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The federal government has warned that it would no longer allow strikes or riots around airports in the country.    The warning was issued hours after Aviation workers under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and Air Transport Services …

Hundreds of flights in and out of Manila are halted due to air traffic control malfuntion, stranding passengers at airports. Tens of thousands of travellers have been stranded at airports in the Philippines after a power outage caused a malfunction of air traffic control at the country’s busiest hub in …

Some of the largest airports in the US have been targeted for cyberattacks with Russian-speaking hackers claiming responsibility.   However, the systems targeted do not handle air traffic control, internal airline communications, and coordination, or transportation security.   “It’s an inconvenience,” the source said. The attacks have resulted in targeted “denial of public access” to …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled desperate attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle large consignments of cocaine into Nigeria through three major international airports in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos.   Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Bbabafemi, who disclosed this …