Covid-19 drives Nigerians into investment migration to Europe, Caribbean
BEN EGUZOZIE
September 16, 2020
Ben Eguzozie Astonishingly, 185% increase in Nigerians enquiries received in Q1 & Q2 2020 Portugal’s RBI, Montenegro’s CBI are major attractions 50% rise in enquiries in six months The enormous instability driven by Covid-19 is pushing scores of Nigerians into seeking investment migration to some lesser politically exposed European and Caribbean countries, said a report […]
Hotels around Lagos international airport enforce strict COVID-19 protocols weeks after lockdown ease
Saviour AdugbaSeptember 10, 2020
Saviour Adugba It might be weeks since the gradual ease of the COVID-19 restrictions was announced by the President-Buhari-led administration, but hotels along the airport road axis in Lagos are still ensuring strict adherence to COVID-19 procedures as advised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. A visit […]
Benchmark Hotel, Owerri offers guests a pleasant place to stay, says GM, Ogunyemi
Dikachi FranklinSeptember 9, 2020
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Benchmark Hotel offers unique features when placed side by side with its peers in Imo State hotel and hospitality sector of the economy. The hotel began full operations about ten years ago and is located strategically in Odu Obi Crescent, Ikenegbu Layout, Owerri. It is often described as a place […]
Air France, Lufthansa, Delta, United, American, world’s largest airlines, lost $40bn to COVID-19 since January
Charles AbuedeJuly 30, 2020
Charles Abuede With the current global travel limitations and lockdown rules across the airline market, which is expected to trigger the airline travellers revenues drop by $300 billion in 2020, the world’s biggest airlines, namely, Air France, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Lufthansa Group and United Airlines, are seeing stunning misfortunes in their market capitalisation. […]
Domestic flights resumes fully across Nigerian airports
Charles AbuedeJuly 28, 2020
Arik flies to Yola, Kano airports Tuesday Charles Abuede Several of Nigeria’s domestic airlines have announced resumption of flight operations following the granting of approval by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), for the commencement of domestic flights across the country. The approval also contains the reopening […]
Port Harcourt airport misses upgrade opportunity as it reopens for business after COVID-19 lockdown
Ben EguzozieJuly 17, 2020
… Nigeria missing in African terminal ratings Nigeria’s airport regulatory agency, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), last Saturday July 11 reopened the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) Omagwa, Port Harcourt for flights after four months of closure due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, without particularly undertaking a much-needed upgrade of the terminal facilities. FAAN […]
Tinapa Resort: Cross River’s N60bn moribund investment takes baby steps in journey back to life
Ben EguzozieJune 26, 2020
Project dreamed up to generate N300bn annually GM Ekom says applying Ayade’s ‘intellectual money’ concept Tinapa Free Trade Zone and Resort (TFTZ&R), Calabar, a business and leisure resort, sitting on 265 hectares of land and conceptualised to be an integrated business resort, built and inaugurated in April 2007 at a cost estimated at over […]
FAAN receives guide from Munich airport ahead resumption of flights
Samson EchenimJune 11, 2020
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is working with Germany’s Munich Airport International as it prepares to resume operations after the Covid-19 induced lockdown on June 21. The authority said in an effort to begin the reopening of some of the airports in the nation, it held a skype meeting with Munich Airport International […]
Nigerian airports reopen for commercial operation June 21
Samson EchenimJune 3, 2020
Five airports in Nigeria will resume commercial scheduled flights June 21, the country’s aviation regulatory authority has said. In a statement, Tuesday, Musa Nuhu, director-general, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said flights would resume in five airports on June 21, adding that other airports would be added after review and assessment. “The closure of Nigerian […]
Get ready, we’re flying soon, Dana Air alerts passengers
Samson EchenimJune 1, 2020
Nigerian airline, Dana Air has alerted its passengers it is coming back to the airspace soon, after two months of break due to the Covid-19 lockdown in the country that saw all airports closed. Amidst concerns that some airlines may not bounce back after the forced grounding, Dana said it was working with aviation authorities […]