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 monday,a Lagos High Court Judge,Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo sentenced a Court Registrar Oluronke Rosolu {Pictured above covering her face},to 10 years imprisonment for aiding Fred Ajudua to defraud former Chief of Army Staff,Lt.Gen.Ishaya Bamiyi {retired} of $330,000.Justice Lawal-Akapo sentenced Rosolu to 10 years imprisonment each on the two count charged of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC.Rosolu is standing trial over allegation that she aided Fred Ajudua to defraud General Ishaya Bamaiyi while he was in Kirikiri prisons.She was alleged to have visited the Kirikiri prisons on three occasions in 2004 and collected $300,000 from Bamaiyi under the pretence that the money would be used to secure legal services from Afe Babalola chambers for him.The court registrar who will be due for retirement from the Lagos Judiciary early next year,was initially arraigned along with Ajudua and other persons still at large but opted for a separate trial.During her trial,Rosolu denied all the allegations against her and insisted that prisons evidence presented by the EFCC showed that Rosoly and Ajudua were co-conspirators.According to the Judge,a piece of evidence,a petition written by Ajudua found in Rosolu's house during a search by the EFCC showed that both were working together.On the allegation that she never collected any money from Bamaiti while in prison,the Judge held that not being able to show where she was on the dates she was purported to have visited the prisons and collected the money,he had no option but to believe the evidence of the EFCC witnesses.The Justice subsequently held that the EFCC has proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt.After listening to the plea of leniency by Rosolu's lawyer,Bar Bamidele Ogundele,the Judge sentenced her to 10 years imprisonment.One more photo below. 
Lt.Gen.Ishaya Bamaiyi.
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