Tag: Lagos Airport
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Customs personnel destroy security gate at Lagos Airport
Customs personnel destroy security gate
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75-year-old man returning from U.S. dies on arrival at Lagos Airport
A 75-year-old man (name withheld)
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Brazil-based drug dealer behind cocaine hidden in Lagos Airport toilet arrested
A Brazil-based drug dealer, Okafor Okwudili Moses has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over 2.55 kilograms
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NDLEA intercepts N6.5bn heroin at Lagos airport, declares baron wanted
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of 26.15 kilogrammes of heroin with a street value of over N6.5billion at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. It’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the seizure was made…
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JUST IN: FAAN closes E-Finger departure screening point at Lagos airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said the E-Finger departure screening point at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) has been temporarily closed to carry out some routine maintenance on the screening machines. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Henrietta Yakubu (Mrs.), General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN made this known on Tuesday, stressing that the…
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FG warns public against using Lagos Airport Road Flyover
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Friday advised the public to stay off Airport Road Flyover in Lagos dangerously burnt by fire, pending the determination of its structural safety. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bridge which runs over Toyota Bus Stop on the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonshoki Expressway…
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FG speaks on diversion of flights in Lagos
The Federal Government has explained why international flights were being diverted from Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, because of the bad weather. Contrary to insinuations that the planes could not land because of outdated equipment, government disclosed that it has actually upgraded the standard navigational equipment in Lagos to CAT111 ILS, which allows flights even…
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Man slumps, dies at Lagos airport
A passenger, identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal said the passenger slumped on arrival from China and died while waiting to collect his luggage Ezeh, according to information on his passport, was 47 years old…
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FAAN seals off unauthorized business outlets at Lagos Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) during the week sealed off some business outlets and shops at the cargo wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos over unauthorized activities. The directive to carry out the sanitization exercise, sources hinted was on the orders of its managing director, Captain Hamisu Yadudu. Part of…