuate passengers in an emergency. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is planning to circulate videos of evacuation clicked by fleeing flyers of EK-521 to …

Our Aviators of the day are the Emirates Crew of flight EK521 who successfully evacuated all  passengers within 90seconds. On August 3 2016, An Emirates airline flight EK521 from India crash-landed at Dubai International Airport with 300 people on board. Miraculously, no fatalities were recorded as the 18 crew members successfully evacuated …

The Federal Government has commenced the airlift of Muslim pilgrims with the inaugural flight to Saudi Arabia from the Sultan Abubakar III Airport, Sokoto on Monday. According to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, about 80,000 pilgrims will be airlifted in the next five weeks through flight operations in 17 …

The Federal Government says it has taken Turkish Airlines to court for alleged impunity and violation of the rights of some Nigerian passengers. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, filed a three-count charge against the airline and two of its principal officers, Liker Ayci …

Jimoh Ibrahim’s public declaration to vie for the governorship of Ondo state, reasons and the plans he had for the state was trending over the weekend on the social media and he got a lot of bashing from his followers.. Here are some Hilarious tweets… Na wah o. Nigerians don …

The outgoing Deputy Consul-General of the United States in Lagos, Ms Dehab Ghebreab, on Monday said that about 300,000 Nigerians were currently living in different parts of the U.S. Ghebreab, who told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the number of Nigerians in America was increasing, also …

According to Vanguard, The South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Lulu Mnguni, in June said that about 50,000 Nigerians visited South Africa for tourism annually. Mnguni told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Nigerians constituted about 50,000 of the recorded annual average of about 10 million …