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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Privatisation of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) was one of the best enterprise/reform initiatives implemented by the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, the Director General, Mr. Alex Okoh has affirmed. Speaking at the Inauguration of an Inter-agency Committee for the negotiation and resolution of the
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft (Hague Convention of 1971) (Beijing Protocol 2010).Buhari also ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Civil Aviation (The
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* Okays N5.72bn for NDIC Buildings By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Federal Government Wednesday, rejected a proposal for the conversion of Arik Air into a national carrier rather than establishing a new one. Arik Air was taken over by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in February 2017 owing to its failure to
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A new Director General has been appointed for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). He is Captain Musa Nuhu. Nuhu replaces Captain Muthar Usman, the immediate past Director General of the organization. A statement signed by Mr James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation on Wednesday, in
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By Orkula Shaagee, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Aviation has assured that works on the upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, would be completed before the Easter celebration next year. President Muhammadu Buhari last week approved the sum of N10 billion as intervention fund for the upgrade of
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Two U.S. astronauts on Friday, carried out the first-ever all-female spacewalk for humankind as they ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS). According to NASA live TV, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir began the spacewalk at about 7:50 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time (1250 GMT), tasked with replacing a
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Federal Government Wednesday okayed N5.4 billion contracts for Ministry of Petroleum, Aviation and Transportation for the construction of Oil and Gas parks, indoor shooting range and the purchase of 300 buoys for Nigerian waterways. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, Minister of Aviation, Hadi
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has scored Nigeria very high on adhering to global best practice in the aviation security. Briefing State House correspondents yesterday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika said that the country has achieved
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The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) on Sunday said the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Minna International Airport was serviceable and was successfully calibrated early in the year. Mr Khalid Emele, General Manager, Public Affairs, NAMA, made the fact known in a statement in Lagos following Saturday’s incident involving
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By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has commenced a mop up verification exercise for former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways, who were not audited during the previous exercise. The Ministry has in September 2018, conducted
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