LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released the names of 25 personnel and passengers who died in the crash involving its ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The NAF also confirmed that no survivor has been found following the accident, which occurred while the aircraft was on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of Defence H.E Mohammed Badaru Abubakar CON mni has called on the Nigerian Airforce to intensify the use of their various platforms to bring an end to banditry and terrorism . According to the Minister, you are key to this this fight and we must put our acts together…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Forces (SF) under the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have rescued seven Chinese expatriates earlier kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists since June 2022. The rescued Chinese victims are believed to have been kidnapped by the terrorists while working on a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The efforts of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) towards reinvigorating some of its capabilities, while developing new ones in line with the ever-changing security environment received a major boost with the graduation of 648 regiment personnel at the Regiment Training Centre (RTC), Kaduna on Friday, 17 December 2021. In his address at…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied social media reports that one of its aircraft crashed on Sunday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, while reacting to reports of a NAF fighter jet crash in Kaduna, told LEADERSHIP that, “No crash in Kaduna.” He said he…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-There is growing concern over the rate of plane crashes involving military aircraft in recent times. In the last five months, three Nigerian Air Force aircraft have crashed killing 21 military officers including the Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. This has raised deep concerns over the state of military aircraft…
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 NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Although a UN helicopter undertook a mission to Banki in Borno State Tuesday, it was not shot down nor did it crash, the Nigerian Air Force said in a statement Tuesday. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier reported an helicopter incident in Banki, a border community with Cameroon, with a humanitarian worker suggesting the…
