Nigeria’s largest flag carrier, Air Peace, and the senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, were yesterday locked in a war of words over an incident at the Murtala Mohammad Airport (MMA) Terminal 1, Lagos, which degenerated into a fracas between some passengers and the airline staff. While the airline alleged that the senator disrupted its 6:30 am flight to Abuja, …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cannabis, also known as “Loud” concealed in a duvet and destined for the United Kingdom. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi said that the consignment was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos, on …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it will, on Saturday, shut down power supply to the International Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, between 1:00 am and 4.30 am. This was stated in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Obiageli Orah, and made available to Saturday PUNCH on Friday. …

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 …

Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested an investigative journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka. Soyinka, who is the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Sunday. A distress message sent to  newsmen by one of his friends stated that Soyinka was picked up shortly after arriving from the United Kingdom. …

The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, announced that it generated N28.9 billion from cargoes imported into the country through the airport between January and February. By this, the command said it surpassed its January and February 2024, revenue target. Customs Area Controller, Mohammed Yusuf, also disclosed that the command intercepted 50 pieces of 9mm …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Friday, said the power outage recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday resulted from a minor wire spark. This was disclosed in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Obiageli Orah. FAAN said there was an electrical short circuit at about 11.20 am at …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted what it described as the single largest heroin consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The agency also arrested members of an organised criminal organisation which specialises in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in an operation leading to the seizure of the consignment …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted a large consignment of loud, synthetic, strong strains of cannabis concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. In a press statement by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, the agency stated that, when the giant …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted quantities of ephedrine, skunk and nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas concealed in semovita packs and dry pepper being shipped to South Africa and Kenya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The illicit drugs were being shipped by members of Transnational Drug Trafficking Organisations (DTO), …