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Share THE president is in Katsina state, he is not on leave, yet the Federal Government sent a delegation from Abuja on Sunday to ‘commiserate’ with the Katsina State government. I do not know if you also find that very awkward. Is that how it is done? What is happening? I know there are persons in Nigeria who fear President Muhammadu Buhari more than they fear God. I could feel them frantically fighting the winds over reports of Friday’s abduction of schoolboys in Katsina. Their problem ...

Here is a list of all Indian and Indian-origin astronauts Rakesh Sharma On April 3, 1984, Rakesh Sharma flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11 rocket to the space station Salyut 7. In 1984, former Indian Air Force pilot Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel into space. He was selected as a cosmonaut for a space mission launched jointly by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Soviet Intercosmos space programme. On April 3, 1984, he flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11...

Dec 12, 2020 The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (left), being assisted by Mrs Adenike Daramola decorating the Director of Public Relations and Information (DOPRI), NAF, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Ibikunle Daramola, during the decoration ceremony of newly promoted Officers of Air Ranks in Abuja. Share The Nigerian Air Force, on Friday, decorated 47 senior officers with the ranks of Air Vice Marshal and Air Commodores, including the Director of Public Relations and Inform...

Nigerian Air Force decorates 47 senior officers with new ranks in Abuja Legit 11/12/2020 Jerrywright Ukwu The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday, December 11 decorated 47 senior officers with the ranks of Air Vice Marshal and Air Commodores. The newly-promoted officers were decorated by the guest of honour and minister of defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (rtd) in an event witnessed by a Legit.ng reporter. Speaking at the ceremony held in Abuja, the Chief of Air Staff, Ai...

To rescue in these types of environments and the crews will go out again today. >> any new leads, air commodore right now, are you still convinced that where you heard those pings, thats the area that is most likely where the wreckage is? >> so indications that we are getting from the joint agency coordination seen here in the media release is that you are also seeing the area where pings were heard as the area where the underwater search is currently optimized for and our search area for the de...

An international investigation which i suspect should have been created a while ago. >> yes. it should have been created day two. this whole structure that govern these kinds of events, the reality is that there was enormous media attention and internet attention on a tragedy such as this is where have you been? >> hold on for a moment, guys. i want to bring in kevin mcevoy, the royal new england air commodore. thanks for joining us. we spoke yesterday and you said that you found some debris.

2 that theyre looking for. as well as, of course, the hydraulic fluid. so, there is another element to that as well. >> peter, you know, you used to work in the ntsb. how much time do you think given the relatively small amount of space on the ocean floor that theyre looking at right now it will take to map it completely and find out if, in fact, theres any wreckage there, or if one or two of those black boxes are there? >> rene had it right, wolf. its going to be weeks and months. this is pains...

To comment on that. >> when will the air search completely end, do you know? >> no, so were going out again today. well be able in around two hours. the search is continuing. scheduled for another eight or nine flights a day with a couple of communications aircraft going up as well. so were continuing the search. weve got no indications that well stop at this stage. although the move toward the underwater search with the bluefin-21 is obviously a piece of information that will allow us to reasse...

On for a moment because mcavoy is joining us via skype. hes been actively involved in this whole flight 370 search. first of all, commodore, tell us the latest information youre getting about the air search is concerned. i take it you still havent seen even one small piece of wreckage. air commodore, can you hear me? its wolf. well get back there. kevin mcavoy as soon as we can reconnect. let me bring back geoffrey into this conversation. geoffrey thomas, youre in perth, australia, and its highl...

Holding up? i mean, talk to me about that fatigue factor especially given that, you know, the conditions as long as the conditions are good for flight, it still means its very tough, its very tenuous to look out into the water and try to spot anything. >> so, the weather is actually playing the game at the moment. were quite lucky with that. its suitable for a visual search still, but the worse the weather obviously the harder it gets for air crews because its just an added factor. we got a remi...