Category: Aviation

  • Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority

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    NCAA; Established in May 1999, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) that is generally referred to as the general overseer or police of the industry began operations in January 2000. Being the apex regulatory body of the aviation industry in Nigeria, NCAA was saddled with the responsibility of enforcing compliance with safety rules, such as…

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  • Stella Oduah

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    Stella Oduah; Aviation Minister in President Jonathan’s administration believed to be one of president’s close confidants. In the wake of Oduah’s scandal, opposition believed the president, from the way he handled the issue can be seen as an accomplice[i]. In spite of several counter allegations of corruption in the Aviation Ministry that cost her job,…

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  • Plane Crash

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    Plane Crash; Over a thousand lives has been lost to plane crashes in Nigeria since the first recorded incidence  which occurred on November 20, 1969 when a government-owned DC-10 aircraft on a flight from London crash-landed in Lagos. It killed all 87 passengers and crew on board. Several causes have been adduced to aviation accidents,…

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  • Adebayo Ogunlesi

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    Ogunlesi Adebayo; Investment Banker and Lawyer, member of the short-lived 16-man American Economic, Strategic and Policy Forum under President Donald Trump was trained in Harvard University, serving as an editor in the Harvard Law Review as student. He worked as a law clerk to a Justice, and attorney in a New York law firm. After…

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