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 acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC Ibrahim Magu has denied owning any house or houses in the Maitama area of Abuja.Reacting to a report captioned,Magu Under Fresh Probe over 2 Abuja Mansions,which appeared in the The Sun Newspaper of Saturday March 25,2017,the EFCC boss dismissed the story as a work of fiction and threatens legal action against the newspaper and the authors of the story.The report which appeared on page 9 of the newspaper,among others,claimed that Magu is being probed regarding the ownership of two mansions in the Maitama area of Abuja allegedly linked to his wife.Relying on ghost sources,the newspaper claimed that ''the houses being investigated are located in Danube Street,Maitama and Missouri Street,off Colorado Close,Ministers Hill'', It added that ''the two houses were said to have been bought last year''.Magu stated that neither himself nor his wife own any property in Maitama.He urged Nigerians to disregard the report as false and designed by the authors to achieve motives that are obvious.''I don't have any mansion anywhere in Maitama.Would I have two mansions in Abuja yet chose to live in a rented apartment in the same community?.The Sun can take over the properties if they have evidence that they belong to me or my wife'',Magu said.The acting chairman disclosed that he is taking legal action against the newspaper.''This is another calculated attempt t smear my reputation.They may have gotten away with such false reports in the past but I will not let this go unchallenged.I have already briefed my lawyers to institute legal action against The Sun Newspaper,'' Magu declared.
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