Police nab three teenage stowaways at Lagos airport

According to Punch

The Airport Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested three teenagers for allegedly attempting to illegally board some international flights in Lagos.

Commissioner of Police for the command, Salahu Waheed, said the suspects, Lateef Popoola, 13; Amadi Joshua, 14; and Ukpabio Onyedikachi, 14, were arrested at different times at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja.

FAAN to expand Lagos airport access road to 10 lanes

In a move aimed at reducing the traffic jam motorists encounter on their way through the airport and in preparation for automation of toll collection, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has started work on the expansion of the lanes.

A FAAN official told BusinessDay that the ongoing work will see the road expanding from six to 10 lanes.

“I can confirm to you that FAAN is in charge of the expansion and not the concessionaire”.
Government had about four years ago, concessioned the toll to Integrated Intelligent Imaging West Africa Limited (I-CUBE W/A) for efficiency. Staffers of the concessionaire are seen on a daily basis collecting N100 toll from each motorist without official stickers.

On a monthly basis since the toll was concessioned, I-CUBE W/A remits N40 million to FAAN. Moyosola Niran-Oladunni, former managing director of I.CUBE, had attributed the delay in the expansion to inability of concerned authority to relocate some underground cables.

He had also said the expansion will cost the authorities N1 billion.

42 Private Jets Land At Lagos Airport Daily

Excerpts From Punch NG

Interor of Gulfstream 450 

No fewer than 42 private jets land at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos daily. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority showed that a total of 1,200 private jet flights landed at the Lagos airport every month.

And by implication, it means at least 300 of the flights are recorded every week and 42 every day.

The firm said its “business aviation movements have increased by over 100 per cent year-on-year, and daily movements are running at an average of 15 daily.”