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In 1985, the MPR was carved out of NNOC while NNPC remains. In the same year, the PI was moved back to the MPR. The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021 established the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) replacing the Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR).
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and a private company signed a contract on May 9, 2023, to hire over 14,000 experienced personnel to transform Akure cargo airport into Aerotropoli City in the state. According to reports, the project, which will cost 56 billion naira, is the first of its sort in sub-Saharan Africa. [11]
In the beginning, Petroleum matters were handled by the Hydrocarbon Section of the Ministry of Lagos Affairs, which reported directly to the Governor-general. The Unit delivered responsibilities such as: keeping records on exploration matters, and importation of petroleum products; enforcing safety and other regulations on matters which were then mostly products importation and distribution ...
The airport has two terminals for both international and domestic flights. The new International terminal was commissioned by the executive president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on 25 October 2018. In 2009, the airport served 1,081,587 passengers, making it the third-busiest airport in Nigeria [citation needed].
Margaret Ekpo International Airport (IATA: CBQ, ICAO: DNCA), also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in Nigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo , who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists.
The airport underwent upgrading in 2013-14 that covered its infrastructure and the communication equipment covering the airspace past Port Harcourt Airport as part of the Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria (TRACON) project. [5] The airport has night landing capabilities, but for most flights in non-international designated airports, the Federal ...
Asaba International Airport: N/A N/A Bauchi: Bauchi: DNBC BCU Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Airport (Bauchi State Airport) N/A N/A Benin: Edo: DNBE BNI Benin Airport: 1 2 Calabar: Cross River: DNCA Calabar Margaret Ekpo International Airport: 1 2 Ibadan: Oyo: DNIB IBA Ibadan Airport: 1 1 Jos: Plateau: DNJO JOS Yakubu Gowon Airport: 1 1 Maiduguri ...
Airport police instituted a "shoot on sight" policy for anyone found in the secure areas around runways and taxiways, stopping further airplane robberies. Police secured the inside of the terminal and the arrival areas outside. The FAA ended its suspension of direct flights to Nigeria in 2001 in recognition of these security improvements.