Nigeria /Qatar BASA: Good Politics But Bad Economics–Demuren, Ex NCAA Boss

The former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA),Dr Harold Demuren, has described the current Bilateral Air Service Agreement(BASA) signed by the Federal Government as good politics but bad economics. He said this at the quarter one breakfast meeting with the topic “Nigeria Aviation Policy, NCAA Autonomy and Politics, …

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The world’s most powerful passports

German citizens possess the world’s most powerful passport, according to a new study, with Britain and the US falling just short of the top spot.  The ranking by Henley & Partners, a citizenship and planning firm, takes into account how many countries can be visited without applying for a visa. German passport holders …

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Three airlines obtain Safety Audit Certification

Three Nigerian airlines have successfully obtained International Air Transport Association, IATA, Operational Safety Audit Certification. This was disclosed when IATA team led by the newly-appointed Regional Director for Africa, Tanja Grobotek paid familiarisation visit to the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Capt. Muhtar Usman, at the …

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Drug suspect breaks through glass wall to evade arrest at Abuja airport

National Drug Laws and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday rearrested a drug suspect Michael Nwobodo Alli, 31, after breaking through a glass wall in an attempt to escape at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. He was found in possession of 81 pellets of hard drugs packed in a …

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Pilots now teachers in Kano

The report in Daily Trust on Sunday last week that one hundred promising young men and women that were sent abroad by the Kano State Government to undergo training as commercial pilots ended up as civil servants and classroom teachers calls for sober reflection on the part of the state …

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