Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Central Bank of Nigeria to provide foreign exchange for the importation of Jet A1 fuel. The country’s aviation sector is facing a severe crisis, which almost led to the shutdown of operations. Airline operators increased air tickets by 100 percent to N50,000 […]
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Aviation industry’s Associations/Unions have suspended a nationwide industrial action scheduled to commence February 8. Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while briefing newsmen at the end of a conciliation meeting in the early hours of Tuesday in Abuja. The aviation workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Air […]
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Continue ReadingAviation unions have called off their industrial action against Arik Air following the intervention of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). This was revealed in a communique signed by the leadership of the unions, Arik Air management and a representative of the NCAA. The unions had embarked on the joint strike following the airline’s failure […]
Continue ReadingHundreds of air travellers were left stranded on Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja as staff of the Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air embarked on an indefinite strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that aviation unions had directed the commencement of a joint strike with effect from Tuesday over the airline’s […]
Continue ReadingUnions in the aviation sector have directed the commencement of a joint strike at Arik Air, with effect from Tuesday, over the airline’s failure to pay seven months’ salary arrears and other anti-labour practices. The unions gave the directive in a strike notice obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. […]
Continue ReadingAn aircraft with 81 people on board, including a Brazilian first division football team heading to Colombia, has crashed on its way to Medellin’s international airport. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the team was going to Colombia for a regional tournament final. Reports indicate that at least six of the persons on-board have […]
Continue ReadingFormer aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode in a Facebook post said the 5 plane crashes that occurred between 2005 and 2006 were man-made and planned by our leaders that are not human. Fani-Kayode wrote, ”Most of our leaders are not human. They are what Mr. David Icke, the famous British historian and public speaker, describes as […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of State for Transportation, Capt. Hadi Sirika, on Tuesday said that there was no going back on the Federal Government’s plan to concession the four major airports in the country.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sirika made the remark while speaking at an interactive session with Aviation Correspondents in Lagos. NAN […]
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