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The Nigerian media community is mourning the loss of Mrs. Shola Oluremi Adekola, a respected journalist and aviation expert, who passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. She was 61. Mrs. Adekola, widely known as “Madam Sholly,” was a dedicated journalist and the …

Arik Air, Nigeria’s leading airline, has been honoured with the award of the Labour Friendly Airline of the Year 2024 by the Joint Consultative and Negotiating Council (JCNC), an amalgam of the four existing trade unions in the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development. The award was presented by …

  UPDATE: Michael Achimugu , Director, Public affairs & Consumer protection, NCAA. KENYA AIRWAYS MEETS WITH THE NCAA, APOLOGIZES FOR ILL-TREATMENT OF NIGERIAN PASSENGER AND ADMITS THAT AIRLINE’S OFFICIAL STATEMENT WAS MISLEADING As Director for Consumer Protection and Public Affairs at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, my duty is to …

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has called on the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority to inspect all Allied Air aircraft for potential mechanical and structural vulnerabilities, including flap and landing gear systems. These safety gaps of the airline and its operations may have caused a serious incident involving the airline’s …

  The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) refers to the incident involving Max Air B734 aircraft with registration marks 5N-MBD, on landing at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Tuesday, 28th, January 2025 at about 2251 hours. Statutorily, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has initiated investigation into the …

UK ‘s new visa waiver entry system begins… The UK’s new visa-waiver entry system took effect on Wednesday for passengers from dozens more countries, including millions of annual visitors from the United States, Canada and Australia. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme — similar to the ESTA system in the …

  On Wednesday, 08/01/2025, an Ibom Air flight scheduled to depart Uyo for Abuja at 1730hrs was viciously disrupted by a single passenger’s unruly behaviour. Her actions (captured below by other irate passengers) ensured that 89 other passengers on board lost valuable time, money, and opportunities. She also caused Ibom …

Today, 27th December, 2024 at the NCAA Annex in Lagos, the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, publicly accepted the enforcement actions initiated by the NCAA against his airline, stating that he has witnessed some of the infractions by his staff, and has cautioned them to comply with the Authority …

The crashed Eastwind Aviation Sikorsky S76c+ Helicopter was not fitted with a Flight Data Recorder (FDR), as required by Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations (Nig. CARs) 2023. Instead, the agency discovered only the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) upon analysis. NSIB’s immediate recommendation urges the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to enforce …

    FlyBird PRESS STATEMENT Flybird AMSL reports that on December 6, 2024, our Hawker 900XP aircraft, registration 5N-KAL, experienced an in-flight incident while traveling from Abuja to Accra. In accordance with safety protocols and as a precautionary measure, the aircraft safely executed a return to the point of departure.We …