Category: Travel
Indications emerged on Thursday that Nigeria’s plan to reopen its local airports for operations on June 21 is slowed down by multiple hurdles in the aviation sector, as the most populous African country strives to navigate the challenges posed by…
A chartered plane conveying Nigerian returnees from the United Arab Emirates has made a U-turn after a pregnant woman reportedly went into labour. The Chairman of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa confirmed this to Igbo Live. The plane,…
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, has disclosed that the ban on all flights will be extended by an additional four weeks. Mr. Mustapha stated this on…
Almost all flights to France from outside the Schengen zone have been suspended, French Transport and Environment Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Tuesday. “There are no more international flights outside the Schengen zone – almost none”, Borne told French RTL…
Allen Onyema, the Nigerian Igbo businessman who owns the country’s largest airline, was indicted by U.S. authorities on charges of fraud and money laundering. He allegedly moved “more than $20 million from Nigeria though United States bank accounts in a…
Passengers have been left stranded at airports around South Africa following safety spot checks by the aviation regulator (CAA) that left several aeroplanes grounded. Both Comair, the company operating low-cost airline kulula.com, and British Airways in South Africa issued a…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N10billion for the rejuvenation of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State. “I have approved the sum of 10 billion Naira for an Intervention fund for the upgrade of the Akanu…