Nigeria’s government signed a settlement on 20 October with Bi-Courtney Aviation Services, ending a dispute of nearly 20 years over the domestic terminal the firm runs at Lagos’s Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA2). Bi-Courtney drops its claims, including court-awarded damages of 132 billion naira (about $99 million), while the government writes off concession fees that built up during the dispute. The 2003 concession led to rival claims that reached the Supreme Court and left the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) without concession income for two decades. The deal restores fee payments to FAAN and opens the terminal to regional African flights, adding airport capacity in Lagos. Bi-Courtney must expand the apron and finish a long-abandoned hotel within 24 months.
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- Vanguard: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/10/fg-bi-courtney-end-20-year-mma2-dispute/
- Nairametrics: https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/21/fg-bi-courtney-end-nearly-20-year-dispute-over-lagos-mm2-airport/
- BusinessDay: https://businessday.ng/aviation/article/fg-bi-courtney-sign-final-mma2-settlement-end-nearly-20-year-dispute/
- News Agency of Nigeria (terms approved by the Federal Executive Council, 1 May 2026): https://nannews.ng/fg-settles-20-year-bi-courtney-mm2-dispute-secures-n132bn-debt-write-off/