The Anambra Cargo Airport has recorded 142 flights with 3,865 passengers landing and taking off from the airport after one month of the opening of the facility. The airport was opened for commercial services on Dec. 7 last year. The Anambra Commissioner for Works, Mr Marcel Ifejiofor, made the disclosure in an interview with the…
Nigeria Airforce on Monday confirmed the crash of fighter jet in Zamfara state but stated that pilot Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo survived the crash. Dairo went, saw and conquered army of Zamfara bandits who had massed and opened fire on his plane after he had decimated their camp. An elated Nigerian Air Force, in celebrating…
At least 6 persons are feared dead in a military aircraft that crashed in Abuja today, Sunday, February 20, 2021.The airplane, headed for Minna, Niger State, had four passengers and two crew members on board; all feared dead.Confirming the incident, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Senator Sirika,said in a tweet: “A military aircraft King Air 350…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bashir Ahmad, the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, confirmed this on his Twitter handle. The presidential aide, who could not elaborate on the agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, however, posted pictures in which…
Air disaster was averted on Friday as security personnel stopped a 25-year-old alleged intruder from gaining access into an Air Peace passenger plane heading to Owerri from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. Giving a graphic detail of the incident, officials of the airport, said the man was apprehended around the air field…
The five governors of South East have thrown their weight behind the embattled Air Peace boss, Mr Allen Onyema over the alleged money laundry leveled against him. The governors particularly pleaded with President Buhari to support and protect Onyema and his business until the matter is resolved. Onyema was accused by the US authorities for…
The United States government Fridayindicted Mr. Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, andfounder of Air Peace, with bank fraud and money laundering for movingmore than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accountsin a scheme involving false documents based on the purchase ofairplanes. “Onyema allegedly leveraged his status as a prominentbusiness leader and…
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN today expressed determination to utilise the upgraded Port Harcourt International Airport facility effectively.FAAN’s Managing Director, Mr Rabiu Yadudu, explained at the maiden landing of the Ethiopian Airline ET939 with crew members to the Port Harcourt International Airport that the capacity, facilities and location of the airport had indeed accorded…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Wednesday said ithas collapsed the makeshift tent at Port Harcourt InternationalAirport, Omagwa, Rivers State. This was made known by FAAN’s spokesperson, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu whodisclosed in an interview with the airport correspondence in PortHarcourt. She said the move was occasioned by the recent commissioning andmovement of international…
