The current economic headwinds in Nigeria have caused a significant decline in passenger traffic at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. LEADERSHIP Sunday investigation revealed that outbound foreign travel dropped by over 60 per cent in Nigeria this year. It was gathered that the continuous high rates of foreign currencies, especially the …

Four hundred Nigerians have been deported from the United Arab Emirates and arrived in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigerian Television Authority. The deportees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons, the National …

The Federal Government has settled the issue of compensation with the Jiwa community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to allow the eventual take-off of the delayed second runway project of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. During a meeting with the community leaders yesterday, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo, and his FCT counterpart, Barrister …

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo has announced that the contractors for the construction of the second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja are set to commence work soon. This was as the minister met with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on compensation and relocation of Abuja indigenes, who were affected …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended taxi services at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The suspension, which is with immediate effect, followed unresolved factional disputes among the car hire operators at the airport. FAAN explained that the dispute had been affecting airport car hire operations. It added that normal car hire services would resume as …