Tag: AIRPORT

Passengers arrested with over ₦8.9bn ($6.1m) cash at Lagos airport

Aminu Imam
Lagos airport passengers arrested

Security operatives at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA1) in Lagos have reportedly arrested a group of passengers caught travelling with a whooping $6.1million (approximately ₦8.9 billion) in cash. According to reports , the suspects, described as a group of young men, were intercepted at the domestic terminal of the airport while preparing to board an Aero Contractors flight. Multiple security sources familiar with the incident noted that the suspects were believed to be couriers for a politically-exposed person (PEP), although their exact identities and destination were not immediately disclosed. The…

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Niger: Gov. Bago renames Minna airport after Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Abubakar Imam international airport in Minna has been renamed after President Bola Tinubu, the Niger State government has disclosed. The State governor, Umar Bago, renamed the airport after Tinubu ahead of the Presidents visit to the State. The President is expected in Minna, the state capital, on Monday to flag off agro-processing zone and other projects. The State’s Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Aminu Takuma, announced the development on Sunday, while addressing to journalists at the Government House in Minna, the State capital. Takuma, who was represented by the…

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Kaduna Airport Insecurity: ‘Use Kaduna old airport as temporary hub for commercial flights’ KADCCIMA

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (KADCCIMA), has called for the support and goodwill of all for a special appeal for the effective intervention of the Kaduna State Government and the Federal Government through the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), to consider the use of the old Kaduna Airport for commercial flights to and from Kaduna. According to an issued statement by the chamber and signed by the President, Sulaiman Aliyu, the temporary use of the Airport as a secure and convenient hub for air travelers…

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Former Honduran President stopped at airport with thousands in cash

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was stopped at the airport in the capital Tegucigalpa with 18,000 dollars in cash in his bag. Zelaya was detained and released four hours later. Zelaya said on Twitter that he was unjustly detained and that the money did not belong to him. He was planning to fly to Mexico for a seminar with the PT political party, he wrote. Honduran law states that anyone leaving the country can only take up to 10,000 dollars with them. There were protests at Toncontin airport. According to…

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