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Emirates Airline Suspends Flights To Nigeria

4Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Emirates Airline Suspends Flights To Nigeria

Emirates Arline has suspended flight operations to Nigeria due to its inability to send home funds stuck in the country. This was contained in a statement the airline issued on Thursday. The statement added that the suspension became effective on October 29, 2022. This marks the second time the airline will stop flights to Nigeria over its $85 million revenue, with the first coming in August 2022. It follows the inability of foreign airlines to send home their revenue of over $500 million. Despite Nigeria’s foreign exchange crisis which has made it hard for revenue to be repatriated, the federal government released $265 million to foreign airlines operating in the country to offset outstanding ticket sales. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, released a further $120 milli...

How Travelers Were Stuck at Itobe Bridge, Kogi, for Several Hours (See Video)

Travelers who traveled to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Friday were halted by massive traffic jam at the Itobe Bridget, Kogi State, African News Today has gathered. Motorists and commuters plying the Itobe-Ajaokuta- bridge in Kogi State linking the Eastern part of the country to Abuja were left sweating at the bridge for several hours after a trailer broke down in the middle of the bridge, causing gridlock which started around 4:00 pm. One of the lanes of the two-lane bridge had been barricaded for repair works since the beginning of the year, leaving motorists with only one lane in the ever-busy highway. The effect of the breakdown of the trailer in the bridge caused great difficulty to vehicles that plied the road as they had to wait for long period before interv...

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