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    The aviation sector regulator, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), last week, threatened to demolish 8,805 masts belonging to some banks and mobile telecommunications firm, Globacom. This, NCAA said, is because the banks and telcom firm are running their networks and providing interconnectivity to millions of subscribers without Aviation Height Clearance (AHC) Certificate, thereby jeopardising safety of air navigation. Even to a layman, NCAA’s planned action is a beguiled threat to the already…

Dana Air has joined the search and call for donors of stem cell for a patient diagnosed with cancer of the blood. Astrid, 41, a Nigerian- German mother, is in need of a stem cell transplant to survive a disease she was diagnosed with in September 2018, after visiting the doctor for sore throat. Speaking on Dana Air’s call for donors, the Media and Communications Manager of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa said ”Project PINK BLUE,…

  By Abdullahi Aminu In a 2016 interview, the Managing Director of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Kuru, captured what the fate of air travellers in the country would be were Arik and Aero Contractors allowed to go under, when he said: “We cannot afford for the two airlines to go under, the effect will be devastating for our aviation industry.” Arguably, the two leading airlines in the country were almost…

Agency vows to recover more The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) has assisted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to recover 17 cars said to have been made away by top officials of the agency who left service recently. Although, the value of the cars cannot be independently verified, a source in ICPC who spoke to New Telegraph on condition of anonymity said they run into several millions of naira. The source added that most…

The airline industry has had years of experience in addressing airlines’ Crew Resource Management (CRM), which carriers appear not to be adhering to, thereby causing unavoidable accidents in the country. WOLE SHADARE reports   Associated Airlines prepared for crash On October 3, 2013, an Embraer 120ER with registration 5N-BJY, a chartered flight, departed Lagos to Akure on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). The Captain was the Pilot Flying (PF) and the First Officer was the…

Ekiti Rebirth Organisation, (ERO) has named a journalist and human civil rights activist, Mr Gboyega Adeoye as the group’s spokesperson. ERO is the socio-cultural movement campaigning to see the Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, emerge as the next governor of Ekiti State. In a statement on weekend, the Director General of ERO, Mr Aderanti Adebisi said the choice of Mr Adeoye was informed by the need to energise the…