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 PM News,two persons,a 16 year old girl and 45 year old local football coach are said to have died in the Nkpolu-Orowuoroku area in Mile 3 in Port Harcourt when a telecommunication mast and billboard fell on them during an hour long rain accompanied with thunderstorms.The female victim whose immediate identity remains unknown was said to have been under a giant umbrella assisting her mother to sell her wares when the mast suddenly collapse on a giant billboard and fell on the girl who died immediately.According tto a witness,''We were about to start football practice when rain started falling with heavy wind.Suddenly,the telecommunication mast fell on a billboard which fell on her.A pole also fell on the football coach''.The mother of the girl who was in a state of shock said ''We are selling at Nkolu here.My daughter was helping me to sell when suddenly the rain started falling with heavy breeze which now fell the mast and the billboard that collapsed on my daughter''.The River State government through the Rivers State Signage and Outdoor Advertising Agency has warned that it will prosecute any outdoor advertising billboards in the state.The Acting Chairman of the Outdoor Advertising Agency,Chukwudi Dimkpa,said this during the inspection of the outdoor advert billboard and the telecoms mast that collapsed.Dimkpa attributed the collapse to lack of maintenance of the billboard and the use of substandard materials for their billboards.He said the rain of yesterday exposed the substandard nature of the billboards erected by the outboard advertising agencies in the state.He said that the agency will start the full implementation of the outdoor advertising law in the state to checkmate excesses of advertising agencies.
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