One of former president Muhammadu Buhari’s final acts before leaving office today was the renaming of 15 Nigerian airports on Sunday.
The announcement was made by the aviation ministry in a statement released by its head of press and public affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi.
The renamed airports and the names they are named after are:
| Airport | Named After |
| Akure | Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu |
| Benin | Oba Akinzua II |
| Dutse | Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi |
| Ebonyi | Chuba Okadigbo |
| Gombe | Brigadier Zakari Maimalari |
| Ibadan | Samuel Ladoke Akintola |
| Ilorin | Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon |
| Maiduguri | Muhammadu Buhari |
| Kaduna | Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina |
| Makurdi | Joseph Sarwuan Tarka |
| Minna | Abubakar Imam |
| Nasarawa | Sheikh Usman Danfodio |
| Osubi | Alfred Diete Spiff |
| Port Harcourt | Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo |
| Yola | Lamido Aliyu Mustapha |
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