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In the wake of recent air disasters in the aviation industry that came to us in quick succession
1. Leicester City Owner's Helicopter Saturday 27th October, 2018
2 Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia on Monday 29th October, 2018
It is necessary that we take our safety seriously and consider the pedigree of the airline we intend to travel with.
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Imagine that the Lion Air plane that crashed is a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8, acquired from Boeing in August 2018 and it had only flown 800 hours before the crash yesterday.
According to the Aviation Safety Network, the airline was added to the European Union's blacklist of banned carriers in July 2007, and removed from the list in June 2016.

In consonance with the foregoing, we visited the https://www.tripsavvy.com/eu-releases-black-list-of-airlines-54210 to see the list of airlines banned from traveling to any EU country.

Countries With Blacklisted Airlines
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As of 2018, the EU Air Safety List contains over 200 airline carriers from 16 countries or states that are either banned outright or placed under restrictions for operating within European airspace. The following countries have bans on one, a few, or all of the airlines regulated by their national aviation department:

Afghanistan: all airlines banned

Angola: all airlines banned except TAAG Angola Airlines

The Republic of Congo: all airlines banned

The Democratic Republic of the Congo: all airlines banned

Djibouti: all airlines banned

Equatorial Guinea: all airlines banned

Eritrea: all airlines banned

Gabon: all airlines banned except Afrijet and Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon, both of which are restricted by aircraft type

Iraq: Iraqi Airways banned

Iran: Iran Aseman Airlines banned

Kazakhstan: all airlines banned except Air Astana

Kyrgyz Republic: all airlines banned

Liberia: all airlines banned

Libya: all airlines banned

Mozambique: all airlines banned

Nepal: all airlines are banned

Nigeria: Med-View Airline banned

Sao Tome and Principe: all airlines banned

Sierra Leone: all airlines banned

St. Vincent & Grenadines: Mustique Airways banned

Sudan: all airlines banned

Suriname: all airlines banned

Ukraine: URGA banned

Zambia: all airlines banned

Zimbabwe: all airlines banned

God.

I thank you.

We should always give thanks.
Despite her disabilities, she's thanking God for being alive. Yet some others keeps complaining.
Ask Yinka Aiyefele, why he keeps praising God. We can never have it all in Life.

Dangote is the richest in Africa, yet he's not in top 50 in the world. No one can have it all. Celebrate God for who you are and what you have

lamestika:
please guys am intend to submit my document to Japan embassy now for conference but my fear is that I have a diamond bank account (1.2m) and a micro finance account of (800k) am self employed would they accept my micro finance account please reply

What is the purpose of Travel?

moonraker:
Oh yeah!

Someone on this thread said something about there being success stories on other

threads like the American, UK etc and none here. Although, I didn't get explicit permission to post this info,

I would like to introduce to you all, The first success story of this thread. I call this the first because

this individual would be the first person on here to come all the way from Nigeria, with a job waiting for him.

All papers checked!

@jihday is that individual. I spoke to him via social media and He is alive and healthy. Time permitting, i might pay him a visit.

and maybe post it on here....

As you did with me 3 years ago? Its exactly 3 years today that I departed Narita Tokyo back to Lagos.
You didn't even call me

itiswellandwell:
Omo ologo!

8GB Atm card flash drives for sale. Check my signature.

ATM card?

These guys are terrorists

Cumtroller:
Was BuBU on board? I’m expectant of good news.

This just show how unreasonable some of ypou IPOB agitators are

No matter how much hatred you have for anyone, wishing them death is the was kind of expression.

I'm 100% sure you're a Christian and definitely attended a church today. Ask yourself did Jesus even wish death on his enemies? Did he not pray for their forgiveness?

The real problems of Nigeria are you guys who come from same place as Nnamdi Kanu

There still being very careful not to talk about who died and who survived.

It anyone survived, they should have announced since the crash happened yesterday.

This is very painful

Olukat:
Isn't Fayemi too educated and big for this nonsense?

So if they're not approved according to town planning Laws, Fayemi should not act cos it belongs to Fayose? Are listening to yourself spew pathetic sentiment?

Abaribe

educhigo:
even after the renovate is still look like police station in china,and this thieves stole billions for this shit call international airport,nigerians wake up

if anyone stole, it's under gej. Didn't you supporters of Gej say that the correct was paid for 100% by GEJ and Buhari only supervised completion?

If we're to believe you, tell us who stole billions

I can attest to HND airport in Tokyo, Japan.

It's a very great airport just like O'R Thambo airport in South Africa and Dubai Airport.

My fear about Hong Kong International Airport is that, it's too close to water

koleefem05:
Better run for your life. Scammers everywhere. Why has he not done for himself?

Do it yourself guide to Australia.

https://www.nairaland.com/4478747/diy-guide-australian-permanent-resident

How do you know if he hasn't traveled before?

