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- 9 Oct 2014
FAA Extols Nigeria on Category One recertification
The Federal Airport Administration (FAA) of the United States has praised the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for taking bold steps to retain the International Aviation Safety Assessment…
- 18 Jan 2024
FG Moves FAAN headquarters to Lagos
Federal Government (FG) has relocated the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos. The relocation was officially announced by the Minister of Aviation and…
- 4 Sept 2017
US May Bar Nigerian Airlines over Safety Concerns
United States federal aviation administration has given Nigerian airlines a 65-day ultimatum to resolve specified security issues or risk being barred from flying to its country. A team of US FAA…
- 6 Nov 2025
FG Okays Biometric Upgrades @ Airports, Others
Federal government has a contactless biometric passenger verification system linked to the National Identification Number (NIN) across all airports in the country to tackle identity fraud and enhance…
- 9 Feb 2015
Nigeria Airports to Rank Top in Africa in 2015, FAAN Boasts
Federal Airports Authority of (FAAN) said it is working hard to reposition the country's airports in terms of service delivery to enable them compete with others in Africa. The agency said parts of…
- 27 Oct 2013
FAAN Deploys Advanced Threat Identification X-Ray in MMA
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has deployed a next-generation security system at the International Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport. Located at nine different passenger…
- 31 Jul 2014
Former GM Tasks FAAN on Revenue Disbursement
Mr Edward Adedamola Olarerin, a retired general manager South West of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has appealed to the Authority to always release monthly allocation funds to…
- 13 Nov 2013
FAAN, AON on War Path over Charges
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have been at each other’s throats over whether airlines should continue to pay charges, following the…
- 21 Aug 2013
FAAN Links ICAO Nigeria’s Airspace Record To Aviation Master Plan
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) believes the recent report by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) listing Nigeria as one of the 14 countries in Africa that have achieved…
- 2 Sept 2024
Nigeria ‘Delisted’ from US Category One Aviation Status
Nigerian airlines have been delisted from the United States Federal Aviation Administration Category One Status (USFAA CAT 1) International Aviation Safety Assessment programme (IASA). This is due…
- 14 Dec 2017
FAAN Launches Reviewed Service Charter, Receives Commendations
FAAN Launches Reviewed Service Charter, Receives Commendations By peter oluka The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has reviewed and launched its service charter. At an event held in Lagos,…
- 8 Feb 2013
Reps Accuse NNPC, NCC, Others of Diverting N9 Trillion
A House of Representatives’ report has revealed that some revenue generating agencies have short-changed the Federal Government N8.8 trillion and the report listed the agencies to include; Nigerian…
- 19 Aug 2013
FG Approves Ethiopian Airlines Enugu-Addis Ababa Flight Operations
Stella Oduah, minister of Aviation, has confirmed that Africa’s major carrier, Ethiopian Airlines will kick off its inaugural flight from Enugu to Addis Ababa, the East African nation’s capital…
- 1 Jan 2016
FAAN Reports Consistent Traffic Growth
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has consistently been recording tremendous growth in passenger and aircraft traffic movement, Engr Saleh Dunoma, ‎managing director of…
- 10 Feb 2015
FAAN, NCS Mark World Cancer / Customer Service Appreciation Day
Engineer Saleh Dunoma, managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has enjoined all stakeholders in the Aviation Industry to be actively involved in the awareness and fight…
- 8 Nov 2013
FAAN Refutes Airline Operators Charges Boycott Claims
Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Thursday, debunked claims that the Airline operators of Nigeria (AON) have since November 1, 2013, stopped remitting their charges to Government…
- 10 Nov 2014
FAAN Partners EFCC On Corruption
Osita Chidoka, minister of Aviation, has urged staff of the Federal airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to always consider how their actions would add value to the aviation sector and make it more…
- 26 Mar 2013
FAAN Brings Smiles to Orphanages
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday visited the Little Saints Orphanages in the spirit of the Easter season and said that the Authority has committed itself to a steady support of…
- 29 Dec 2021
How 5G Could Make a Mess of a Flight
If certain not-yet-activated 5G phone frequencies don’t stay in airplane mode, the Unites States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is prepared to hang up on some flights in January. This was…
- 4 Dec 2013
FG Committed to Jigawa Airport Project-Oduah
Princess Stella Oduah, aviation minister, has said the Federal government is very committed to the actualisation of the dream of Jigawa Airport project. The Minister spoke while on inspection tour of…
- 10 Jan 2022
US Operators Agree C-Band Buffers for Airports
AT&T and Verizon agreed to allow buffer zones around certain US airports to reduce the risk of disruption from potential interference once they activate new 5G services in C-Band spectrum. The…
- 13 Dec 2023
Tinubu Sacks FAAN MD, Others, Suspends NCAA DG
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Managing Directors (MDs) of two key aviation agencies and the heads of four other agencies and appointed replacements. Those sacked included Mr. Kabir Yusuf…
- 10 Jan 2017
Buhari Sacks, Appoints New CEOs for Aviation Parastatals
President Muhammadu Buhari monday approved the appointments of four new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) for four agencies and parastatals in the ministry of aviation. In a statement signed by the…
- 12 Aug 2014
Enugu Woos NAGAFF to FTZ, Transshipment Hub For W/Africa Plan
Plans are underway for free trade zone, transshipment hub For West Africa at Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The Planned economic development comes under the partnership between the Federal…
- 30 Jun 2021
AfreximBank to Support Ogun Infrastructural Development with $200m
The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has disclosed plan to support infrastructural development in Ogun State with an envelope of $200 million. The fund, according to the bank, will be dedicated…
- 22 Jun 2016
Exploiting Economic Potentials of the Nigerian Aviation Industry
The aviation industry is a catalyst for socio-economic development anywhere! It provides the fastest and safest means of transportation of persons and cargo within and between countries thereby…
- 3 Jan 2022
5G Network Dangerous to Aeroplanes: US Aviation Experts
The 5G Network can interfere with sensitive aircraft electronics like radio altimeters that could disrupt flights, the U.S. aviation industry and Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) have said. Their…
- 17 Jun 2015
Buhari Demands Seized $9.3m Arms Money from S/Africa, Probes Deal
Federal Government has said that it will demand for the release of the $9.3 million weapon money seized from some agents of the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan by the…
- 3 Dec 2016
NCS Confers Fellowship on Ogochukwu, 13 Others
Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has conferred its professional fellowship on members who through their expertise have contributed to the advancement of information technology in Nigeria. Engr. Ifeanyi…
- 8 Oct 2014
Nigeria Aviation Shines on World Stage
The aviation community is in a celebratory mood following confirmation that Nigeria had retained her Category-one status. This has once again confirmed in unambiguous terms that the reforms in the…