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...
The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offence Unit {Task Force} has concluded arrangements to charge 38 arrested street traders and 33 miscreants to the Lagos State Environmental courts for immediate prosecution.The operatives of the Agency have carried ut an enforcement exercise to dislodge traders from hawking,selling and displaying wares on road setbackd/walkways in order to protect their lives and to also pave way for free flow of traffic along Ketu axis to Ikorodu roundabout.The 38 arrested street traders were mostly women who hawked or displayed wares on road setbacks/walkways thereby causing obstruction to free flow of traffic from Ketu to Ikorodu roundabout.While the 33 arrested miscreants were those who specialise in terrorising people living around Ketu,Owode-Elede,Ajelogo,Alapere and Mile Twelve including those collecting illegal fees from motorists.The enforcement exercise,according to the Chairman of the Lagos Stat Task Force,SP Olayinka Egbeyemi,was to reitrate the commitment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in providing a safer and more conducive environment for the people of the State.While enjoining members of the public particularly traders to desist from either hawking goods or displaying them on road setbacks/walkways the Chairman however said the Agency would not relent in enforcing every dictate of both the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of Twenty Twelve and Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Laws.
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