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...
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,Ibrahim Magu has said that there is a nexus between corruption and economic recession.Magu who was speaking today thursday,December 1,2016,when he visited the Naval Headquarters in Abuja on a courtesy call said the recession prevalent in Nigeria today was as a fall out of the corruptive tendencies of our leaders.According to him,except Nigerians resolve collectively abhor corruption in all forms,there will be no future for the youths.He also said that it is disturbing that federal,State and Local Government allocations are persistently being misappropriated.''If 50 percent of the allocations at the three tiers of governments are judiciously put to use,we would not be where we are in terms of underdevelopment and infrastructural decay'', he explained.


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