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Nigeria Air Project Not A Scam, Sirika Insists

Posted on September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has dismissed claims that the Air Nigeria project conceptualised by former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was a scam. Sirika, a two-term minister, stated this on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Tuesday, saying the government followed due process. “I had no intention to speak about my time in office for now. I intend to bring up a book. “It is a public-private partnership which was regulated by the Infrastructure Concessioning Regulatory…

Operators laud judiciary for setting aside Nigeria Air project

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have lauded the judiciary for upholding justice and what it described as standing for what is right in its delivery of judgment on August 5, 2024, against the purported sale of Nigeria Air shares and the partnership between it and Ethiopian Airlines. Justice A. Alagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos declared in the judgment that the action, conduct and or decisions…

EFCC begins Nigeria Air probe, Ministry to get N40B intervention for facility upgrade

Posted on January 31, 2024January 31, 2024 by Wole Shadare

National carrier project on course Nigerian airlines excluded from flag carrier designation Minister defends FAAN’s relocation The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has opened an investigation into the controversial Nigeria Air project. This is coming as the Minister threatened to name and shame airlines that are fond of incessant flight delays and cancellations, saying that the publication of their…