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Lt. Changfe Maigari has made history as the first female pilot in the Nigerian Navy (NN) since its establishment in 1964. Maigari, a native of Langtang North Local Government Area of Plateau State, was born in Kaduna. She is married and has a daughter.   Her journey began in 2016 when she graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) and …

The Federal Executive Council, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, approved the establishment of the Creative Economy Development Fund (CEDF) and the Intellectual Property (IP) Monetisation Pilot.  In a memo to the Council, the Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, highlighted the ministry’s collaboration with the Ministries of Justice, Finance, Industry, Trade, and Investment, …

Friends of the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, River State, Captain Yakubu Dukas, have taken to social media to mourn his passing. LIB reported that the helicopter with eight persons on board, crashed into the waters near Bonny Finima in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, October 24, 2024. The Sikorsky SK76 helicopter with registration 5NBQG and operated by …

  Captain İlçehin Pehlivan   A Turkish Airlines flight has made an emergency landing at JFK International Airport in New York, USA after the pilot, İlçehin Pehlivan fainted and subsequently died mid-flight, the airline said Wednesday, October 9.    The plane had taken off from Seattle, USA on Tuesday and was intended to land in Istanbul, according to Turkish Airlines spokesman …

A woman with no flying experience took control of a plane and landed safely at a California airport after her pilot husband suffered a heart-attack mid-flight on Friday afternoon, October 4, according to reports.  Yvonne Kinane-Wells, 69, called air traffic control to help guide her through landing the propeller aircraft as her husband, Eliot Alper, 78, lay slumped in the …