Category: Aviation

Russia Slaps Travel Ban on U.S. Vice President, Facebook CEO, Others

ADEOLA YUSUF

Travel restrictions includes defence officials, business leaders and journalists from Canada and America. It also includes 29 Americans and 61 Canadians   Russia has slammed travel bans on Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, US Vice President, Kamala Harris and lots of Americans and Canadians in retaliation for sanctions imposed over Ukraine. The Russian foreign ministry said it would remain in effect indefinitely. The travel restrictions includes defence officials, business leaders and journalists from Canada and America. It also includes 29 Americans and 61 Canadians. READ ALSO: Interfere In Ukraine War, Suffer…

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HAJJ 2022: Saudi Gives 43,000 Quota To Nigeria

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New allocation is 47,000 short of the 90,000 quota the kingdom gave to Nigeria before COVID-19 pandemic The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allocated no fewer than 43,000 seats to Nigeria for 2022 Hajj. Platforms Africa reports that this is 47,000 short of the 90,000 quota the kingdom gave to Nigeria before COVID-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: Hajj: Saudi Lifts Embargo On Nigeria, 16 Others, Ends COVID-19 Protocols 60,000 Muslims ascend Mount Arafat, peak Hajj rites, amidst COVID protocols Saudi dashes 160,000 Nigerians’ Hope, Bars Foreign Pilgrims from Hajj 2021 Confirming…

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JUST IN: Pilots killed in Nigeria Air Force Helicopter crash Identified

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Flight Lieutenants Alkali and Karatu, who recently graduated from the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) were not married as at last April   The two pilots killed in the Nigeria Airforce Helicopter crash in Kaduna on Tuesday have been identified. The two pilots, Flight Lieutenants Alkali and Karatu, were recent graduates of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), a report by TheNiche newspaper showed. READ ALSO: Tragedy as Nigeria suffers 12th Military Plane Crash in 7 Years How Helicopter Crashed into Lagos building, killed two, injured one + PHOTOS REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna…

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Tragedy as Nigeria suffers 12th Military Plane Crash in 7 Years

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In 2021 alone, the Air Force lost at least three jets   Another tragedy befell the Nigerian military on Tuesday as it suffered the 12th plane crash in the last seven years. Platforms Africa reports that the military has been waging an asymmetric war against terrorists in the North for over one decade now and on Tuesday a military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Airforce (NAF), crashed in Kaduna State with some officers said to be on board. READ ALSO: REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs,…

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Mali Turns Back Ghana-Bound British Airways Flight From Its Airspace

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Here are the details and the swift official reactions from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL)   Airspace restrictions by the the West African Malian authorities in Bamako, made a British Airways flight BA 081 headed to Accra, Ghana to return to London mid-flight on Saturday. Malian authorities recently restricted some airlines from flying the country’s airspace. READ ALSO: How Mali’s Detained ex-Prime Minister Was Hospitalised, Died Amidst Trial Russia, China block UN support for sanctions on Mali ECOWAS Oders Borders’ Closure, Others Against…

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Why, How Blackout Rocked Lagos Airport – FAAN

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We are sorry, FAAN tenders apologies to passengers and other airport users that witnessed the power outage   The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that the blackout that rocked the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos was as a result of wind that destroyed one of the feeders supplying power to the airport. Platforms Africa reports that passengers were on Saturday stranded at the MMIA after power outage hit a section of the airport. It was learnt that the departure lounge of the International Airport, Lagos, was the…

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JUST IN: Terrorists Attack Nigeria’s Kaduna Airport, Kill NAMA Staff

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AZMAN aircraft, scheduled to take off to Lagos at about 12.30pm, could not because of the presence of the terrorists by the runways of the airport Terrorists on Saturday reportedly attacked tha Kaduna International Airport, preventing an AZMAN aircraft from taking off at the facility. The terrorists also, according to reports, killed a staff of the Nigerian Aviation Management Agency (NAMA) at the runway area of the airport. Quoring sources, a report by Solacebase,noted that the AZMAN aircraft, scheduled to take off to Lagos at about 12.30pm, could not because…

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Nigeria Relaxes COVID-19 Protocols At Airport for Travellers

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Fully Vaccinated Nigerian Travellers’ll No Longer Be Tested, government declares Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR COVID-19 test. The chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, Boss Mustapha made the comment during a briefing of the PSC announcing a revision of International Travel Protocols on Monday. He however said that passengers who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated are still expected to take a COVID-19 PCR test 48 hours before departure, or do a Day 2 and day…

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BREAKING: Plane With 132 Passengers Crashes into Mountains

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The flight carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members had lost contact over the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi, China Aviation Authority gives details A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane carrying 132 people crashed into the mountains of the southern province of Guangxi on Monday. Platforms Africa, which reported this quoted China’s aviation authority. In its statement, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said the flight carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members had lost contact over the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi. “The plane has now been confirmed…

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Airlines in Nigeria To Shut Down Thursday As Aviation Fuel Scarcity Worsens

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Chairman Airpeace, Allen Onyema, demands Jet A1 Import License, says all airlines to run out of fuel in three days   Allen Onyema, Airpeace Chairman, has warned that Airlines in the country would shut down operations over the non-availability of Aviation fuel to run their operations. ‘We have only three more days, all airlines in Nigeria will shut down. We are not threatening this country, it is a fact”, Onyema said. READ ALSO: Nigerian Varsities Remain Shut Till May As ASUU Extends Strike For 8 Weeks BREAKING: National Grid Collapses,…

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