Tag: runway
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FAAN closes Lagos airport runway
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has closed Runway 18R/36L at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja for rehabilitation. The closure started from 3.00 a.m. on Monday. It will end at 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday.
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Ebonyi spends N17.3bn on airport runway
Ebonyi government on Wednesday said it spent N17.3 billion on remedial work at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport runway in Abakaliki. Gov. Francis Nwifuru said this in Abakaliki on the occasion of his one anniversary in Abakaliki.
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Bread seller turned model, Jumoke Orisaguna spotted on runway at fashion show
Olajumoke Orisaguna, a former bread seller that became a model after going viral, has resurfaced after years of leaving fans wondering what she is up to. The young mother of two made a grand return to the social scene by walking the runway at a recent fashion show. A video showed the model being glammed…
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JUST IN: Plane skids off runway, breaks in two while landing [Photo]
At least 11 people, including the two pilots died in the crash of Air India Express Boeing 737 plane at Kerala’s Kozhikode Airport on Friday night. The accident happened amid heavy rain. Flight IX 1344 from Dubai, with 191 people on board skidded off the runway and broke in two while landing Police said the…
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COVID-19: Europe’s busiest airport to close runway
London’s Heathrow airport will close one of its two runways on Monday after flight numbers dropped due to the coronavirus crisis. “It is about increasing resilience and security for employees, passengers, and cargo during the Covid-19 outbreak,” a spokesman for Europe’s largest airport said late Thursday evening, the Britain’s news agency PA reported. The spokesman…
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Construction of second Abuja Airport runway captured in 2017 budget – Lawan
Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan said on Friday that the National Assembly (NASS) captured new projects, including a second runway for the Abuja Airport, in the 2017 appropriation bill it passed. Lawan told state House Correspondents that the projects were covered from the difference in the N42.5 oil bench mark proposed by the Executive and the…
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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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FG to close Abuja airport for 6 weeks
The Federal Government has announced that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be closed between February and March next year in order to carry out total reconstruction of its runway. According the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, who spoke with journalists yesterday, the airport runway would be shut for six weeks…