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The Federal government  has announced the resumption of international flights from August 29, 2020. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika made the announcement on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday evening.   “Glad to announce the resumption of international flights from the 29th of August, 2020. “Beginning with Lagos and Abuja as we did with the domestic flight resumption,” he tweeted The Minister of Aviation added that all protocols must be observed. “Protocols and procedures will be announced in…

  …Buhari hopeful of reversal President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the country is making progress to reverse the United States suspension of the issuance of “immigrant visas” to Nigerian passport holders. According to News Guru, receiving the report of the committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonization chaired by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, the President expressed delight that two out of the six areas of concern raised by the United States had…

**94 stranded Nigerians in Lebanon return **Oyo receives 55 returnees       To decongest their prisons, the Saudi Arabian Government has concluded plans to deport 200 Nigerians serving different prison terms soon. The disclosure was made by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa at the Murtala Muhammed International airport while receiving 94 stranded Nigerians in troubled Lebanon. The decision to repatriate the 200 prisoners back to Nigeria,…

  Emirates will from next week operate 60 weekly flights to Pakistan as demand for the airline’s shortest routes increases. While demand for long-haul travel is still very low and not expected to recover for months, Dubai-based Emirates is increasing its operations to and from one of its most popular destinations. A large portion of Dubai’s expat population consists of Pakistanis and many are beginning to travel again to visit family or go home from…

The Federal Government is wrapping up plans to offset remaining (final)  50 percent amounting  N22.6 billion  to ex- employees of defunct Nigeria Airways, New Telegraph reliably gathered over the weekend. Findings showed Minister of finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed is working round the clock in ensuring prompt payment of balance without further delay. The last tranche was to have been cleared last year going by government’s initial commitment as of the time, 2018…

  The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji has faulted the media report accusing the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila of shielding some members of the House listed by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio as beneficiaries of the Niger Delta Developments Commission (NDDC) contracts. Nnaji described the news report carried by BusinessDay, captioned “NDDC Probe:PDP Reps Accuse Gbajabiamila of Shielding  Defaulting Lawmakers” as untrue and…

**Airlines’ actions wicked, callous-Waba     Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned and rejected the recent sack of 69 pilots by Air Peace, 100 pilots by Bristow Helicopters and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) executives working with Turkish Air. A statement made available to Woleshadarenews and signed by NLC President, Ayuba Waba described the sack by the airlines as ‘highly insensitive, callous and unjust’. The NLC called on the management of Turkish…

    The management of Medview Airlines Plc has said that the pending suit instituted by its chairman, Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Al-Thunayan has nothing to do with the operations of the carrier including the sale and leasing of aircraft. Al-Thunayan has a matter currently in the subject of a suit bothering on non payment of his dividend which is  pending at the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court. In a statement made available to…

  African airlines are set to lose $2 billion in 2020 and the continent’s industry is “at risk of collapse” without more urgent financial relief, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The governments of Sub-Saharan Africa Rwanda, Senegal, Côte D’Ivoire and Burkina Faso have pledged a total of $311 million in direct financial support to air transport. A further $30 billion has been promised by some governments, international finance bodies and other institutions…