Foreign Airlines to Sack 2,000 Nigerian Workers

The National Union of Air Transport Employees ,NUATE, has revealed that foreign airlines plan to sack about two thousand (2,000) Nigerian workers due to what they claimed is their inability to transfer their earnings to their respective home countries to meet operational costs in accordance with international rules because of new Central Bank of Nigeria , CBN, policy on forex and fund transfer.

Cuban Envoy At Ile Ife, Drums Support for Ooni's Cultural Tourism

Ile Ife has continued to attract interest across the globe with high profile personalities visiting and holding court with the newly installed Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeleye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, whose towering influence and impressed performance since claiming the throne especially his passionate drive for the unity of the Yoruba race and promotion of cultural tourism with Ife as the new destination.

This time around, the Ooni played host to one of his own, the Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos E.Troja Sosa, 'Omowale,' who himself has a

Nigeria's Aviation Sector Is Collapsing - Minister

The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has said that the aviation sector is collapsing but the federal government is determined to revamp the sector to meet international standard.

Sirika said this when Guillemette Jaffrin and Bayo Oyewole, from the World Bank, visited him in his office in Abuja to discuss the possibility of World Bank providing assistance for development of the aviation sector.

Sirika stated that since inception of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, efforts were geared toward doing things properly.

Nigeria: Suspended FAAN Managers May Be Recalled Soon

Lagos — Senior officials of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja who were suspended three weeks ago over invasion of tarmac by some Turkish Airline passengers may soon be recalled, it was learnt yesterday. The officials including the Airport Manager, Terminal Manager and Head of Security at the airport were suspended by the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika in the aftermath of the Turkish Air incident of December 24.

It would be recalled that the affected passengers stormed the tarmac when the TK624 flight from Istanbul failed to bring back their luggages but the