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  • FAAN security personnel slumps, dies at Lagos airport

    FAAN security personnel slumps, dies at Lagos airport

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    Bayo Millz
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    A Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) security personnel, Mr Usman Mohammed, on Friday slumped and died while on duty at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mr Olayinka Abioye, immediate past General Secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria…

  • Report any officer demanding bribe – FAAN

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    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has advised passengers and airport users to report any of its security officers demanding bribe to the appropriate authorities. Mrs Herientta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, gave the advice in a statement on Friday, in Lagos. Yakubu said the advice was necessitated by the allegations that some FAAN…

  • EFCC Intercepts N211m Gold at Lagos airport

    EFCC Intercepts N211m Gold at Lagos airport

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    Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have intercepted gold worth about N211 million being illegally transported through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. EFCC Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Mr Tony Orilade, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Orilade said that the consignment was en route Dubai. He said…

  • Aisha Buhari honours airport cleaner who returned lost bag

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    Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has presented an award of excellent to a janitor with Lakewood Development Company, Miss Mary Ishaya, who returned a lost bag she picked up in the male toilet of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Mrs Buhari, who presented the award at a brief reception in the State House,…

  • Protests at airport after two lawmakers were detained by police

    Protests at airport after two lawmakers were detained by police

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    Bayo Millz
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    Protests erupted in the Ugandan capital on Friday after police detained two lawmakers at the international airport as they prepared to travel abroad for medical care, witnesses said, People demonstrated in different parts of Kampala, burning tyres and piling rocks and other barricades in the middle of the roads. Police said the protests were limited…

  • Jim Iyke lands in trouble over slapping Dana Air staff.

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    Controversial Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke was on Monday afternoon detained at the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos over slapping an employee of Dana Air. According to reports, the actor arrived late for his 12:15pm Abuja flight and the airline’s security operative tried to help him to meet up with the flight by searching him. It was…

  • Buhari praises airport security men for returning missing bag

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    Femi Ajasa
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    President Muhammadu Buhari has commended two security men for returning a misplaced handbag containing valuables at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. An American returnee misplaced the bag, containing dollars, phone, wristwatch and other treasures. In a statement by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, he urged Nigerians to emulate the gesture…

  • Trending: Okada riders invade Sokoto airport’s runway [Video]

    Trending: Okada riders invade Sokoto airport’s runway [Video]

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    A video has gone viral showing the Sokoto Airport runway where alleged supporters of a politician rode motorcycles in pursuit of an aircraft supposedly carrying the politician. Meanwhile, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) condemned invasion of the runway of Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto by crowd of political loyalists. The FAAN’s General Manager,…

  • Calm back at Maiduguri Airport, army says protesting troops unscrupulous

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    The Nigerian Army said calm has been restored at Maiduguri Airport seized for two hours on Sunday by riotous troops, that it described as ‘unscrupulous”. In a statement today, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command said the protest by the few unscrupulous troops happened while the command was conducting…

  • Buhari to inaugurate Bayelsa Airport August 27

    Buhari to inaugurate Bayelsa Airport August 27

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    Olaotan Falade
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    President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Bayelsa State International Cargo Airport located at Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state on August 27. The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, and the Managing Director of Bayelsa Airline, Capt. Henry Ungbuku, confirmed the development when the commissioner toured the project on…