NDLEA arrests businessman, hotel attendant at Abuja, Lagos airports with narcotics
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two businessmen at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with consignments of cocaine and heroin going to Hong…
NDLEA arrests South African at Abuja airport with hard drugs
Intercepts 1,343.8kg skunk, ketamine going to UK, Indonesia, others; seizes 514,420 pills of opioids in Gombe, Adamawa, Ogun raids Attempt by a 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean Pierre,…
Sirika justifies use of Ethiopian Airlines plane to unveil Nigeria Air
Former minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has justified the chattering of Ethiopian Airlines plane and splashing a Nigeria Air logo on it, saying it was a market strategy by the…
First Nigeria Air aircraft is 10 years old; minister projects 35 planes in 5 years
Nigeria Government on Friday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, took delivery of a Boeing 737-8000 aircraft said to be over 10 years old to launch Nigeria Air….
Ethiopian Airlines consortium wins bid for Nigeria Air
A consortium led by Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for shares in new Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, the country’s aviation minister said on Friday. The airline was one of…
I needed N.5m for my traditional marriage hence I had to traffic drug, confesses Brazil-based Nigerian caught with cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has apprehended a 36-year-old Brazil based Nigerian man with 5kg of pure cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA)….
It’s an insult for Ethiopian Airlines to help Nigeria set up own airline – Air Peace Chief
Mr Allen Onyema, Chairman, Air Peace, says Nigeria does not need the assistance of any foreign airline to establish a new national carrier for the country. He described the recent…
At last, US grounds Boeing 737 MAX series; Boeing shares dip
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an emergency order to ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft after a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people. “We…
Boeing Set to Deploy Software Upgrade in 737 MAX 8 Fleet
Boeing Co confirmed late on Monday it will deploy a software upgrade to the 737 MAX 8, a few hours after the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, said it would…
Ethiopia Airlines Crash: Victims’ Remains Will Take Days to Release
Families of those killed aboard Ethiopia Airlines flight 302 must wait at least five days to begin receiving some victims’ remains, the company said on Tuesday, though…