‎‎NAF RECEIVES FIVE NEW HELICOPTERS AS FG ACCELERATES AIRPOWER MODERNISATION. (PHOTO).

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 ‎‎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...

US COURT RULING THROWS VOICE OF AMERICA RETURN INTO FLUX. (PHOTO).


 US Court Ruling Throws Voice Of America Return Into Flux


A US appellate court on Saturday ruled against allowing Voice of America staff to return to work, throwing its resumption of operations into question after President Donald Trump shuttered the broadcaster in March.


Voice of America (VOA), a US government-run news service for international audiences, has been off the air since Trump ordered the dismantling of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees VOA and other broadcasters including Radio Free Asia and distributes federal funding for their operations.


Two Trump-appointed judges, Neomi Rao and Gregory Katsas, wrote in their ruling the lower court “likely lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over USAGM’s personnel actions.”


A third judge, Cornelia Pillard, appointed by former president Barack Obama, dissented.


The ruling throws plans for VOA employees to return to work into disarray, with several indicators emerging prior to Saturday’s court ruling.


“A Justice Department attorney has sent an email to our lawyer, David Seide, informing him that USAGM expects VOA staff to begin a ‘phased return’ to work and programming to resume next week,” the service’s chief national correspondent Steve Herman posted on social media platform X.


Two VOA employees also said Saturday that work email accounts that were frozen have been unblocked, although they had yet to receive any formal notice telling them they can return to work.


Kari Lake, the far-right former broadcaster appointed by Trump to oversee USAGM, celebrated the appellate ruling in a post on X.


“BIG WIN in our legal cases at USAGM & Voice of America. Huge victory for President Trump and Article II,” Lake wrote.


“Turns out the District Court judge will not be able to manage the agency as he seemed to want to.”


The president has questioned why the broadcaster that reaches millions of weekly listeners and viewers worldwide is not promoting his administration’s viewpoint, bristling at the editorial “firewall” that let the service operate independently.

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