A former NFF match commissioner and son of Nigeria’s first national football team captain, Ewa Henshaw has said that he would not watch Nigeria’s last group match against Mozambique because he wanted to avoid the agony he had gone through each time the Eagles play.

The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the West Africa University football and hockey competition, Dr.Adamu Tanko, has assured that Kano is safe for the forthcoming competition.

Action continues at the practice pitch of the National Institute for Sports, Lagos as preliminaries of the football event of the 2010 Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Games hot up. Top contenders, Shell recorded the biggest win so far, with a 6-0 bashing of Addax Oil on the opening day.

THE Minister of Power Dr. Lanre Babalola has said that the activities of his ministry have revolved around rehabilitation and reinforcement of existing facilities adding that without adequate reinforcement and expansion in the network whatever achievement that is recorded will not have the desired impact.

Since the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) concessioned the access gate at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to I Cube West Africa Limited over a year ago, the move had been plagued with controversies and questions with regards to whether or not the agency is reaping the gains of the concessioning.

Nigerian Aviation Cargo Handling Company Plc (nahcoaviance) is bracing up for stiff competition from the Skypower Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), which was recently sold to the SIFAX Group by the federal government.

Arik Air has airlifted well over four million passengers since it started flight operations in the country in October 2006.
According to the airline, the passengers’ traffic includes those carried on domestic, regional and international flights.

The federal government has warned stakeholders in the aviation industry that it would not tolerate non-compliance to security regulations at airports across the country.

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of four new aircraft this month, wrapping up an eventful 2009 for the Doha-based airline. With the largest delivery schedule in a single month for Qatar Airways, the two Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft and two Airbus A320s take the airline’s rapidly-growing fleet size up to 76 aircraft.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has spoken of a gradual recovery of the global aviation industry from economic meltdown.