Tag: Nigerian Air Force
Abuja crash victims for burial Thursday
The seven victims of a military aircraft crash on Sunday in Abuja will be buried at the National Cemetery, Lugbe, Abuja on Thursday, the...
N9.7bn fraud: Court acquits ex-air chief Dikko on six of seven...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a former chief of air staff Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko (retd.) on six...
Fayemi meets widow of NAF sergeant killed in Abuja crash
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi on Tuesday met Omolola Olawunmi widow of the Ogotun Ekiti native Flight Sergeant Olasunkanmi Olawunmi who died in the...
Abuja crash: Peter Obi condoles with NAF, bereaved families
Former vice-presidential candidate Peter Obi has sympathised with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and families that lost their loved ones in Sunday’s crash of...
Plane crash victims were on mission to rescue Kagara abductees –...
Seven officers of the Nigerian Air Force who lost their lives on Sunday after their aircraft crashed near Abuja airport were on a mission...
Seven onboard aircraft died — Air Force
The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday confirmed that seven persons onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft died when the jet crashed in Abuja.
The jet...
Six on board crashed Air Force jet — Report
A military aircraft King Air 350 which crashed near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Sunday reportedly had six persons on board.
Reports say...
Air force officer killed in Kaduna three weeks to wedding
Some personnel of the Nigerian Air Force have been killed by bandits in an ambush along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road.
Air craftsman Abubakar Ahmad was among...
Former chief of air staff Nsikak Eduok is dead
Nigeria’s former Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Nsikak Eduok has died at the age of 73.
Veteran journalist Nsikak Essien disclosed in...
Air force officials arrested for flogging Osun curfew defaulters in mud
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has arrested its officials seen in a footage flogging residents who defaulted the curfew imposed on Osun...