Fatihu Sabi'u

[Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku @faan_md]

The New Dan Kabo Terminal is OPEN!

Today marks a new era for aviation in Northern Nigeria. The newly rehabilitated domestic terminal at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) is a testament to President Tinubu’s #RenewedHope agenda. FAAN upgraded everything—from baggage handling to air conditioning—ensuring you travel in comfort and style. With nearly 1 million passengers passing through annually, MAKIA ready to compete with the best.
The Hajj Terminal reconstruction has also been awarded and should be ready for use in 2027! Kudos to the FAAN team and our Hon. Minister Festus Keyamo for attending. Special gratitude to the Chairman of the FAAN Governing Board, His Excellency, Dr Umar Ganduje.

[Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku @faan_md]

Yesterday, @etihad announced its return to Nigeria when the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, hosted a high delegation from the airline. FAAN MD/CE, Mrs Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku, was one of the aviation sector leaders in attendance, and FAAN is proud to welcome this world-class carrier back into the country and will do everything to make the return to operations seamless.

[Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku @faan_md]

A great airport is defined by more than its runways... it is defined by the strength of its laws.
MD/CE FAAN, Mrs. Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku presented the revised FAAN By-Laws today.
The goal: clearer rules for staff, predictability for partners, and safer, more secure travel for millions of passengers.

- Why now: Last revision was 2005. Industry has changed with drones, biometrics, new security standards
- Impact: Better governance, accountability, and service delivery for staff, airlines, concessionaires and passengers
- Next step: Wide dissemination and sensitization across FAAN

[Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku @faan_md]

The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria , Mrs Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku, upon her arrival from a work trip, immediately proceeded on an inspection tour of NAIA, Abuja, along with the Regional General Manager, Ahmed Danjuma, and Airport Chief of Security, Lawan Fagge.

[Dr David Ephraim Mathias @DrDavidMyles]

@FAAN_Official , my partner works for an airline which means I frequent the airport a lot. Today, the staff at the Toll gate introduced me to the "Go cashless" card. I registered, funded and made payment with the card in less than 5 minute. Laudable policy.

[Abu Jabir Penabdul @PenAbdull]

The Precious Golden Ten Nights: How to Have Our Du’as Accepted by Allah

[I Z A L A @el_uthmaan]

Wallahil Azeem in ka rike wadannan abubuwan in kana da damuwa a wajen Allah, Wallahi Wabillahi Watallahi, ko da be cewa Allah biya mun bukata ta ta kaza ba……..

- Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, CON

[Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria @FAAN_Official]

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[Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria @FAAN_Official]

The Director of Finance and Accounts, Ayodele Samuel Olatiregun, highlighted the achievements of his directorate under the leadership of Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku during the celebration of the Managing Director’s second year in office.

He noted significant progress in the digitalization of FAAN’s payment systems, emphasizing improvements in efficiency, transparency, and revenue management.

[Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria @FAAN_Official]

PRESS RELEASE

FAAN ADVANCES AVIATION SAFETY AGENDA AS KANO AND PORT HARCOURT AIRPORTS RECEIVE AERODROME CERTIFICATION

[Shaykh Abubakar Mukhtar Yola @YolaShaykh]

VERY IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE (DHIKR FOR RUKU & SUJŪD): Aisha reported: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to say while bowing & prostrating – Subhanaka Allahumma Rabbana wa bihamdika, Allahumma ighfir li (How Perfect You are, O Allah, Our Rabb, and praise is to You, O Allah, forgive me)."

[Bulama Bukarti, PhD @bulamabukarti]

We warned those pushing the false genocide claim that whatever action the US took wouldn’t spare any of us. They didn’t listen.

Then Trump’s travel restrictions said, “hold my beer."

[Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim, CON @ProfIsaPantami]

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#PIPFoundation #ScholarshipOpportunities #EducationForAll

[Olubunmi Onabanjo-Kuku @faan_md]

HISTORY MADE!
The @nigeriacaa has officially issued Aerodrome Certificates to Mallam Aminu Kano Int'l Airport & Obafemi Awolowo Int'l Airport!

This brings the number of certified international airports in Nigeria to Four, a monumental first for our nation.

This feat is a testament to extraordinary inter-agency cooperation. Through rigorous inspections, constructive dialogue, and diligent teamwork, we have raised the bar for aviation safety and excellence.

✈️ Boosts airline confidence
✈️Assures passengers of world-class safety
✈️Elevates Nigeria's global aviation standing

Our airports are now beacons of integrity, professionalism, and strict international standards. Today, we celebrate a strategic leap forward for Nigeria’s aviation sector.

#Aviation #Nigeria #SafetyFirst #Certification #Progress

[I Z A L A @el_uthmaan]

Haduwa da Allah Babu Shirka

- Sheikh Abdulrazaq Yahya Haifan.

