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  • Aviation Leaders Assemble in Doha for IATA’s 78th AGM

    • June 18, 2022
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     The International Air Transport Association (IATA), announced that leaders of the global aviation industry are gathering in Doha, Qatar, for the 78th IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit (WATS), with Qatar Airways as the host airline. The event (19-21 June) attracts the industry’s most senior leaders from among IATA’s 290 member

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  • Airlines Announce Shutdown May 9, As Aviation Fuel Hits N700 Per Litre.

    • May 6, 2022
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    The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has announced the shutdown of operations after aviation fuel reached an all-time high of N700 per litre. Airline operations will be shut down across the country from Monday May 9, due to the skyrocketing cost of aviation fuel. AON sympathized with passengers, adding that the current situation with Jet

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  • New UK Visa Exempts Graduates From Nigerian Universities.

    • May 6, 2022
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    The United Kingdom is set to begin issuance of a new visa that allows holders of first degrees, masters, and doctorates to travel to the country and work in fields such as science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship by May 30. The visa – high potential individual visa, allows applicants to relocate to the UK without

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  • Airlines, agents to begin sale of tickets in dollar April, 19

    • April 14, 2022
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    Information has emerged that with effect from April 19, 2022, some foreign airlines’ electronics would start accepting issuing of tickets in United States Dollars and no more in Naira. This new policy was caused as a result of the difficulty in repatriating airlines’ huge funds stuck in Nigeria and other countries coupled with foreign exchange

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  • COVID-19: FG Scraps Post-arrival PCR Test for Fully Vaccinated Travellers

    • April 4, 2022
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    The Federal Government has scrapped post-arrival PCR COVID tests for fully vaccinated travellers entering Nigeria.This was contained in a revised travel protocol the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 released at the weekend. The committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, said fully vaccinated passengers

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  • FAAN apologises for power outage at Lagos airport

    • April 2, 2022
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    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has apologised for the power outage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The apology was contained in a statement by FAAN’s acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Faithful Hope-Ivbaze. It had that many passengers were stranded over power outage at the departure lounge of the MMIA. The statement read,

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  • U.S. Embassy in Abuja Begins Interview Waiver Program for Certain Visa Renewals

    • March 30, 2022
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    Beginning from today March 30, 2022, the United States Embassy in Abuja will begin processing certain non-immigrant visa renewal applications without requiring an interview where: Each applicant must individually meet all the requirements.  Please note, a parent’s qualifications cannot extend to a child.  The child must independently meet each requirement.  The number of applicants accepted

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  • Abuja passengers kick as NCAA stops departing plane for inspection

    • January 19, 2022
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    The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday stopped flight VM1609 of MaxAir, to carry out a safety inspection on the airplane after it had boarded passengers and was already taxiing for take-off. It was learnt that the passengers of the flight, which was leaving the Abuja airport for Lagos, kicked against the delay caused by

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  • OPEC Appoints New General Secretary

    • January 4, 2022
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    The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has appointed Mr Haitham Al-Ghais as the organisation’s Secretary General effective August 1, 2022. His appointment was made known at a Special Meeting OPEC, held via videoconference on Monday, 3 January 2022, under the Chairmanship of its President, His Excellency, Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congo’s Minister of Hydrocarbons and

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  • Fuel thieves caused inferno, collapse of high tension towers – TCN

    • December 25, 2021
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    The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said Friday’s inferno in Lagos that led to the collapse of five high tension towers was caused by petroleum products pipeline vandals. The inferno occurred at a vandalised pipeline on Isheri Olofin, off Igbando-LASU Expressway and it caused massive damage to the 330KV Ikeja-West Akangba Transmission Line 1. TCN’s

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