Nigeria's Aviation Ministry to Overhaul Sector
The Aviation Ministry releases a 16-page blueprint outlining plans to fully overhaul and develop the aviation sector.
Lagos, Muhammed Airport
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Nigeria:
Aviation Sector Risks Losing 1,200 Jobs
This Day, 27 July 2012
Facts have emerged that if the aviation authorities continue to ground Air Nigeria and Dana Air for next five months, the airlines' over 1200 workers may lose their jobs. Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Airlines Lose N1.5 Billion Annually to No Runway Lighting'
This Day, 27 July 2012
Aviation experts have put the cost of having no lighting on runways of major airports to domestic carriers at over N1.5 billion annually. Read more »
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Nigeria:
'You Must Be Creditworthy to Operate Airline in Nigeria'
This Day, 27 July 2012
Director-General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr Harold Demuren, in a chat with journalists at the Ministerial Conference on Aviation Safety in Africa in Abuja,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Airline Operators Petition Aviation Minister Over 15-Year Age Limit for Aircraft
Vanguard, 26 July 2012
Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has petitioned the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, over the recent 15-year age limit set for aircraft operating in the country. Read more »
Boeing 737 / 800
A black box.
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Nigeria:
Dana Crash - Expert Warns Against Eroding Gains in Aviation Sector
Daily Trust, 18 June 2012
An aviation expert, Mr. Segun Salau has advised the federal government and other aviation stakeholders to tread carefully over the recent Dana air crash to avoid eroding the gains… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NABDA Wants DNA Databank for Security, Health
Daily Trust, 18 June 2012
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has called for a Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) databank of all Nigerians to help in tackling insecurity and healthcare… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Dana - Air Crash Reports Doctored - Former Aviation Minister
Vanguard, 10 June 2012
Amid the moves by the Federal Government to launch investigations into last Sunday's plane crash in Lagos that claimed over 160 lives, Sunday Vanguard can reveal why reports of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Dana Air Crash Fallout - Two Families Quarrel Over Corpse
Vanguard, 13 June 2012
Two families, yesterday, laid claim to the same corpse of the Dana air crash which degenerated into abusive exchanges at the Lekan Ogunsola Memorial mortuary of the Lagos State… Read more »
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Nigeria:
The Anatomy of Failure
Vanguard, 13 June 2012
The crash of the Dana Aircraft last week in Lagos raises many issues regarding the manner our government relates to its citizens. It provides an opportunity to highlight basic… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Air Crash Reports Are Never Released - Fani-Kayode
Vanguard, 10 June 2012
Femi Fani-Kayode was drafted from the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Aviation in late 2006. As expected, he got there and stormed. Usefully, Fani-Kayode's tenure… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Seven Days After Dana Crash - Blackout Aborts Flights' Landing in Abuja
Vanguard, 10 June 2012
Barely one week after Nigeria was thrown into mourning following the crash of a Dana aircraft in Lagos, lives of passengers and crew on board at least four aircraft were put at… Read more »
InFocus
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The House of Representatives have set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the causes of the DANA plane crash on Sunday in Lagos. Read more »
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The representative of the insurance company handling Dana Airline, Lloyds UnderwritersLondon, has said families of each of the victims will be paid U.S.$100,000 or N15.58 million. Read more »
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The Nigerian government has withdrawn the license of Dana Air as speculation is rife that the aircraft which crashed in Lagos, killing all passengers on board and residents on the ... Read more »