Tag: abuja airport
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Photos: Abuja airport ready for operation, to be opened on Wednesday
The Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Usman Muktar, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway is ready for operation and can be opened on Wednesday. Muktar stated this while speaking with newsmen during an inspection of the airport’s runway on Monday in Abuja. The Abuja airport was closed on March 8 for…
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Abuja airport runway repairs 96% completed, to be reopened in 7 days – FG
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says repair of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway has attained 96 per cent completion. Sirika stated this when he visited the site on Tuesday, one week ahead the proposed reopening of the airport. He said that the work which commenced from runway 04 had progressed to…
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Photos: Osinbajo inspects rehabilitation of Abuja Airport
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is currently inspecting the ongoing rehabilitation work of the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the airport was temporarily closed from midnight of Tuesday, March 7, 2017, to enable the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, carry out major rehabilitation on the runway. The Federal Government through…
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Abuja airport closure: International carriers to halt flights to Nigeria
Ahead of plans by the federal government to close the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by March 8, TheNewsGuru can authoritatively confirm that major international airlines have refused to redirect their Abuja flights to Kaduna over security concerns. As at the time of filing this report, TheNewsGuru.com gathered that three international carriers have already announced that,…
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Completion of Abuja airport rehabilitation won’t exceed 6 weeks – FG insists
Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday said rehabilitation of the Abuja Airport runway would be delivered within six weeks. Amaechi, in a statement in Abuja, acknowledged the pains, which the closure of the Airport would cause the economy. He stated that the Federal Government would ensure the reopening in six weeks as proposed.…
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Abuja airport runway, disaster waiting to happen, 6 weeks of closure sacrosanct, says Sirika
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has warned that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway has totally failed and is a disaster waiting to happen. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sirika gave the warning when he received the Coalition for Civil Society Group on Friday in Abuja. He said the government was determine to…
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No going back on scheduled closure of Abuja airport – FG
The Federal Government has said there is no going back on its decision to close down the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja for repairs in six weeks. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said this on Monday during the second Presidential business forum in Abuja. He stressed that the entire architecture of the airport’s…
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Sirika appears before Senate, insists on 6 weeks closure of Abuja Airport
Following public outcry against the proposed full closure of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja for six weeks, the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika on Thursday appeared before the Senate to justify his ministry’s proposed action. Addressing the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, the Minister said the decision to shut down the airport…
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Senators condemn planned closure of Abuja airport
*Senate to invite the Ministers of Transportation, State Aviation, Works, Power & Housing & FCT… Some Nigerian senators have condemned planned closure of the Abuja airport by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from March 6, 2017 to carry out repairs. Speaking on the issue concerning the Abuja airport closure at the upper chamber…
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Sirika to meet stakeholders Thursday over Abuja Airport reconstruction
The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, will on Thursday engage the Industry’s Stakeholders on issues arising from the proposed closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for repairs on its runway. Sirika disclosed this in a statement issued by Mr James Odaudu, Deputy Director, Press and Public Affairs, Ministry of Transportation on…