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Ex-classmate who accidentally killed Arotile had no driver licence

Driver of the vehicle which knocked down Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile on July 14 is a civilian who had no valid driving papers, military sources have claimed. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had said that Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, died on Tuesday at the NAF base in Kaduna State from head injuries…

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2 suspects apprehended in connection to Arotile’s death; as NAF releases burial date

The Nigerian Air Force has began investigation of the death of its combat pilot, Tolulope Arotile who dies on Tuesday, July 14 in an accident. NAF through its Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola in a interview with The Punch on Friday said two suspects have been apprehended over the young…

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Tolu Arotile’s death wasn’t an accident but a planned murder – Nigerians react

In the early hours of Wednesday, the nation was awoken to the death of one of its rare gem, a 23-year-old Airforce combat helicopter pilot, Tolu Arotile. She was actually the first female combatant pilot in the 55-year history of the Nigerian Airforce, a great feat so many considered was as a result of hard…

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Few minutes after I passed, Tolu Arotile had an accident and died – Sen Shehu Sani

The Nigerian Airfoce and the entire nation was on Wednesday thrown into mourning following the death of the first Nigerian female combat pilot, Tolulope Arotile. It was gathered that the road accident that took the life of the promising young combatant happened at the Nigerian Airfoce Base in Kaduna State after she sustained injuries on…

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8 months after recognition, Nigeria’s first female airforce combat helicopter pilot dies

It is indeed a sad one for Nigerian Airforce and the entire country at large, as the first female helicopter pilot , Tolulope Arotile dies. The promising lady had just finished a programme at the Starlite International Training Academy, South Africa and has just been decorated eight months ago as the first female fighter pilot…

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Video: NAF destroys bandits’ hideout in Doumbourou forest in Zamfara

Nigerian Air Force says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has destroyed bandits’ camp and neutralised dozens of bandits in air strikes it conducted at Doumbourou Forest in Zamfara State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the operation…

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