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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,today thursday arraigned a serving member of the House of Representatives,Nse Bassey Ekpenyong before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo,Akwa Ibom State on a 9-count charge of forgery and alteration of documents.Ekpenyong,representing Oron Federal Constituebcy in Akwa-Ibom State,was alleged to have forged an Abia State Polytechnic's Ordinary National Diploma Certificate and uttered a December 1999's West African Examination School Certificate,WASSCE and thereby committed perjury before an Electoral Tribunal where he claimed that the certificates were genuine.The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when they were read to him.In view of his plea,prosecution counsels Ahmed I. Arogha and S. Hassaini asked for a trial date and accelerated hearing of the matter.However,counsel to the defendant,Emmanuel Isangidoho,told the court that he had filed an application for bail for his client and urged the court to admit him to bail.Justice Ojukwu granted the defendant bail in the sum of N10,000,000.00 {Ten million Naira} with one surety in like sum.The surety must depose to an affidavit of means,provide 2 ecent passports photograph and 3 years tax clearance certificate.The surety should write an undertaken to produce the defendant throughout the trial and all the documents of the surety must be verified by the Registrar.Justice Ojukwu also ordered the defendant to be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail.The case has been adjourned to 12,26 April and 3,4 May,2017 for trial.One more photo below.
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