The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed on Friday that Ethiopian Airlines emerged a core investor in the Nigerian National Carrier, Nigeria Air, following a bid. Sirika, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, said Ethiopian Airlines won the bid with a consortium and would have 95 controlling shares in the airline. […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has released the Air Transport Licence (ATL) of Azman Air, one of the nation’s domestic airlines. The airline had been forced to suspend flight operation over N1.2bn debt which accrued from non-remittance of ticket sale charge and cargo sale charge (TSC/CSC) on Thursday, leaving hundreds of its passengers […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed the suspension of Azman Air over the inability to provide the required documents for the renewal of its air transport licence (ATL). Musa Nuhu, director-general of NCAA, said this on Thursday. On Thursday, reports emerged that the regulator suspended Azman Air’s operating certificate (AOC), but the […]
reportedly picked Ethiopian Airlines as a technical partner and core investor for the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air. The selection, according to ThisDay, will be announced soon. A source at the ministry of aviation told ThisDay that representatives of the ministry had travelled to Addis Ababa to finalise the agreements. “Yes, we have selected […]
Azman Air has suspended operation over the carrier’s inability to renew its Air Operators Certificate (AOC), Daily Trust gathered. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) was said to have suspended Azman for failing to meet the requirements for AOC renewal. It was also learnt that the regulatory body had given it much time to […]
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Olamilekan Adeola, said on Wednesday that over 400 out of 541 Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies are to be scrapped as recommended by Stephen Orosanye-led Presidential Committee on agencies’ rationalisation. Olamilekan, who made the declaration on the second day of the ongoing interface between […]
Angola and Libya have overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s highest crude oil producers, says a report by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for September 2022, which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. According to the report, Nigeria’s […]
Long queues have once again surfaced at filling stations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) had last week threatened to suspend the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol from depots in the state over allegations of harassment by security agents. It would […]
Power supply to offices and quarters occupied by staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been cut off on the orders of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The step, it was learnt, is over the N500 million owed for electricity supply […]
There were indications, yesterday, that Dana Air may resume flight operations before the end of next month. Vanguard had reported that the airlines’ Air Transport Licence, ATL, and Air Operator Certificate, AOC, were suspended by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, in July 2022, following outcome of a financial and economic health audit. After […]
