Tag: AIRPORTS

FG re-opens Kano, Enugu, Port-Harcourt airports for Int’l flights

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has decided to re-open Kano, Port Harcourt and Enugu airports for international flights. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced this yesterday during the weekly briefing of the PTF in Abuja. He listed 15 April and 3 May for the re-opening of the Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Enugu, Enugu State international airports respectively, for international flights. He denied that that the Malam Aminu Kano Int’l Airport, (MAKIA) and other airports closed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, were not reopened like others, for…

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FEC approves N2bn for surveillance equipment for airports, waterways

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Executive Council has approved about N2billion for the procurement of surveillance equipment for some airports and inland waterways in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. He said N1.2 billion of the amount was approved for the purchase of surveillance equipment for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Muhammed said: “The Minister…

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