Buhari Appoints New Heads For Aviation Agencies, NAMA, AIB, NiMet, NCAT

President Muhammadu Buhari recently fired the heads of four parastatals, leaving only the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr. Saleh Dunoma. Relacements for the sacked heads were anounced yesterday as contained in a statement issued by Sabiu Zakari, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry.

 Capt. Fola C. Akinkuotu was named the Managing Director, Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) to replace Mr. Emmanuel Anasi who is retiring soon.

Also, Prof. Sani Abubakar Mashi was appointed the new Director-General, Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet). A professor of Geography with specialty in environmental application of remote sensing, Mashi is currently a Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Abuja.

In the development, Capt. Abdulsalam Mohammed, as the Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria. Kaduna State.

Engr. Akinola Olateru is now the Commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB).

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Man kills himself, two others in Imo

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The Imo State Police Command, in eastern Nigeria, has confirmed the death of three persons at Akokwa community in Ideato Local Government Area on Friday. DSP Andrew Enwerem, the Police Public Relations Officer who confirmed the incident said others sustained injuries. He explained that an unidentified man, said to be from the northern part of Nigeria, had run amok and killed a girl and a woman and thereafter killed himself. He said some aggrieved youths immediately went for reprisal attacks, leading to some other persons sustaining various degrees of injuries. Enwerem said the Commissioner of Police, on receiving reports of the the incident, deployed anti-riot policemen who stopped the incident from spreading further. “Report to police showed that a yet to be identified northerner ran amok at Akokwa community and used weapons to attack and kill a girl and a woman and thereafter killed himself’’, he said. Enwerem said the problem has been brought under control, adding that normalcy has ...
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