BLESSING LIMAN, Nigeria's First Female Military Pilot
In June 2010, Shamsudeen Usman, then the Nigerian Minister for National
Planning dropped a bombshell during a presentation: Northern Nigeria has
the highest level of illiteracy on earth. Although I wouldn't know how
the World Bank came about its figures which the minister quoted, I will
be deceiving myself to say that all is well with education in the north.
That explains why it calls for celebration when a young lady from the
same northern region becomes the first female combatant pilot not only
in Nigeria, but in the entire West African subregion. I present to you
the amazing story of Nigeria's winged eagle, BLESSING LIMAN.
Intelligent, witty and yeah, beautiful, Blessing Liman is the first
female military pilot of the Nigerian Air Force. In other words, while
some Banana Island girls will be shakaraing the entire neighborhood with
their Infiniti FX 37, Blessing plays with jet fighters and bombers. Can
you beat that? Try again.MORE PICTURES AFTER THE CUT :P