LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring it a fraud. Chairman of the House Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, declared the launch of Nigeria Air a fraud after the major stakeholders in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For a few weeks now, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari and his aviation minister have insisted that Nigeria Air, a new national carrier first announced in 2018, will begin operations this year with flights between Lagos and Abuja. The government scored a major win in September by getting Ethiopia Airlines to buy a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian Airlines is spending an estimated $5 billion to build the largest airport in Africa. It could also become Africa’s busiest airport, capable of handling more passengers than the current busiest hub in Johannesburg, South Africa. In an interview with the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA), Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said that…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied he was aboard the Ethiopian Airline Boeing 777-300 aircraft that initially aborted landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday. Newspapers widely reported Obasanjo was among the 393 passengers on the flight from Addis-Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. But Obasanjo’s spokesman, Kehinde Akinyemi said the former…