…was one of the worst air disasters in the country in recent years. Here are some major air crashes involving the Air Force in Africa’s most populous nation, which has one of the strongest militaries on the continent. – 1980 – A Fokker F27 aircraft travelling from Lagos to the neighbouring island nation of Sao Tome cras…

…the death of 25 officers and seven crew members in the Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Ondo State. The Leader of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the National Security Summit, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, announced the postponement in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the decisi…

…Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle on September 19, 2026, in a ceremony held in Abuja. NAF air crash pilot dies two weeks after wedding in Ondo. Photo Creates>The wedding invitation showed that the Holy Matrimony took place at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, The Masters Place, on Plot 826, Solomon Lar Way, opposite the…

…Kyari, has commiserated with President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Air Force over the crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft near a naval base in Igbokoda, Ondo State. In a statement he personally issued on Tuesday, Kyari also expressed condolences to the families of the 25 passengers and seven crew members who…

…were k!lled in a plane crash. On Friday, July 10, a small plane operated by Flamingo Air crashed in the Bahamas, k!lling all 10 people on board. Boarding a flight that usually takes under 20 minutes, the plane left Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau and was en route to San Andros when it crashed in North A…