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...
According to CCTV,Ethiopian and Swedish scientists have found out that the smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria.The researchers discovered that malarial mosquitoes tend to avoid chickens and other live birds.A live chicken suspending in a cage near a volunteer sleeping under a bed net was one of the experiments conducted in western Ethiopia.The scientists,whose research was published in the Malaria Journal,concluded that as mosquitoes use their sense of smell to locate an animal they can bite there must be something in a chicken's odour that puts the insects off.Addis Ababa University's Habte Tekie,who worked on the research,said that the compounds from the smell of the chicken can be extracted and could work as a repellent.Tekje said filed trials for this stage of research are now ''in the pipeline''.One more photo below. 
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