Nigeria’s First Female Combat Helicopter Pilot Dies at 23
Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria, is dead barely 23 years of age, nine months after she was winged. Arotile died as a…
Military destroys BHTs’ tactical command centre, wipes out some fighters in Borno
The Defence Headquarters says Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists’ tactical command centre and neutralised some of their fighters at Yuwe in…
CDS Badeh’s death: General Court Martial sentences six NAF personnel in probe
The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the NAF Base, Abuja, has sentenced six Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),…
Coronavirus: NAF begins mass production of face masks, PPE
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has commenced mass production of face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight the coronavirus in the country. The Chief of Air Staff, Air…
Airforce fighter jets kill ISWAP terrorists during meeting
Some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have been killed during a raid by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole. A statement by the Nigerian…
Sokoto killings: NAF commiserates with State gov’t, families of victims
The Nigeria Air Force delegation has visited Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and the family of the victims allegedly killed by some air force personnel. This is contained in…
NAF investigates alleged killing of two persons in Sokoto
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is investigating an online report alleging the killing of two persons at Mabera Area of Sokoto Metropolis by personnel of the Nigerian Air…
Nigerian Navy hands over 7 suspected illegal PMS dealers, others to NSCDC in Lagos
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos command, has said another seven suspected Premuim Motor Spirit (PMS) illegal dealers have been handed to the command by the Nigerian…
NAF commences modalities to reward ACM who returned lost €37,000 to owner
ACM Bashir Umar Personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has returned the sum of 37,000 Euros to one Alhaji Ahmad, owner of the lost money at the Hajj Camp…
Insecurity: Why we decided to negotiate with bandits – Gov Matawalle
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello-Mohammed-Matawalle has said the government took the decision to negotiate with the bandits so as to end the insecurity in the state and allow…