Category: Aviation

Tears, Tributes as Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, buried + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Amidst tears and tributes, the coprse of Tolulope Arotile, first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history, has been buried.   Tolulope, a graduate of Mathematics, became the first female to pilot a combat helicopter in Africa’s most populous country just at the age of 23 year-old. Her remains, Platforms Africa reports, were committed to mother earth at the Military Cemetery in Abuja, administrative capital of Nigeria, with full Military honours. The remains were lowered into the grave at exactly 11.05 am. The Nigerian Military led by the…

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Nigeria hints international flight operations may resume before October

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Government has announced that international flight operations might be resuming before October 2020. This is despite the country’s ban of flight operations from Europe, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and others. The disclosure was made by the country’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, in a tweet post through his official Twitter handle on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. This is a clarification from the minister is coming after the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) had issued a routine 90-day Notices to Airmen (NOTAM). This forecloses the resumption of international…

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Classmate Who ‘Killed’ Tolulope Arotile not authorised to drive – Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Suspected killer who knocked down first ever combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history ‘Has No Driver’s Licence’ A former classmate who allegedly “knocked down and killed” Tolulope Arotile, first female combat helicopter pilot of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) “has no driver’s licence,” a sign of authority by the Country’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Arotile, according to NAF, died from head injuries last Tuesday when she was knocked down by a car driven by her old classmate at the Artforce base, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. Quoting Military sources, Lagos-Nigeria…

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How I broke Tolulope’s death news to her mother – Arotile’s father

ADEOLA YUSUF

I spoke with my daughter at 1pm, four hours later she was in mortuary one week after operation against Kastina bandits,” retiree Elder Arotile cries out bitterly  24-year – old late pilot may be buried at the National Cemetery, Abuja Akintunde Arotile, father of Tolulope Arotile, who at 23 year-old became the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history, has narrated how he broke he sad news of his daughter’s death to her mother. Elder Arotile, a retired staff of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said in…

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Anger as Nigerians reject Airforce’s explanation, demand probe of Tolulope Arotile’s death

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Fatal accide-e-nt!? Head injury? In a barrack where 10 kilometers per hour speed limit is strictly enforced? A top military personnel queried in disbelief as death of first female combat helicopter pilot in Nigerian Airforce history, Tolulope Arotile, generates debates on social media and across the country.   The death of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, who at just 23 year-old became the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria’s history, has stirred anger and pity among Nigerians who have demanded a probe into the circumstances that led to…

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How Tolulope Arotile, Nigerian First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot died + PHOTOS

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigerians have taken to the social media to express deep sadness over the death of Tolulope Arotile, who at just 23 year-old became the First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot in the history of Nigerian Air Force. Arotile has succeeded many turbulence in the air as a combat pilot, she died in a fatal auto crash inside the airforce base in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. She was said to have been ran over by a yet to be named colleague inside the airforce base. This narrative is yet to be confirmed…

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Aerospace giant, Boeing, fires 7,000 workers

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Plans to break bad news to workers before weekend   Aerospace super major, Boeing, has fired about 7,000 employees as economic crunch in the global aviation industry worsened. The company, which announced this, said that it plans to notify the affected workers this week that their jobs would be eliminated as part of a 10 per cent companywide staff reduction that targets the aerospace giant’s commercial aircraft business. Flight Global reported that the layoff notice followed Boeing’s announcement last month that it would reduce its 160,000-strong global workforce by…

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