IamD18:
See as this one dey rant like say he be security gateman for heaven.

Person wey fit don get special seat for hell.

oh boy. You wan kill person with laughter. �����️

Auladimeji1:
Igbos also hates the Northeners and the southwestern

correct

Before nko?

No Hausa would allow Ndigbo rule Nigeria

Trust me. There is more hatred between Igbo and Hausa

payporte is fraud. Check their site and see if it's even worth it

Amosun is definitely worse than Tinubu. The guy is still pained that the Chairman of Hayden Petroleum, Dapo Abiodun won the primaries.

Tinubu lost bitterly in Ondo and Kogi States, but he moved on

they gave me Lacasera

The NNPC GMD is already a billionaire

That was why Diezani stole a lot more than she can consume till death. Oyel money is not counted

Kanu's dog resurfaced on Facebook today. See what the pet said

Fake news. Moderators, pull this shitz off the home page

Where's kanu?

kevoh:
Just imagine! Alexreports you messed up for this!

He's known for pageantry news and nothing more. He attempt to delve into politics and have his fingers burned now, for stealing news

AlexReports:
Some weeks back, The Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA2) was shut down by the aviation unions over their dispute with the operators of the terminal. Airlines, Banks, shop owners and services providers at the terminal said they lost over 1.5 billion for what they described as ‘insensitive picketing’ of the terminal

Unfortunately, our dear Unions do not understand the difference between picketing and shutting down. While you have a right to picket, you do not have the right to shutdown the operations of key player such as MMA2. This is a terminal that plays an important role in the economy of our nation and these unions still decided to shut it down irrespective of a subsisting court injunction. How lawless can we be as a nation? In a lawful country those union leaders should be in jail by now.

In other climes, you would expect the main regulator of the sector which is the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA to have intervened before the matter got to the extent of picketing but not in Nigeria. It still baffles me how the NCAA and FAAN looked the other way, while their staffs who are known members of these unions shutdown a critical service industry? The NCAA watches everything in limbo and acts like it doesn’t exist. When the chief regulator looks the other way when it should stamp its authority, then we are in for more shockers!

Now this is the main problem with concessions in Nigeria. If a major investor in the mold and pedigree of Dr Wale Babalakin can be subjected to such humiliation, how do we expect to get more local investors, let alone foreign investors? We are yet to recover from a failed Nigeria Air project which we all know never got a single investor and the NCAA and FAAN are still adopting a ‘siddon look’ style?

From the look of the whole MMA2 and Union brouhaha, it is obvious the NCAA, FAAN and the Police were all in support of the impunity exhibited by the unions. How else can one describe the inability of the police to disperse an unlawful gathering / trespass at MMA2 even with a court injunction? And they were all happy seeing outlets at the terminal shut, passengers missing important business or professional engagements, banks shut and airlines losing millions and threatening to downsize? Are we not tired of the level of job losses under the present administration? It was such a dark day for Nigeria, concessions and the rule of law!

Recently, an aircraft belonging to overland caught fire while undergoing maintenance at its hanger at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT). The video of how the aircraft burnt beyond repair went viral and it exposed the inefficiency of FAAN and NCAA. It was a shameful sight to behold. I felt like crying for Nigeria and the aviation industry while watching the video and I asked: what if there were passengers onboard, we would have lost precious lives as a result of the ineptitude of these agencies. Voices in the background of the video confirmed that, apart from the fact that the fire fighters got to the hanger late, they ran out of water. Shame! And this is supposed to be a Category 1 Airport recently certified by NCAA!

I am inclined to request what emergency management program the NCAA put in place to manage such emergency situations? When was the last audit inspect carried out on the hanger? Was this part of the audit carried out by NCAA? How did the hanger get an AMO certificate? FAAN is complicit in all of these as performance of the airport fire service fell short of a CAT 1 standard.

Our CAT 1 regulators NCAA and FAAN need to tell us when last they trained and bought equipment for their emergency services officers and staff? Who knows, they may have embezzled the monies set aside for these programs and were caught unaware with the recent fire incident. A supposed Category 1 airport as large as what we have should have a minimum of 4 fire service teams; 1 each at mma2, GAT, MMIA and Cargo to meet the ICAO 3 minutes recommended standards to put out a fire incident.

A member of the Aviation Round Table, John Ojukutu, while querying the last time the NCAA conducted an inspection or audit on the maintenance hanger also asked, ‘’what is the category of the MMA fire service that could not put the fire out on a passenger aircraft of less than 40 seater? What would have happened if it were a B777 or even a B737? I heard people in the background of the video screaming no water! no water! But where were the water hydrants in the NCAA certified airport? Does the hanger where the incident happened not have emergency management program for such incident? Is the emergency management program for the hanger not an NCAA’s audit or inspection checklist? if the answers to these questions are negative, then it’s a big shame for a regulatory agency that prides itself with the FAA CAT 1.’’ He advised the NCAA to review its checklist for hanger inspection and audit

Unfortunately, both the Minister of State for Aviation Hadi Sirika and the NCAA DG Muhtar Usman have refused to issue a statement on both the MMA2 and overland aircraft fire incidents. I gathered from reliable sources that both were outside the country lounging somewhere in Canada while the country or their sector rather was on fire. These are the kind of people we have at the helm of affairs of a critical sector such as aviation and nobody seems to be auditing their affairs.

