Nigeria’s Kaduna airport is now the main international airport for Africa’s most populous nation. This follows the official closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the administrative capital, Abuja. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was in Kaduna to receive the first international flight – Ethiopian Airline Boeing 787 – landed at the airport after midday. Kaduna airport is located about 160 km (100 miles) north of the capital. The government confirmed that during the six-week closure, passengers traveling between Abuja and Kaduna were going to be given free bus and train services.

Source: Ethiopian News March 08, 2017 13:18 UTC