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...
Today tuesday,the Senate urged the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Disease Control {NCDC} to make meningitis vaccinations free in public healthcare facilities across the country.The resolution followed a motion titled: ''Outbreak of Meningitis and the Urgent Need to Curb its Spread & Stop Further Deaths'' sponsored by Senator Gbenga Ashafa and 16 other Senators.The Senate noted the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in five States,while also stressing the need for an increase in the budget of the Federal Ministry of Health,on order to ensure that the Ministry and its parastatals are able to better fund healthcare-related activities in the country.The Senators also resolved that meningitis vaccinations should be made free across the country,citing the need for agencies of the federal government to continue to collaborate with the World Health Organization and UNICEF to make the scarce inoculations against meningitis readily available.Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki,the Senate President,noted that with Lassa Fever,Cholera and Meninggitis outbreak in parts of the country,there was a need for increased coordination and funding for regular and specialized healthcare in the 2017 budget.He assured Nigerians that the Senate is prepared to promptly pass any supplemental appropriation request to combat disease outbreaks.
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