LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied allegations that the service paid money to bandits operating in Katsina forest in exchange for a sophisticated weapon allegedly seized by the brigands. The Wall Street Journal had earlier reported that NAF, via its top personnel paid the sum of N20 Million to bandits operating…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has sympathised with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and families that lost their loved ones in Sunday’s crash of a military aircraft that claimed the lives of seven people. NAF had confirmed later yesterday that seven…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja has jailed six Nigerian Air Force personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh. The PUNCH reports that Badeh was shot dead in December 2018 by gunmen while on his way back from his farm. The…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) involved in the fight against insurgency, on Sunday, suffered a setback as the rotor of a helicopter killed an air chief marshal simply identified as Umar. Naija News learned that the aircraft was said to have developed a fault. A report by TheCable quoted an…