NAF RECEIVES FIVE NEW HELICOPTERS AS FG ACCELERATES AIRPOWER MODERNISATION. (PHOTO).
NAF RECEIVES FIVE NEW HELICOPTERS AS FG ACCELERATES AIRPOWER MODERNISATION The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of five new helicopters as the Federal Government accelerates efforts to modernize Nigeria’s airpower capabilities and strengthen the Armed Forces’ capacity to respond effectively to contemporary security challenges. A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame indicates that the platforms comprise three AW-109 Trekker B helicopters and two H-125 helicopters. The three AW-109s, which form part of 10 recently acquired by the Federal Government, were received in Lagos on 15 September 2026, with the remaining seven expected to be delivered before the end of 2026. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, described the acquisition as another significant milestone in the Federal Government’s sustained investment in the modernization and re-equipment of the NAF noting that the new pl...
Today sunday,report reaching my desk says a popular muslim cleric,Sheikh Muhammed Albani,his wife and child was shot dead by suspected Boko haram members at Zaria city in Kaduna state.He was said to have criticised the Islamic extremist group.Un identified gun men shot at him and his family at about 10.30pm on saturday in Zaria,as he drove home from teaching a theology classs.His wife and son were immediately hit while the gun men appeared to have dragged the cleric from the car and shot him at close range.He died shortly after he was admitted to the hospital.He was buried today sunday by 10.am.Malam musa mai-shawi an Islamic cleric and also the chieg imam od Drul Hadith,a school established by Albani,to day cautioned people agsinst retaliation attack,following the assasination of Albani.She said this during the funeral prayers,and he also said ''Though the death of Albani was painful,everything should be left to God''.
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