[Salahu @salahudeen33]

Muslims are unfairly treated without any justification, but we only seek for Allah's pleasure

[Bulama Bukarti, PhD @bulamabukarti]

In this segment of my interview with Channels TV, I urged President Tinubu to take five radical steps to regain control of our security situation. President Tinubu must go radical now to fix Nigeria’s security crisis. We cannot continue with business as usual. Take a listen.

[Bulama Bukarti, PhD @bulamabukarti]

My Responses to Questions & Closing Remarks at the Professor Falola Panel

In this segment, I address key issues including:

1. Allegations of Mob killings in Northern Nigeria

2. The rise of extremism in the region

3. The question of Shari'ah Law and Courts

For those asking for the full video, please find the link below.

[Zagazola @ZagazOlaMakama]

Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo’s latest remarks in the international community claiming that “Muslims created Boko Haram to remove President Goodluck Jonathan” are not only historically false but dangerously inflammatory. Such narratives deliberately distort timelines, ignore established facts, and risk deepening divisions between faiths in a country already grappling with the scars of violent extremism.

To begin with, Boko Haram did not begin during the Jonathan administration. The sect emerged under President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, a fellow Muslim, who in fact ordered the security forces to confront and dismantle the group during the 2009 uprising. That crackdown led to the creation of the Joint Task Force (JTF), long before Jonathan became president. The claim that Boko Haram was created to unseat a Christian president therefore collapses under basic historical scrutiny.

The reality of Boko Haram’s brutality also contradicts the pastor’s narrative. The terror group’s ideology has never been about religion versus religion; it has been about extremist doctrine versus everyone who refuses to submit to that doctrine Muslims, Christians, traditionalists, security forces, and even local leaders.

The worst-hit areas in the insurgency were overwhelmingly Muslim communities:

In Borno’s northern region alone, 23 local government areas were displaced at the peak of the crisis. Gwoza and Bama formed as Khaliphat.

The humanitarian fallout affected almost 9 million people, with a large percent of them Muslims.

In Baga, a town that is over 99% Muslim, nearly 2,000 people were killed in a single day. In Bama LGA, more than 1,500 men were slaughtered and dumped under a bridge. The wife of the Emir was abducted and taken into Sambisa Forest.

The Emir of Gwoza and the Emir of Dikwa, both Muslim traditional rulers, were murdered by the terrorists. More than 700 traditional rulers were displaced from their domain with more than 40 of them brutally killed.

Thousands of women and children were abducted into Sambisa Forest by Abubakar Shekau’s faction without discrimination.

Over 56,000 unaccompanied children were sheltered in Maiduguri alone. Their parents, mostly Muslim had been killed. The government also said more than 60,000 women have been widowed. At one point, more than 40 IDP camps operated within Maiduguri, with billions of naira spent on humanitarian support and rehabilitation.

Despite this catastrophic toll, the narrative of “genocide” or “Christian-targeted killing” was never pushed by those communities that suffered the most. Why? Because those living at the epicenter of the crisis understood that Boko Haram’s target was not Christians or Muslims, it was anyone who rejected their extremist ideology. This is why dozens of mosques were bombed, worship centers attacked, district heads murdered, and Muslim congregations massacred during prayers. Terrorism, by its nature, is blind to the innocence of its victims.

It is therefore reckless and deeply insensitive for anyone, especially a religious leader, to reduce a national tragedy to a sectarian conspiracy. Presenting every attack as an assault on Christians alone is not only false; it fuels division, mistrust, and hate between the two major faiths. It resurrects the old “divide and rule” tactic that extremists themselves rely on to tear communities apart.

What is happening in Plateau is not a religious genocide, but farmer harder crises that escalated into full blown conflict due to the failure of government to address the issue. There has been targeted killing on both sides and must be stopped.

Reverend Dachomo’s statements are endangering peaceful coexistence, Nigeria has suffered enough. Dangerous narratives that pit one religion against another must stop before they create the very conflict we are struggling to prevent.

[Zagazola @ZagazOlaMakama]

US congress to hear Nigerian Christian persecution claims on Thursday

The United States congress will hear allegations of Christian persecution in Nigeria on Thursday following President Donald Trump’s re-designation of the African nation as a country of particular concern (CPC).

The hearing will be chaired by Chris Smith, chairman of the house foreign affairs Africa sub-committee.

Smith, who has been one of several US lawmakers pushing the allegations, had introduced a resolution naming the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore as erring entities.

Sanctions recommended on members of the groups included visa bans and asset freezes.

The resolution also asked that the US place “Fulani-Ethnic Militias” operating in Benue and Plateau states on the entities of particular concern (EPC) list under the International Religious Freedom Act.

Thursday’s congressional hearing will examine the “ongoing religious persecution of Christians by radical Islamists”, the wide-reaching implications of Trump’s re-designation of Nigeria as a CPC, and the course of action the US State Department should follow in response to the “Nigerian government’s complicity in these crimes”, Smith’s office said.

@thecableng