Airlines, yesterday, made air returns to Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and other airports across the country after poor visibility, occasioned by harmattan haze, prevented their aircraft from landing in places they were scheduled for. Visibility reduced to less than 40 metres, which is below weather minima and made it dangerous for aircraft to take off. The acceptable weather minimum level is 100 meters. Spokesman for Dana Airline, Kingsley Ezeanyanwu, confirmed the incident, saying an aircraft billed for Port Harcourt at 2p.m. took off at 7:20p.m. yesterday when visibility improved. As a result of this development, a Dana Airline flight from…

Despite promises during the campaigns in the build up to the 2015 election, President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to inaugurate the National Council on Public Procurement, NCPP, as required by Nigerian law. The Public Procurement Act 2007 was signed into law by late President Umaru Yar’Adua on June 4, 2007. The Act provides for the establishment of the National Council on Public Procurement, NCPP, and the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, as the regulatory authorities responsible for the monitoring and oversight of public procurement as well as harmonizing existing government policies and practices. The act was put in place to…

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has fined Arik Air N6m over its passengers’ complaints of delay and inability of the airline to ferry their luggage from London to Lagos from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, 2016. The airline was also directed to pay each affected passenger, the sum of $150 as compensation for inconveniences suffered as a result of the delayed arrival of their luggage, within 30 days of the date of the letter. The NCAA disclosed the sanction in a statement on Tuesday by its General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye. The agency explained that it had, in…

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to double efforts at bridging gaps in the country, saying what unites the people is more important than things that divide them. Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, when he joined two other Muslim northern governors to take part in festivities to commemorate this year’s Christmas, Mr. Tambuwal said Nigeria’s diversity is a source of strength which should be cherished and nurtured for the benefit of the people. The other governors in the entourage were Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara and Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi. The three joined Governor Udom Emmanuel to felicitate…