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Opinion: Nigeria’s Aviation Sector Soars: Modernisation, Strategic Partnerships Drive New Era of Growth

Posted on December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 by Wole Shadare

By Gboyega Adeoye Nigeria’s aviation sector is undergoing a significant renaissance, marked by ambitious infrastructure upgrades, strategic policy shifts, and a renewed commitment to passenger safety and service delivery. Despite global economic headwinds, the country’s airspace is seeing growth, modernisation, and the practical implementation of public-private partnership (PPP) models to unlock billions in revenue and solidify Nigeria’s status as a regional aviation hub. The current momentum is driven by investments across major airports, including the…

OPINION: It’s turbulent but not dangerous

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Wole Shadare

A message for the International Civil Aviation Day As we mark International Civil Aviation Day, it is important to reinforce the fact that aviation remains the most reliable, effective, efficient, and safest mode of transportation in the world. Air turbulence may feel uncomfortable, but it is a normal part of flight, one for which aircraft are designed, and pilots are expertly trained. Air Turbulence remains one of the most misunderstood aspects of air travel. For…

Why CORSIA Matters, By Thompsen, IATA Senior Vice-President, Economist

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Wole Shadare

This September, global aviation leaders will convene for the 42nd Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). It’s a critical meeting that happens only once every three years, and it is where states come together to discuss and agree on actions related to aviation’s most pressing issues. As you can imagine, with a commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, the issue of sustainability will be high on the Assembly’s agenda. In…

MMA2: PPP model still holds the ace

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Wole Shadare

By Steve Omolale One of the major challenges facing Nigeria today is the embarrassing dearth of public infrastructure. The country’s geometric rise in population over the last decades has led to too much pressure on the available public facilities, rendering them inadequate. Massive corruption in the public sector has not helped matters either, and this cuts across all the sectors of the economy. But in saner climes where those at the helm attach much importance…

Op-ed: Tackling the “Big Five” – addressing the border challenges you keep hearing about

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Wole Shadare

By Andy Smith August 2025 – Global travel is booming again, while at the same time, border threats are increasing. This dual problem is putting government border agencies under tremendous pressure: they need to maintain national security while providing smooth and efficient travel flows. Yet outdated manual and analogue systems cannot keep up. This is where modern border tech comes in. Today’s modern digital platforms bring together travel authorisations, biometrics and real-time risk checks…

Thoughts on Aviation Regulation, Financing and Nigerian Airlines Survival

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Wole Shadare

By Dr. Soji Amusan In a country now estimated at over 230 million, a burgeoning middle class, and an increasingly mobile workforce, the demand for affordable, reliable, and safe air transport, both domestically and internationally, remains increasingly urgent. For Africa’s most populous nation, it is about time that accessible aviation no longer remains a luxury or symbol of elite privilege; rather, it ought to reflect that it is increasingly becoming an economic necessity and developmental…

Opinion: Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Air Peace, And The Rest Of Us

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The African Travel Commission [ATC] wishes to set the record straight regarding the unfortunate incident involving Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Air Peace, and several affected passengers; including myself, Lucky Onoriode George, Executive Director of ATC and an award-winning journalist [the first and only Nigerian recipient of the prestigious European Commission’s Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalists Reporting on Human Rights and Development, awarded in 2006]. I, along with seven other passengers, was booked on the 6:30 a.m….

MMA2 @ 18: Proof of PPP’s magic wand, By Steve Omolale

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Wole Shadare

That the iconic Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal Two, Ikeja, Lagos, popularly known as MMA2, is still standing solid 18 years after it started operation is a testament to the resilience, innovativeness, tenacity and diehard commitment and belief of its promoter and management that the project could, and has, indeed, revolutionised the country’s aviation sector. It is also a strident proof that the private sector holds the ace for the development of the Nigerian economy. As…

Kuku’s exemplary leadership at FAAN one year after

Posted on December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 by Wole Shadare

By Yakubu Dati Within the 12 months that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) experienced a change in leadership, the initial anxiety that usually comes with the appointment of new CEOs has given way to assurances that the agency is headed in the right direction. This is because the new pilot has been found to possess the skill and knowledge not only to fly the plane to its desired destination but to land…

Hasty speculations violate rules of helicopter crash probe

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The crash of a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG operated by East Wind Aviation recently has elicited varied reactions from the aviation industry and outside of the industry. The comments by some self-styled aviation experts, self-appointed stakeholders and journalists have again brought to the fore the cardinal rule of aviation reporting which makes it highly unprofessional to give the cause of a crash that its investigation has not started not to talk of an accident…

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