LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is discontent at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, over the ‘missing’ two trainee helicopters acquired for the college by the Federal Government in 2010. The current market value of the two equipment indicates $2.5 million (about N2.375 billion) each, totaling N4.750 billion. This is as Daily Independent gathered…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has suspended a private jet charter and aircraft maintenance firm, Executive Jet Services, for flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to attend a concert. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this during the Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja on Monday. Sirika said the aircraft…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Nigeria impounded a plane operated by a British company for allegedly contravening a flight ban imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the aviation minister said on Sunday. Passenger flights into the country, with the exception of ones to evacuate people or repatriate Nigerian citizens, have been banned for…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is a mischievous attempt to grab the headlines. Nigerians need to know that one of the resolutions of the Atiku team at their recently-concluded, opulently-held Dubai retreat was to embark on scaremongering. This is one of such. For the records, all incoming passengers on international flights go through customs, Immìgration, health…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Wednesday the Federal Government has approved the payment of N45billion severance package to former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways. The national carrier was liquidated by ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration in 2005, and the workers had been embarking on protests nationwide…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government had started negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors towards the unveiling of the national carrier at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom (UK). Sirika disclosed this in a statement by Mr James Odaudu,…