The discovery was made in a shipment of shoes during the inward screening of passengers on a Turkish Airline flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil
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A statement by Jonathan Vatsa, the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, on Monday in Minna, stated that Minna airport was the closest to Abuja
Sirika told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the closure was to allow Julius Berger carry out total re-construction on the badly damaged airport runway
The Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, confirmed the rehabilitation plan for the Abuja airport
Buhari returned on Wednesday evening
This advice was given following the arrival on Saturday morning of the airline’s flight without the luggages of the passengers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja
Yakubu said the authority was working closely with the Port Health Services and other relevant agencies to ensure that all international passengers were properly screened on arrival
Their grouse centred around the cancellation, twice on Sunday, of their flight to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital
Two suspected fraudsters who allegedly defrauded a foreign investor of the sum of $7.9 (Seven Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Dati said reports from pilots who have used the runway so far indicate that the rehabilitation of a section of the runway was professionally executed and would enhance safety of flight operations on the runway
This was contained in the Traffic Analysis Report signed by Danmusa Jibiril, the Head of Operations Department, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
This development compelled all airlines, local and foreign, operating at the airport, to cancel all flights out of Abuja as aircraft could not land, leaving several passengers stranded
The FAAN official, who said power was restored in full afterwards, said the incident was as a result of maintenance work
“People are also screened with hand-held metal detectors to frisk both international and domestic passengers before check-in into their various scheduled aircraft
The suspect, Giwa Ayoka Sikirat, concealed the drug in her beautiful hair style while trying to board an Ethiopian airline Flight ET 910 to Pakistan enroute Addis Ababa and Dubai