Author: Wole Shadare

The certification of seven current and past members of the Board of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc. by the Corporate Governance Rating System (CGRS) has been lauded by the Company’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Idris Yakubu, as highly remarkable, confirming the high corporate governance principles on which the operations of the Company are based. The CGRS, a joint initiative between The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Convention on Business Integrity (CBi) was…

Raises concern over airport security Worried about the spate of runway incursions across airports in the country, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is to capture the construction of perimeter fences in all airports in the 2019 budget. The general manager public affairs FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu in an interview in Lagos said, the issue of security across the airport remained a great concern to the organisation. Yakubu explained that the incident at Akure…

Welcome to the unlikely epicenter of one of the few booming sectors of the global aviation industry –dismantling, recycling and crushing of aircraft that are no longer needed by airlines with older, inefficient jets that cannot be filled or sold. WOLE SHADARE writes Thirteen jets for boneyard Landing in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, one of the first things visitors see as they peer out of their airplane’s windows is the moss-covered metal carcasses of what…

The Federal Government, through the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), raked in N36,554,35:00 on Passenger Service Charge (PSC) from passengers leaving the country in 2017, Woleshadare.net has learnt. This was contained in a report from the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), obtained by our correspondent. Also, government generated N37 billion going by the exchange rate of N360 to to a Dollar from $20 security levy collected from little over five million passengers exiting the…

The Board of Medview Airline Plc has appointed Ambassador Babatunde Olanrewaju Ajisomo and Fatima Ummi Idris as its directors. The airline said it had also informed the company’s shareholders, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and other stakeholders of the appointments. A statement from the company said that the appointments would, however, be subjected to the ratification of the shareholders at its next Annual General Meeting (AGM). Ajisomo joined the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in…

Equipment pass factory acceptance test in Norway NAMA calibrates navaids In a bid to improve Nigeria’s airspace safety, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has concluded arrangements for the deployment of four stand-alone JOTRON high-powered, Very High Frequency (VHF) long range communication radios, each to be installed in Lagos West and Lagos East as well as Kano West and Kano East Area Control Centres (ACCs). Towards this end, the agency has conducted a successful inspection and Factory Acceptance…

 A team of security agencies have brainstormed over the incessant allegations of aircraft compartment opening and arrived at a conclusion that the high humidity currently experienced in Lagos and particularly at the Lagos airport have triggered signs in the cockpit of opening of luggage compartments of airplanes. Head, Murtala Muhammed Airport International Airport Security, Mr. Oni Adedamola said, “I can authoritatively inform you that it is not correct. I want to speak because I was opportuned…

Laud AMCON’s intervention in carriers  We have capacity to handle all aircraft in Nigeria-Ado Sanusi The Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Sir Jones Chukwudi Onyereri has pleaded with the Federal Government to ensure that troubled Nigerian carriers, Arik Air and Aero Contractors are revived. Onyereri made the disclosure when his committee visited the airlines’ facilities in Lagos to ascertain the level of support they have received from the Assets Management Corporation…