LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempts by some defiant traffickers to export hard drugs through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 200 kilogrammes of the illicit substances seized from them….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, on Monday apprehended Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi with 3.30 kilograms of illicit drug. He was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline at the E arrival hall of the MMIA. According to the Commander, MMIA…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, has arrested three suspects with 137.8 kilograms of cocaine. The all male suspects were arrested at the Lagos International Airport, on January 6 and 8, 2021 with the illicit drugs hidden inside hair relaxers, embroidery tailoring…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhamed International Airport (MMIA) command on Thursday handed over suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller of MMIA, Abdulmumin Bako of MMIA in a media briefing said that four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A brake failure has caused a jet to run into a fence at the General Aviation Terminal of the Lagos Airport on Friday. In the latest accident, the King Air Jet was reparking when the driver rammed into the fence, according to an eyewitness. The jet had no passenger on board with…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has announced that international flights will resume on August 29. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced the new dates for resumption of flights at the bi-weekly Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Monday. He said the airports will open in batches beginning with Lagos and Abuja. President…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An empty aircraft operated by KLM from Amsterdam landed at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Thursday to evacuate some Dutch and French nationals from Lagos, Nigeria to Paris, France. It was learnt that the flight was duly approved by the Nigerian Government as it falls among the exemptions granted…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company PLC (nahco aviance) has distanced itself from the $8.6m intercepted by Customs at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. “We wish to state unequivocally that NAHCO as an organization has no connection whatsoever with this alleged act,” the ground handling firm said in a statement…