The Federal Government has said the controversial Nigeria Air project remains suspended as the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, awaits President Bola Tinubu’s decision on the contentious project. The Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation and…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has described the controversial Nigeria Air unveiled by the Buhari-led administration as a fraud. He said the project remains suspended. He said that the ‘national carrier’ that was supposed to be…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over an ongoing N8,069,176,864.00 money laundering probe. The indicted former Minister of Aviation arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00…
The establishment of Nigeria Air was to rectify the failures of the past in operations of national carriers by government and the private sector, former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said. Sirika said during an interaction with journalists on…
A civil society organisation, Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network, CHRAN, has called on anti-graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to probe the former President…
The controversy surrounding the unveiling of Nigeria Air has continued to fester, demanding urgent attention from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The secrecy, unanswered questions, push back by indigenous Airlines Operators are the travails of Nigeria Air. Recall that in disobedience…
…Aircraft bearing Nigeria Air logo, chartered from Ethiopian airline — Official By Seun Ibiyemi The House of Representatives has poked holes in the purported launch of Nigeria Air at the twilight of the administration of former President, Muhammadu Buhari, declaring…
Capt. Dapo Olumide, the acting Managing Director of the Nigeria Air, says the aircraft that flew in with the logo of the airline was chartered from the Ethiopian Airline for the purpose of unveiling the logo. Olumide said this on…
By Seun Ibiyemi The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has summoned the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Dr Emmanuel Meribole, to an emergency meeting over the Nigeria Air project which has generated a lot of controversy since the Static…
Barely 48 hours after the exit of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, players in the Nigerian aviation industry have called for a public enquiry into some of the projects embarked upon by the former Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, especially…
