The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has issued the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) 48 hours to relocate its workers at the staff quarters of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in order to demolish a four-block of flats in the area. FAAN said that the relocation was necessary in order to give room for the expansion of ...
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Ilorin Airport: FAAN kicks against illegal excavation, construction
In a bid to ensure safety at the llorin International Airport, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has warned residents of Kwara State against encroaching on the airport land. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs of the airport, Mr. Adeyeoluwa Oluwakayode and made available to this medium on Friday. The statement reads: ” ...
Read More »134 projects completed in aviation sector – Minister
The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Tuesday, said the federal government has completed 134 of 157 projects initiated and executed in aviation industry between 2015 and 2019. Mr. Sirika, a former senator, disclosed this while inaugurating some projects executed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and Nigerian ...
Read More »FAAN warns MMA2, Gombe Airport, two others to pay their debts or risk being shut
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 ...
Read More »FG budgets N390m to complete FAAN headquarters in Abuja
The plan to relocate the corporate headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) may soon come to fruition as the Federal Government has made budgetary provision of N390m for the completion of the project. This is coming amidst mixed feelings in the aviation industry over the insistence by the government to relocate the headquarters of agency. Sirika had ...
Read More »FAAN initiates 150 projects in 19 Nigerian airports
FAAN – A document obtained by our correspondent has revealed that there are no fewer than 150 investment opportunities in 19 of Nigeria’s airports Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has categorised 20 of the nation’s airports into four with the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja and Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), Omegwa, rated ...
Read More »$500 million loan secured from China has been mismanaged-Unionist
The recent $500 million loan secured from China for the construction of new terminals has caused a ruckus between Federal Government and Comrade Abdulrazak Saidu, the General Secretary of the Association of Nigeria Aviation Professional (ANAP). Speaking with journalists at the Lagos Airport, Saidu insisted that the fund in which Nigeria had a counterpart funding of $100 million was grossly ...
Read More »FAAN Boss Inspects Repairs of Enugu Airport Runway
Mr Saleh Dunoma, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has carried out an on-the-spot assessment of the ongoing work on the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. A statement by FAAN General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, said on Wednesday in Lagos that Dunoma was accompanied on the inspection visit by a team of engineers ...
Read More »FAAN seeks to control land encroachment around airports in Nigeria
According to Nigerian Tribune, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), is seeking partnership with various state governments in a bid to stop airports land encroachment by farmers across the nation. Speaking with journalists in Sokoto at the 15th National Council of Transportation on Tuesday, the Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, lamented that the high rate of encroachment into airports ...
Read More »Leaking roof at airport due to construction works
“The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday said the leaking roof in a part of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, was due to ongoing construction works at the airport.” – PM News FAAN, in a statement signed by its Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu in Lagos, said the upgrade was in compliance with the ...
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