Nigeria, Russia target April 2027 for new air services agreement

By Dickson Omobola

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and Russian officials have agreed to a six-month timeline to modernise the existing framework governing air services between Russia and Nigeria.
The agreement was reached during a meeting on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, Russia.
At the meeting, the Nigerian delegation, led by Keyamo, held discussions with Dmitry Stanislavovich Zverev, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.
The two sides agreed to renegotiate the Bilateral Air Services Agreement, BASA, between Nigeria and Russia, which dates back to 1967, with a view to establishing a...