International flights have resumed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos as aggrieved ground handlers suspended their industrial action after about 14 hours. An official of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATTSSSAN) confirmed the suspension of the strike to Channels Television. Scores of international passengers at the airport in Lagos were...
The domestic runway of the Lagos airport has been opened for use after the successful installation of the CAT III Airfield Ground Lighting system on the Runway referred to as 18L/36R. This brings to an end, airlines inability to land on the runway after sunset. The first flight took off this morning on the runway...
Cameroon’s 89-year-old president, Paul Biya, on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of his rise to power amid splashy ceremonies where the word on everyone’s mind — succession — will almost certainly be absent. The Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (RDPC), which Biya founded in 1985, says it will hold “a big party” up and down the...
The United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Monday, updated its Travel Advice for Abuja from ‘Amber’ to ‘Green’ and advised against all but essential travel to Nigeria’s political capital. In a statement made available to Channels Television, the FCDO also warned British nationals to avoid 22 states in Nigeria. “There continues to be...
Emirates Airlines has suspended flight operations to Nigeria over its inability to repatriate blocked funds. The airline in a statement made available to Channels Television on Thursday said the suspension took effect from October 29, 2022. The airline said it has communicated its position to the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)....
…as Abiodun mulls resuscitation of Gateway Hotel, Ota The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that his administration will turn the sod of $800m Special Agro-Processing Zone to be sited at the Agro-Cargo Airport in Ilisan-Remo, on Friday. Abiodun disclosed this on Wednesday at the Treasury Board Meeting, held at Obas Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta....
The outcry and ceaseless war against homosexuality among the cultural entity in Nigeria has further reached its crescendo, and as now taken a new dimension while many see people involved in the act as an outcast who are not fit to live within the decent society. Gateway Times Nigeria investigation has it that while homosexuality...
Somalia’s president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of 100 people. Bulldozers were still clearing the blast site in the capital Mogadishu on Monday in the hunt for bodies feared trapped under the rubble. Saturday’s attack, which also wounded...
…as governor hosts FRSC Corps Marshal The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to join hands with the state-owned traffic agency in managing traffic along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Abiodun made this call when he received the Acting Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dauda Biu, in his Oke...
Former Governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun Central, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has reacted to the misrepresentation of his recent interview with the British Broadcasting Commission(BBC), Yoruba service, which alleged that he condemned the issuance of visas to Nigerians by foreign embassies, saying such deliberate misrepresentation of his words, had no bearing whatsoever on...
