The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has reported that the fire incident at Terminal 1 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Monday, damaged its air-to-ground communication equipment. Managing Director of NAMA, Farouk Umar, made this known on Wednesday, February 25, during a tour of the facility to assess the damage caused by the …
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said the fire incident that occurred at Terminal 1 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, has hastened their move to totally rehabilitate the building. Keyamo, who spoke on Tuesday, February 24, during an inspection of the MMIA Terminal 1 razed by fire, said the building …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the conviction of five members of international organised criminal groups involved in high-profile drug trafficking through Nigeria’s busiest airport, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The suspects, arrested for smuggling 68.9 kilograms of cocaine and tramadol, were handed a combined 21 years imprisonment by …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its war on drug trafficking with arrests and seizures in Lagos, Zamfara, Adamawa, Edo, Yobe, and Taraba States. At Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, operatives intercepted two passengers who ingested narcotics before leaving Brazil. On September 16, NDLEA officers arrested Ofoma Sunday, 46, after he …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 2,248,000 tramadol pills worth N3.99 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Spokesman Femi Babafemi said on Sunday that operatives arrested an Indian businessman, Gupta Ravi Kumar, along with three Nigerians—Ogunlana Noah Olanrewaju, Olushola Idrees Kayode, and Bakare Korede Muheebb. The shipment, disguised as …
By Esther Ososanya Following last week’s confrontation between Ibom Air passenger Comfort Emmanson and flight crew at Lagos Airport, aviation authorities have vowed to tighten safety enforcement across Nigerian airports. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) announced on Tuesday that mobile phones and other devices must be completely switched off during critical phases of flight. …