With the level of mismanagement, ineptitude and inefficiency that these agencies and even the Ministry have exhibited in recent past, also with the handling of the failed Nigeria project; I will strongly recommend a total review of their operation and activities. At the moment, I can tell you for free that nobody checks or audits these agencies and you cannot be the judge in your own case as there is tendency to compromise. We deserve better as a nation and it starts with total restructuring of not just our country but the aviation industry.

For us to have a robust industry, distant from what we are presently experiencing; there is need to move agencies like the NCAA, AIB, NIMET,NAMA, and FAAN from the oversight of the ministry of Aviation to the presidency for direct monitoring and to avoid the overt interference of the ministry in these agencies . The case of the overbearing influence of the former Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, on these agencies is very fresh. We all remember how she used her office to extort money from the agencies and this is one out of the many reasons for recommendation.

The Accident Investigation Bureau should be a unit under the NCAA and moved under the purview of the presidency. There must be standards and NO compromise; and considering their job as auditors, they shouldn’t be answerable to the ministry to avoid the aforementioned and build a vibrant industry where safety and professionalism is guaranteed.

While many including my humble self have condemned the handling of the failed Nigeria Air project by the junior minister of transportation, Hadi Sirika, I commend the minister for at least accepting that the agencies cannot effectively manage the airport infrastructure and reaffirming the commitment of the President Muhammed Buhari led administration to concession the airports.

Aviation experts have also said that MMA2 has shown that concession is the solution to improving our airport infrastructure, as the terminal provides the best passenger facilitation at the moment and can also be co-opted to manage the other airports around the country.

This unlawful, despicable and unfortunate incident will only strengthen Dr Wale Babalakin resolve to continue to make a case for concessions in Nigeria and provide the best of facilities for the travelling public as exemplified by the wide gulf in facilities and services between MMA2 and the other government run Airports


http://www.alexreports.info/2018/10/minister-ncaa-and-police-complicity-in.html?m=1

You should be arrested for plagiarism

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/20/ncaa-and-police-complicity-in-mma2-shutdown/

kevoh:
this can not be Alex reports . Where are the contestants for the beauty pageants you usually post?


Actually audit is done (at least for one of the aforementioned agencies I am familiar with) but not the comprehensive type you will expect.


I agree 100%

This is pure plagiarism by him. He can't put up 10 lines without images talkless of a constructive article like this

He lifted it from Thisday

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/20/ncaa-and-police-complicity-in-mma2-shutdown/

bashir1451:
Even tho I can not read all these, I still smell sense in your write up.

He lifted it.
Try visit this blogs, he has more images in an article than actual write up. He's a blogger.
Check his blog, 70% is about 'celebrities' beauty pageant, birthday parties etc

Actual source
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/20/ncaa-and-police-complicity-in-mma2-shutdown/

Alexreporters miss road? This one no be beauty Pageant oo

Yyeske:
IPOB was dead on arrival but those miscreants supporting it never believed when we told them.

They're all over Facebook, echoing what coward Kanu says

So true

Olohunjedalo:

He ran away like Ojukwu also did and left his gullible followers to die .

He has many things in common with Ojukwu.

Ojukwu started a struggle, didn't lose any of his family members, but ran away on exile after 2million people died. He came back and was given appointment in Government. Same Ojukwu that led millions to death formed a political party to become president of a country he never believed in? I hope igbos can learn from their fake leaders. It's power that they want and nothing more. They should learn to live in peace with other tribes. The rich igbos like Innoson, Ibeto, Ifeanyin Uba, Nwabueze, etc would never support Biafra, 9nly the poor people that have nothing to lose would support it.

Kanu is afraid of death, like Ojukwu. He ran away and said he doesn't like Nigerian prison.

Igbo kwenu wise up. You're being scammed by this Kanu boy. Where's Kanu's wife since the struggle started?

You failed to acknowledge the fact that most projects in Lagos have now been abandoned as soon as soon as Ambode lost at the primaries.

Most bus stops
The Onikan Stadium
Okesuna Street rehabilitation and drainage
Inner street roads.

All thanks to the fake lion of Ikoyi, who's ready to trade performance for personal interest.

Many people hailing him, will curse him soon, when Jide Sanwoolu retrogress Lagos Back to pre 1999

Fix Akute road