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Friday, June 16th, 2017
Nigerian Air Force gets new platforms, reactivates old aircraft TOP HEADL PHOTO: en.wikipedia.org The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said it had acquired new platforms and was currently reactivating the existing ones to combat security challenges. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, stated this in Lagos during the inauguration of newly-built Air […]
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
Nigerian Air Force to unveil new aircraft on 53rd anniversary — 18th April 2017 From: Fred Ezeh, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has concluded plans for the public presentation of two newly acquired Mi-35M sophisticated attack aircraft. The new airplanes, which would be unveiled at the 53rd anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force scheduled […]
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Thursday, October 13th, 2016
Badeh’s mansion. Photos: Eniola Akinkuotu Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A N1.1bn mansion seized from the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.), has been converted to an office to be used by the Federal Government, The PUNCH has learnt. Our correspondent, who visited the property located on Plot 6 Ogun River Crescent, […]
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Saturday, October 8th, 2016
OLAEKAN ADETAYO Barring any last-minute change in plan, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday hand over some aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet to the Nigerian Air Force, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. A top Presidency source told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that the handover ceremony would hold at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
A consolidated group of militants, Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF), yesterday, claimed that some senior military officers were scheming to overthrow the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari through a coup d’état. The militant group, which was behind threats of missile launch that created panic in the Niger Delta region, said persons behind the coup […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Corruption Politics, General Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — THE trial of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd), continued before the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, with a former cashier at the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Emmanuel Abu, revealing how he deducted N7.4 billion from salary account of the Force in 14 months. Abu, […]
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Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Former Director of Finance and Accounts at the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau (retd), yesterday, revealed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that all past Air Chief Marshals, diverted N558.2 million monthly from funds meant for the payment of salaries of Nigerian Air Force officials. Badeh […]
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
EFCC Releases Amosu, Others on Bail, Seizes Passports — 22nd March 2016 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior officers arrested over the $2.1bn arms scam. It was learnt on Monday that a former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
Ex-CoAS on trial for alleged N3.9b fraud • Court dismisses adjournment motion A prosecution witness, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi yesterday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja how he assisted former Chief of Air Staff (CoAS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh in purchasing landed property in various locations across the country, including Ogun River Street, Maitama, […]
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Sunday, March 13th, 2016
84127 The presence of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh (retd.) in Kuje Prison, Abuja, has generated excitement and curiosity among the inmates. It was learnt that the inmates were amazed to see the former military chief in prison custody barely one year after his image loomed large across the […]
