Passengers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja are currently stranded and unable to continue their journeys due to a protest organised by labour unions on Thursday morning. The protesters, who blocked the entrance of the airport, are members…
Off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash airline jet
An off-duty pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet during a flight on Sunday night. The suspect was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight behind…
International students, passengers express concerns over airlines’ relocation at Lagos airport
Passengers using the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos have expressed concerns about the confusion and lack of proper information that followed the directives by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo to relocate airlines to the new terminal at…
UK flight disruption will take ‘days’ to fix after technical glitch causes travel chaos
A technical glitch which has caused hundreds of U.K. flights to be disrupted could take “days” to fix, causing chaos for passengers during the busy summer travel period. Hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled Monday after a systems failure…
Passengers stranded as aviation unions begin strike
Activities in the aviation sector of Nigeria have been disrupted with many passengers stranded as Aviation Unions today commence their two-day warning strike. Members of the unions have blocked the entrance to the Murtala Muhammad Airport domestic terminal, leaving many…
NRC transports 693,224 passengers on Lagos/Ibadan standard gauge
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said that it recorded 693,224 passengers travelling on the Lagos/Ibadan Standard Gauge train between January 2021 and December 2022. The Lagos District Manager, NRC, Mr Augustin Arisa, made the disclosure in an interview with…
Buhari meets family members of Abuja-Kaduna train abduction
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with family members of the Abuja-Kaduna train abduction in Abuja. Presidency in a tweet disclosed that Buhari is meeting with people whose relatives were abducted in the train that was attacked by terrorists. Eight…
Passengers groan as 1 hour flight hits N75k
Air travelers have begun groaning bitterly under the prohibitive fares airline operators have rolled out for flights within Nigeria as a one-hour flight now costs over a hundred thousand (N100, 000) naira. When The PUNCH visited the domestic wings of…
Terrorists threaten to start killing Abuja-Kaduna train passengers in 24hrs
Terrorists threaten to start killing Abuja-Kaduna train passengers in 24hrs. Terrorists who kidnapped the AK 9 train passengers have reportedly threatened to start killing the remaining passengers in their captivity in 24 hours. They made this known in an audio…
That Abuja-Kaduna train attack was a ticking bomb
The Abuja-Kaduna train that was bombed by terrorists on the night of Monday, the 28th of March, 2022 was actually a ticking time bomb! I mean, literally; everyone who is old enough to follow the incessant terrorists’ attacks especially up…
