Chaos to Order: Nigeria Overhauls Airport Rules After 21 Years

Chaos to Order: Nigeria Overhauls Airport Rules After 21 Years

For an industry long troubled by terminal chaos, unauthorised airside access, physical assaults on airline staff, and pervasive touting, the updated regulatory framework offers a decisive playbook to sanitise Nigeria’s air transport gateways, writes WOLE SHADARE Nigerian airports have frequently made headlines for the wrong reasons: irate passengers destroying check-in counters over flight delays, touts soliciting unvetted transport services inside arrival halls, and unauthorised personnel breaching restricted airside zones. For more than two decades, managing terminal…

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Cockpit Chaos: When a captain chooses to be sky-high

Cockpit Chaos: When a captain chooses to be sky-high

Chaos in the cockpit, danger in the skies Both pilots and cabin crew have a wide range of skills and knowledge to successfully fly an aircraft from point A to point B. While most think that those competencies only revolve around the technical knowledge, soft skills sometimes get overlooked, writes WOLE SHADARE On July 13, 2025, a B737-500 aircraft belonging to Air Peace caused a stir among stakeholders in the aviation industry with the manner in…

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