By Cosmas Okereafor The Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded its strategic engagement with the world’s leading aircraft Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) as the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, CON, FCIArb (UK), today led a delegation of Nigerian airline operators on a working visit to Bombardier’s Laurent Beaudoin Completion Centre…
By Cosmas Okereafor The National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) have stepped in to resolve the brewing friction between the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and its retirees over outstanding pension adjustments. At the core of the dispute were harmonised pension benefits and adjustments spanning…
By Femi Anamelechi The Federal Government and Enugu State Government are in talks to ensure the commencement of direct cargo flight operations between Enugu and Guangzhou, China, before the end of the year.The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barr Festus Keyamo, disclosed this in Lagos during the launch of the United Air’s newly acquired…
By Cosmas Okereafor In a rare development in the history of Nigeria aviation story, the United Nigeria Airlines has unveiled two Boeing 737-800NG aircraft, named after two prominent Igbo sons: the Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, and the late literary renowned, Professor Chinua Achebe. The unveiling took place yesterday, been thursday,…
By Cosmas Okereafor The future of the Nigerian aerospace industry was on full display on Saturday, May 30, 2026, as the 15th Annual National Travel Essay Competition (NTEC 2026) and Air Transport Youth Empowerment Summit (YES) held its Grand Finale. Hosted at the NCAA Annex of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, the event, organized by…
AThe Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus, one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturing giants, as part of the working visit of the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo SAN, to the company’s global headquarters in Toulouse. The agreement marks a significant milestone in…
By Cosmas Okereafor President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 30% discount on outstanding statutory fees owed by domestic airlines to aviation agencies, in a decisive move aimed at alleviating operational pressures within Nigeria’s aviation sector.The relief covers accumulated debts including parking charges payable to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), navigational charges owed…
By Cosmas Okereafor The clamour for genuine and meaningful growth in the aviation sector of the Nigeria economy by the operators in the system and policy makers once again came alive, following a two day event on Nigeria Aircraft Acquisition and Investment Summit (NAAIS). It was a roll call of who is who in the…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Friday, March 13, 2026, visited the access gates at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to assess the operational performance of the newly introduced hybrid payment system for vehicles entering the airport.The visit followed the Ministry’s directive restoring the hybrid payment arrangement,…
By Cosmas Okereafor The Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Airport Authority(FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, few hours ago explained what caused the gridlock at the acces roads of Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, following the implementation of cashless policy embarked upon by FAAN and now…
