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Infrastructure strain: Stakeholders push to hike NAMA’s ticket revenue share

Posted on July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 by Wole Shadare

Aviation experts are warning that Nigeria’s airspace safety hinges on an urgent, radical overhaul of how the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is funded. The alarm comes amid intense industry debate over a proposal to aggressively hike NAMA’s share of the 5% Ticket Sales Charge and Cargo Sales Charge (TSC/CSC) from its current 23% to a staggering 60%. Far from a petty turf war for institutional advantage, industry stakeholders argue that the proposal reflects the…

Stakeholders Warn of Systemic Collapse Over High Cost of Jet Fuel

Posted on April 27, 2026 by Wole Shadare

The Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ART) has joined the urgent call for government intervention, addressing a letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, regarding the skyrocketing cost of Jet A1 fuel. This follows a dramatic surge in prices, which reportedly jumped from N900 per litre in late February to as high as N3,300 per litre by mid-April 2026—a 300% increase in just two months. The group, in a…

Airfares: Stakeholders decry opaque ticket structure, seek transparency

Posted on January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 by Wole Shadare

In early 2026, the debate surrounding domestic airfares in Nigeria intensified, with travel agencies, regulators, and lawmakers demanding clarity and transparency. The discussion centres on whether record-high ticket prices—ranging from ₦400,000 to ₦650,000 for one-way domestic flights—are driven by legitimate operational costs or by arbitrary profiteering. A primary point of contention is the breakdown of ticket costs. While airline operators often cite multiple taxes as the reason for high prices, industry experts have challenged…

NCAA invites Ibom Air crew, passenger, conveys emergency stakeholders meeting over airport incident

Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has invited Ms. Comfort Emmanson and a member of the Ibom Air cabin crew, Juliana Edward, for further investigation into a reported incident aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos on August 10. This was disclosed by the NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, during a question-and-answer session at the Emergency National Civil Aviation Security Committee and Stakeholders Meeting held on Tuesday in…

Minister, agency chiefs, stakeholders set for ‘100 Years of Aviation In Nigeria’ book launch

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Wole Shadare

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Mr Festus Keyamo will attend the launch of a book ‘100 Years of Civil Aviation In Nigeria: History, Issues and Prospects’ taking place in Lagos on Friday, May 23, 2025. The author of the book and aviation editor with New Telegraph Newspaper, Mr Wole Shadare disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. He also said other personalities who would join the minister at the event are the director-general of the…

Aviation Personality Of The Year Award: Keyamo gets stakeholders’ nod

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The coordinator of the 14th Nigeria Aviation Award Performance Review community Mr Fortune Idu said, aviation stakeholders have overwhelmingly passed vote of confidence on the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Mr Festus Keyamo as the Aviation Personality of the Year 2024%. According to Idu, this was shown at the just concluded Nigeria Aviation award votes opened to public survey for the 14th NIGAV Awards He said it was a true vote of public confidence…

NAMA MD, NCAA DG, stakeholders to attend 14th Air Navigation summit in Montreal

Posted on September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed Umar, along with NAMA’s top management team, is attending the 14th Air Navigation Conference (AN-Conf/14) at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Headquarters in Montreal, Canada. Through NAMA’s active involvement in AN-Conf/14, Nigeria is positioning itself as a forward-looking nation in global aviation, ready to implement cutting-edge practices that will drive improvements in air navigation and air traffic safety for years…

We Are Ready To Partner Govt. Agencies, Stakeholders–Mustapha, NATOP President

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Says Marketing Nigeria Should Not Be By Govt. Alone The President of the National Association of Nigeria Tour Operation ( NATOP), Hajia Bolaji Mustapha, said that the association is ready and open to collaboration with relevant government ministries and tourism stakeholders to promote domestic tourism in Nigeria The NATOP President said that her team is focused on working with relevant tourism and culture ministries to promote Nigeria as a tourism destination and to ensure…

Emirates: Stakeholders predict major shift in Nigerian market dynamics

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Seek urgent resolution on Dubai visa The announcement last week of Emirates Airlines’ resumption to the Nigerian market 18 months after it exited as a result of a diplomatic face-off between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have sent jitters down the spines of other carriers that filled the void created by the carrier’s exit. While announcing Emirates flight resumption last week, Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer said, “We…

Oransanye Report: Merger of Aviation Agencies’ll Spell Disaster, Stakeholders Tell FG

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The aviation industry was thrown into a frenzy last week when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed the implementation of the Stephen Orosanye report which recommended the merging, scrapping and subsuming of government agencies. Not a few thought that the Federal Government had jettisoned the controversial decision to merge many of the Ministry, Department, or Agency (MDAs) to save costs. Since the announcement, workers in the aviation industry have begun to fret over the plan by…