Airfares across Nigeria have increased by as much as 100%, recent checks by Nairametrics confirms. Ticket fares to cities like Port Harcourt, Ilorin, and northern states like Kebbi, Borno, Adamawa and Kano have increased by as much as 100% in the last one month.
Business and student travellers who spoke to Nairametrics about their experience expressed shock and resentment about the rising cost of airfare in Nigeria especially as travelling by road continues to be risky due to the activities of bandits and kidnappers.
One of them, Olaoluwa Owoeye, told Nairametrics that he was shocked when he observed that the airfare from Lagos to Port Harcourt had gone up by over 100%, from N26,000 to N60,000 (Air Peace) and that flights to the city were fully booked until April 12, 2021.
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By Lawani Mikairu
Azman Air on Tuesday apologized to the Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu over false allegations made by a staff of the airline against the Director General.
The airline also extended the apology to the authority and the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika for the embarrassment the published allegations would have caused them.
According to a statement signed by Azman Air‘s Accountable Manager , Muhammad Hadi Abdulmunaf and released yesterday night, the airline said it has established that the letter containing the false allegations actually came from a staff of the airline, to management’s disappointment.
Wed Apr 07 2021
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika may have sought approval for a N2 billion grant from the presidency and to site the Ogun airport project at Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, it was learnt yesterday.
The state governor, Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun have disagreed over the airport project and its location.
While Abiodun prefers an Agro-Allied Cargo airport, located at Ilishan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area, Amosun is pushing for a passenger airport at Wasimi.
Findings by Daily Trust indicated that Sirika in 2018 made a request to President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of a passenger airport in Wasimi in May 2018.