Tag Archives: airports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has issued a notice to private and state-owned airports in Nigeria to settle their debts or be shut on May 1. General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, confirmed the development to Newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos. Reports show that the indebted airports include the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, operated by ...

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika, has revealed that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will be closed for six weeks in February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway. Vanguard reports that Sirika told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the closure was to allow Julius Berger carry out total re-construction on the ...

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, has revealed that a crack at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport is a threat to people and it should be investigated further. Vanguard reports that COREN attributed the number of collapsed buildings and failed roads in Nigeria to poor engineering works and supervision. According to Vanguard, this was made known ...

As from January 1, 2017, only those with passes will be granted access into Nigeria’s seaports and airports. The Guardian reports that the Minister for Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, who approved this directive said: “For anybody to gain access to the port, he must have proof of business at the port for that day or be a staff member of the port.” In ...

The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Abubakar Sirika, has alleviated fears that the on-going moves to concession four airports would be injurious to the country. The Guardian reports that Sirika, who appeared before House of Representatives Committee on Aviation led by Mrs. Nkiruka Onyejiocha, also faulted the notion that there was a mass retrenchment of workers in the ...