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| Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos (WorldStage Newsonline) |
RETRACTION
"Dear Readers,
On 17 April, we published a story that the cargo section of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos caught fire.
We later knew this information is false.
The mixup by the source of the story - Daily Mail UK - did not excuse our inability to verify the information before running with it. We promise to exercise more stringent fact-checking in the future regardless of the pedigree of the origin of the information.
We apologise for any inconvenience this situation might have caused and remain committed to lofty journalistic ideals of accuracy, honesty and responsibility according to global best practices of Journalism.
Thank you.
Mega Mode Media"
UPDATE-Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association ( NATCA), on Sunday announced the suspension its strike billed to begin very early on Monday with withdrawal of air traffic services to airlines .
The decision to call off the strike according to the deputy president of NATCA Comrade Haruna Bassi was sequel to the approval by President Goodluck Jonathan of their harmonised rating allowances .
While commending President Jonathan, the minsters of aviation and labour well as the chairman of the salaries and wages commission for their role in resolve the impasse, NATCA urged its members to continue to render services to Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA) for the growth of the aviation industry .
Air traffic controllers across the country Thursday Morning embarked on a six hours warning strike to draw the attention of the management of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA), to epileptic air navigation equipment as well as failure to address welfare issues last year.
Last year at its annual general meeting in Kano, members of NATCA in a communiqué complained of epileptic air navigation equipment at airports nationwide , even as they complained about intolerable working conditions .
