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Festus Keyamo

Politician

Festus Keyamo is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Festus Keyamo · فيستوس كيامو				[sources]
Other name	Festus Egwarewa Adeniyi Keyamo				[sources]
Weak alias	Keyamo				[sources]
Birth date	1970-01-21				[sources]
Place of birth	Delta State				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Nigeria				[sources]
Citizenship	Nigeria				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Festus				[sources]
Last name	Keyamo				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q19667657				[sources]
Position	Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development · Minister of Aviation of Nigeria (2023-) · Minister of State for Labour and Employment (2019-2023) · Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs (2019-2019) · Senior Advocate of Nigeria (2010-)				[sources]
Education	Ambrose Alli University				[sources]
Religion	Christianity				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-19	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Nigerian lawyer, critic, columnist and human rights activist

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Aviation & Aerospace Development	-	-
Minister of State for Labour and Employment	2019

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,375

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,073

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Nigeria Joining the Dots PEPs and PEP Relatives4,391

Data on Politically Exposed Persons in Nigeria and their relatives from the Joining the Dots project.

Nigeria · Directorio Legislativo/EITI · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,017

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

External databases

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Wikidata349,947

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions548,945

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: us-cia-nigeria-festus-keyamo-state-min-of-niger-delta · us-cia-nigeria-festus-keyamo-minister-of-aviation-aerospace-development · ng-dots-festus-keyamo-1970-01-21-district

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