The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has strengthened its call for urgent action from governments in Africa and the Middle East to provide financial relief to airlines as the latest IATA scenario for potential revenue loss by carriers in Africa and the Middle East reached US$23 billion (US$19 billion in the Middle East […]
The House Committee Chairman on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji has appealed to the management of Max Air Limited to reconsider its hard line stand on the ‘No Pay Directive’ handed down to its staff as the industry tries to navigate through the COVID-19 period. This is just as he urged other organisations in the […]
…Laments Non- Payment Of Salaries By Raypower, AIT, Vanguard, Champion Newspapers , others Before Lock Down As the total lock down against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic continues, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council has appealed to media owners to provide necessary preventive measures against COVID -19 in their respective media […]
…Says Ayade’s Administration Cannot Compromise The Safety Of Its Citizens The Cross River State Government has stated that Air Peace flight carrying 35 Americans or any other flight did not land at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport on Monday evening. The reaction is coming on the heels of insinuation in some quarters that […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 20 new cases of COVID-19 . The 20 new cases brings to 131 the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country “On the 30th of March 2020, Twenty (20) new confirmed cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria “Till date, One hundred thirty-one (131) […]
A chartered flight from the United States of America, USA today landed at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos with 35 persons aboard. The passengers in question on the flight are Americans working with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The chartered flight falls within the “essential flights” […]
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has tested positive for Coronavirus. He disclosed this via his Twitter handle; @seyiamakinde “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate. “I have designated Prof Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College, Ibadan, as the […]
Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Air Peace evacuated about 274 Israelis from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Israel’s major city, Tel-Aviv. The flight, which airlifted 65 passengers from Lagos and 209 passengers from Abuja was operated by Air Peace Boeing 777-300 with registration number 5N-BWI. […]
ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2.From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures […]
…To Begin 11 Pm On Monday, March 30 As part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared curfew in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State. The President, who made the declaration few minutes ago during a nationwide broadcast to Nigerians on Coronavirus, explained that the restriction was to prevent […]