A Nigerian Air Force, NAF aircraft has crashed in Kaduna State. However, details of the incident are still sketchy, but sources said the incident involved a training aircraft, which had two pilots on board. The sad incident comes less than a year after top military officers, including General Ibrahim Attahiru, former Chief of Army Staff, […]
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A Magistrate Court in Kaduna on Thursday discharged two persons accused of involvement in the death of late Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot. Those discharged were Folorunsho Igbekele and Gbayegun Deji. The first accused in the case, Nehimiah Adejor, will however be re-arraigned before a High Court for manslaughter on […]
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According to military sources, some gun-wielding men suspected to bandits have killed four personnel of the Nigerian Air Force in Kaduna. A source noted that the suspects laid an ambush for the security operatives at Unguwan Yako, close, along Kaduna- Birnin Gwari road. Two vehicles belonging to the air force were said to have been […]
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Two Nigerian Air Force personnel have lost their lives and several others injured in an ambush by suspected armed bandits in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The victims were said to be in two patrol vans before they bumped into the bandits. According to an eyewitness, the assailants were in the process […]
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken over 3 L-39ZA aircraft, which were reactivated in-country by the original manufacturers of the aircraft, Messrs Aerovodochody of Czech Republic, assisted by NAF engineers and technicians. The colourful handing over ceremony, which had the Czech Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Marek Skolil, in attendance, took place today, 21 […]
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The Nigerian Air Force says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has severely degraded a terrorist hideout at Abaganaram, Borno State. The Air Force spokesman, Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who said this on Saturday, noted that it was part of efforts to eliminate remnants of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) […]
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No fewer than 25 suspected bandits have been killed in an operation carried out by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in continuation of its campaign against banditry. The Air Force successfully attacked and destroyed a bandits’ logistics base at Ajia and Wonaka in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara. The attacks were carried out by […]
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The Nigeria Air Force has redeployed a total of 72 senior officers comprising 27 Air Vice Marshalls, 30 Air Commodores, eight Group Captains, four Wing Commanders and three Squadron Leaders for operational efficiency and effectiveness. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Daramola, […]
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A Nigerian air force (NAF) helicopter crashed while providing support to troops of 145 battalion at Damasak in Borno state on Wednesday. Ibikunle Daramola, director of public relations and information, disclosed this, but he neither gave details of the model of the helicopter nor how many personnel were inside it at the time the crash happened. […]
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The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday postponed the presentation of suspected killers of late former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, to the media in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the force had on Wednesday said it had arrested alleged killers of Mr Badeh which it planned to present to journalists […]
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