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...
Governor Ambode who was spoted in a made in Nigeria cloth at the ongoing First Lagos Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises {MSMEs} Exclusives Fair at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium,Alausa Ikeja on thursday,May 5,2016,was appointed as the Vice President of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council {CWEIC},an interest group established to promote trade and investment by facilitating engagement between Government and the private sector throughout the Commonwealth.Chief Executive Officer of CWEIC,Oliver Everett,who stated this while meeting with a group of Nigerian businessmen at the Lagos House in Alausa,Ikeja said Governor Ambode would be in office alongside Rt. Hon Jeffrey Mountevans,the Lord Mayor of the City of London as co-Vice President of the Council for the next one year,subject to renewal for another year.Everett,whi was in Nigeria to talk to small business owners on investment opportunities in Commonwealth bnations,especially in Europe,said the appointment of Governor Ambode was a major pointer to the fact that Nigeria and indeed Lagos is open for real and serious investment.The meeting with a select group of small business owners was facilitated by the Office of the Special Adviser on Oversees Affairs and Invest ment,otherwise known as Lagos Global,a one stop shop created by Governor Ambode's administration to facilitate investment and enhance ease of doing business in the State.While tutoring small scale business owners on investment opportunities in Europe,Everett advised them,for instance to avoid production of sugary drinks,saying a lot of people in Europe were now avoiding such drinks because of obesity,and would rather prefer natural drinks.He said Nigerians in the United Kingdom are the fourth largest spenders,and that there is already a huge market for Nigerian goods in that regard,as well as to Europeans who love made in Nigeria goods.More photos below.
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