NDLEA has arrested an Uber driver and two traffickers with cocaine at the Lagos Airport. EKO HOT BLOG reports that an Uber driver and two other suspected drug traffickers have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with different quantities of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. … Read more
A plane has reportedly skidded off the runway at Lagos Airport. Tragedy was averted on Thursday as a plane skidded off the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. According to a video obtained by EKO HOT BLOG, the Lagos Airport officials were seen making frantic efforts to get the plane back to the runaway. … Read more
About 250 cows arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos from New Jersey, United States of America. The cows were imported by Ekiti State Government in partnership with a private organization for their Dairy Farm in Ikun. About $5million was invested by the state government and the private organization into the Dairy Farm, … Read more
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the temporal closure of the E-Finger departure screening point at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The spokesperson of FAAN, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, stated that the closure would enable the Authority carry out some routine maintenance on the screening machines The Federal Airports Authority of … Read more
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have nabbed a suspected drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The suspect was said to have been intercepted at the E-Arrival Hall of the MMIA upon his arrival onboard an Ethiopian airline flight. Operatives of the National Drug Law … Read more
No fewer than five Covid-19 certificate forgers have been arrested by the Police at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. The police stated that the suspects specialise in selling fake COVID-19 positive certificates to unsuspecting travellers within the international wing of the Lagos airport. No fewer than five Covid-19 certificate forgers have been arrested … Read more
A part of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos was on Wednesday morning gutted by fire. EKO HOT BLOG learnt that the incident occurred at the departure hall of the Kenyan airways. The cause of the inferno has yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. However, a souce disclosed, “Part … Read more
FAAN had shut the runway temporarily on Tuesday after an aircraft’s tìrẹ burst while landing The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened Runway 18R/36L at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. This was after the removal of Azman Air’s Boeing 737-500 aircraft which was grounded in the middle of the runway causing an … Read more
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Tuesday said it had temporarily closed runway 18R/36L at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, for landing and taking off of flight. Eko Hot Blog gathered that the agency announced the development in a tweet on its official Twitter page, @FAAN_Official. FAAN said the closure of Murtala Muhammed … Read more
October 06, 2020. An indigenous firm, Free On Board (FOB), is to build a N250 million packaging factory at the Lagos Airport for goods and logistics, in partnership with the Handling Company (NAHCO) and other international partners. According to the firm’s promoter and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Oluwajimi Adebakin, the factory, will create a window, … Read more
four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) at Murtala Muhammadu International Airport (MMIA) command says it intercepted a passenger with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) The Deputy Controller of MMIA, Abdulmumin Bako of MMIA disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday. Bako said the suspect has been handed over to … Read more
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) aviation security personnel has apprehended one 25-years-old man who was allegedly climbing a moving plane at the Lagos airport. It was gathered that the security personnel arrested the intruder at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos when he attempted to access an Air Peace aircraft heading to … Read more