ON SEPTEMBER 17, 20193:42 BY NWAFOR South African authorities have granted landing permit to Air Peace Flight B777 to enable it to evacuate some 320 Nigerians escaping from xenophobia in that country, a Nigerian consular officer has confirmed. Air Peace Nigeria’s Consul- General in Johannesburg, Mr Godwin Adama, made the confirmation […]
By Terhemba Daka, Bridget Chiedu Onochie, Oludare Richards (Abuja), Wole Oyebade (Lagos) and Charles Coffie Gyamfi (Abeokuta) 17 September 2019 | 4:33 am South African President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday apologised to Nigeria for the xenophobic attacks on its citizens. The apology was tendered to President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House, […]
By Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos First batch of returnees from South Africa The management of Air Peace has confirmed that it would evacuate the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa on Tuesday. The airline said the flight is expected to arrive Lagos from OR Tambo International Airport at 7:00 pm […]
by Adriaan Alsema At least seven people were killed when a small aircraft crashed in a residential area in a city in southwest Colombia, authorities confirmed Sunday. According to preliminary reports, the plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Guillermo Leon Valencia airport of Popayan, the capital of the Cauca […]
02 Incheon Korean airport hotel Incheon International Airport, South Korea — If the changes afoot in South Korea take hold around the world, we may be ushering in a new era of airport hotels. Though the hospitality industry has made great strides in delivering unique accommodations — underwater! in a space […]
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has applauded the proprietor and management of Air Peace Airlines for the successful evacuation of the first batch of willing Nigerians from Johannesburg, South Africa. The Aircraft conveying the Nigerians arrived Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos at 9.23pm on Wednesday 11th September, 2019. […]
BY CHRIS KITCHING The passengers were returning from a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia when the plane crashed near Minna, Nigeria. The plane crash landed at the airport near Minna, Nigeria, it was reported A double-decker plane carrying worshippers home from an annual pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia has crash landed at an […]
by Praise Olowe There was outrage among passengers and airline workers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA ), Lagos on Saturday following the arrest and harassment of the Duty Manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways and some other staff of the airline by some police officers who claimed to be acting […]
FEDERAL Government of Nigeria has approved the request for the construction of a new International Airport in Ebonyi State following a request by Governor David Umahi. David Umahi Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika conveyed the approval in a letter to Governor Umahi which was signed by the Director Safety and Technical […]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja ____ _________ PRESS RELEASE No: MFA/PR/2019/42 AIR PEACE TO EVACUATE NIGERIANS FROM SOUTH AFRICA The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform the general public that following the recent unfortunate xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals, including Nigerians in South Africa, the Proprietor of Air Peace Airlines […]