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Breaking News: Keyamo Names New Directors For Aviation Agencies (Details)

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3 years ago

December 21, 2023

The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has officially designated new directors across various agencies, as announced in a press release issued by Odutayo Oluseyi, the Head of Press at the Federal Ministry of Aviation on Thursday…..CONTINUE READING ....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The appointed directors, along with their respective offices, are as follows:

Nigerian Meteorological Agency:
1. Prof Vincent Ezikornwor Weli – Director, Weather Services
2. Prof Odjugo Peter Akpodiogaga Ovuyovwiroye – Director, Research And Training
3. Onyegbule Glory Amarachi – Director, Applied Meteorological Services
4. Abdulkareem Hamid Olayinka – Director, Engineering And Technical Services
5. Funke Adebayo Arowojobe – Director, Public Affairs And Consumer Protection
6. Shola Gabriel – Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary
7. Nasiru Sani – Director, Human Resources And Administration
8. Alex Akoji Yusuf – Director, Finance And Accounts
9. Airiohuodion Henry Omonzojie – Director, Corporate Services

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority:
1. Engr Balang Godwin – Director, Aerodrome And Airspace Standards
2. Yinka Boboye – Director, Air Transport Regulations
3. Capt. Donald Spiff – Director, Operations, Licensing And Training
4. Michael Achimugu – Director, Public Affairs And Consumer Protection
5. Omogo Bernard Onwe Chinedu – Director, Avsec Regulation
6. Olufemi Odukoya – Director, Finance And Accounts
7. Engr. Victor Goyea – Director, Airworthiness Standards
8. Barr Mary Tufano – Director, Legal Services/ Company Secretary
9. Anastasia Gbem – Director, Human Resources And Administration
10. Horatius Egwa – Director, Special Duties
11. Rebecca Eyiuche Aghadinazu – Director, Corporate Services

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency:
1. Muonemeh Ndubuisi Lotenna – Director, Finance And Accounts
2. John Tayo – Director, Operations
3. Abimbola Ladipo – Director, Human Resources And Administration
4. Engr Ijeoma Ihenachor – Director, Safety Electronic And Engineering Services
5. Rita Isemiuhonmon Egbadon – Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary
6. Abdulahi Musa – Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection
7. Abba Ahmad – Director, Special Duties
8. Ibrahim Aliyu – Director Corporate Services

Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau:
1. Engr Abdulahi Babanya – Director, Engineering Services
2. Odita Francis Isioma – Director, Operations
3. Engr Nwobu Patrick – Director, Transport Investigation
4. Esosa Eremwanarua – Director, Legal Services/ Company Secretary
5. Engr Lawal Abdulmumin – Director, Human Resources
6. Mrs Bimbo Olawunmi Oladeji – Director, Public Affairs And Consumer Protection
7. Dr Mrs Okundaye-Oke Itohan Folake – Director, Finance And Accounts
8. Baro Henry Minabowanre – Director, Corporate Services

Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria:
1. Engr. Muniru Adejare Abiola – Director, Engineering Services
2. Capt. Abdullahi Mohmood – Director, Airport Operations
3. Ayodele Olatiregun – Director, Finance And Accounts
4. Luqman Olatubosun Eniola – Director, Human Resources And Administration
5. Igbafe Afegbai – Director, Aviation Security Services
6. Mrs Bridget Gold – Director, Legal Services/ Company Secretary
7. Jensen Asaba – Director, Corporate Services
8. Obiageli Orah – Director, Public Affairs And Consumer Protection
9. Henry Agbebire – Director, Special Duties
10. Adebola Joy Agunbiade – Director, Commercial and Business Development
11. To Be Appointed Shortly – Director, Cargo Services.

The statement emphasized that the newly appointed directors should contact the Director, Human Resource Department of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to receive their appointment letters, effective immediately.

Furthermore, the creation of a new directorate named Cargo Services at the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) was announced to address challenges in the sector.

This development comes a week after the Federal Government removed all directors of Aviation, following the removal of all heads of aviation agencies from their positions within a 24-hour timeframe.

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Abacha Wanted Me Dead’ – Obasanjo Reveals Details Of His Secret Arrest

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31 minutes ago

November 10, 2026

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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed how he rejected an offer of political asylum from the United States despite warnings that he could be arrested if he returned to Nigeria.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The former leader also recounted how he left the Nigerian Army to pursue farming before his return to the country led to his arrest and imprisonment under the administration of late military Head of State, General Sani Abacha.

Obasanjo shared the experience while discussing his encounter with Abacha in an interview featured in a video published by BBC News Pidgin on Tuesday.

The 89-year-old explained that he ventured into agriculture after leaving office as Nigeria’s military Head of State in 1979.

According to him, his farming business was progressing successfully until Abacha allegedly made plans to eliminate him.

Obasanjo said he had not intended to retire from the Army at the age of 42, but had reached the highest position possible in the military, having become a four-star general and Head of State.

He said, “When I was leaving government as military head of state, there was, I was leaving too early. I didn’t join the army to retire at the age of 42.

“Now I had to retire at the age of 42. At the age of 42, I had become a four-star general. There’s nothing else I can do in the army. I’ve become the military head of state. That’s the highest political office I could rise.

“So what can I do? I decided I would go into farming. It really was going well, and it went well until I was arrested. Abacha had decided that I must be liquidated; otherwise he would not be able to have his way.”

The former President further disclosed that he was unaware of the alleged plan against him until the American ambassador to Nigeria contacted him while he was travelling.

According to Obasanjo, the ambassador informed him that the US government had offered him political asylum because it anticipated that he would be arrested if he returned to Nigeria.

However, he said he rejected the offer because he believed he had committed no offence that warranted an arrest.

He explained that upon arriving in Nigeria, his passport was seized, and he headed to his farm, only to discover that security operatives had surrounded the premises.

Obasanjo said a plain-clothes police officer later approached him, claiming that an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) wanted him to assist with an issue.

He recalled rejecting the invitation, insisting that the AIG should personally come to his farm if he needed his assistance.

The former leader said he eventually drove himself to the police station, where the AIG informed him that he had been instructed to arrest him.

Obasanjo added that he was subsequently detained, and former US President Jimmy Carter later intervened on his behalf, leading to his placement under house arrest.

However, he said security operatives returned one night while he was playing squash at about 1 a.m. and took him away to prison.

He said, “I didn’t know that it was a decision of Abacha that some of us must not be kept free; otherwise, he would feel unsafe. I was put in a place. Then President Jimmy Carter came. He pleaded, and then they put me under house arrest.

“Then they came one day; I was playing squash at about 1 am. They came and said they were taking me away. And they took me away, and from there, I went to prison.”

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‘Abacha Wanted Me Dead’ – Obasanjo Reveals Details Of His Secret Arrest.

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44 minutes ago

November 10, 2026

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