Tag: Airports
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FAAN to set up magistrate court at Airports to prosecute touts
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced plans to set up magistrate courts at airports
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BREAKING: Major airlines, TV stations grounded over global IT glitch
Dutch airline, KLM said that a global computer outage has made “flight handling impossible” and is largely suspending its operations.
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New FAAN MD, Kabir vows to reposition airports
The newly appointed Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Kabir Yusuf, has pledged to reposition the nation’s airports, toward growth and development of the country. He made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja during the handover ceremony
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FG declares preferred bidders for airports concession programme
The Federal Government has announced the selected preferred and reserve bidders for Nigerian airports concession.
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ASUU/FG Faceoff: NANS threatens shutdown of major airports
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D, on Monday threatened to shutdown major airports if the face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government continued. NANS South West Zone Coordinator, Mr Adegboye Olatunji, made this known in Abuja on Monday, at a protest to All Progressive Congress (APC)…
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FAAN bans 2 immigration officers from airports nationwide
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN ) has banned two officials of Nigeria Immigration Service from operating in any of the nation’s airports for extorting N8000 from a passenger at Lagos airport. The Spokesperson of FAAN, Mrs Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, said in a statement on Friday in Lagos that the two
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Ukraine deploys air defence near kiev, kharkiv, cherkasy airports
The Ukrainian Armed Forces has deployed air defence units near the Kiev, Kharkiv, and Cherkasy, Eduard Basurin, International Airports, the spokesman for the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), said on Tuesday. “Our intelligence has recorded the movement of columns of units of Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile regiments armed with S-300 and BUK-M1 complexes, which…
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COVID-19: Funny bone berates absence of testing facilities at Nigerian airports
Popular comedian, Stanley Chibuna, popularly known as Funny Bone, on Monday criticized the absence of COVID-19 testing facilities at Nigerian airports. The entertainer took to his Instagram page, comparing Nigeria with Ghana, as regards each country’s reaction to COVID-19. He wrote, “Ghana had their borders secured right from day one. You need a negative COVID-19…
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ONSA clears air on notice of attacks to airports nationwide
The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) on Thursday assured members of the public that there is no threat to the nation’s airports. It said it only sent an advisory to security agencies to liaise with airport management to upgrade existing security measures at the nation’s airports. ONSA described the advisory as a “routine…
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FG again alerts FAAN of planned attacks on six airports
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has confirmed the receipt of an alert from the Ministry of Aviation over planned attacks on airports in the country. These airports are those in Kaduna, Maiduguri, Sokoto, Kano, Abuja and Lagos State. The report of the threat was contained in a memo signed by FAAN’s Deputy General…