Airport

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National

Tinubu Okays Upgrade Of Another Airport To Int’l Status

VAM News March 13, 2025

News Update President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Maiduguri Airport to international status, ensuring that each geo-political zone in Nigeria now has at least one international airport. This move is expected to...

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World News

Plane carrying 176 passengers catches fire

VAM News January 28, 2025 0 Comment

News Update THE tail of a passenger aircraft caught fire at an international airport in South Korea’s second-largest city on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 176 people on board, Yonhap news agency reported. The...

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Local News

Osun Govt Inaugurates Committee On Construction Of Airport

VAM News October 4, 2023 0 Comment

VAM NEWS update Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has set up an inter-ministerial committee that will look into the construction of an international airport in the state. Inaugurating the committee in the Osun...

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Local News

Popular Pastor, Chibuzor Gift Slumps At Airport, Lands In Hospital

VAM News July 1, 2023 0 Comment

THE founder of Omega Power Ministries, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, on Friday, slumped at a yet-to-identified airport over an undisclosed illness. The apostle, well known for his philanthropic gestures, has been in the news...

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World News

Landing plane hit by a stray bullet at airport

VAM News November 11, 2022 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA A plane operated by Lebanese national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA), that was Landing at Beirut airport was on Thursday hit by a bullet, an airport official said. “The plane was...

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National

Dana Aircraft makes emergency landing at airport as engine develops fault

VAM News July 20, 2022 0 Comment

Dana Air Boeing 737 aircraft with registration number (5N DNA) has made an emergency landing on approach at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport following an issue with one of its engines. The airline confirmed...

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Education

ASUU Strike: Operatives Take Over Airport To Stop NANS’ Protest

VAM News May 20, 2022 0 Comment

There was heavy presence of security operatives at the main gates of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, following the planned 5 million-man march by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) against the...

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Crime

Just In: EFCC arrests ex-governor, serving Assembly Speaker at airport, detains him, son

VAM News August 19, 2021 0 Comment

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji. The ex-governor, who had for long been on the Commission’s watch list, was intercepted at the Nnamdi...

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National

NAF Opens up on Report Of Terrorists Attack At Kaduna Base

VAM News June 27, 2021 0 Comment

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has debunked report that its base was attacked by terrorists in Kaduna state. Debunking the report, the Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet...