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Gov Lalong lauds NAF for establishing search, rescue base in Plateau Governor Lalong expresses hope that the rescue command would strengthen surveillance to forestall security challenges in Plateau. ADVERTISEMENT Governor Simon Lalong has commended the Nigerian Airforce for establishing a search and rescue base in Plateau State. Mr Lalong gave the commendation when the new Commander of 551 NAF Station, Bidemi Marquis, paid the governor a courtesy visit in the Government House in Jos. The governor expressed hope that the rescue command would strengthen surveillance to forestall security challe...

Share: Colombo (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Air Force record-breaking Swimmer, Corporal Roshan Abeysundara was honored by the Minister of Environment, Mahinda Amaraweera on Wednesday (21). Corporal Abeysundara attended a ceremony which was organized by the Ministry of Environment in honor of his achievement and also to take his message of keeping Sri Lanka’s beautiful oceans clean from waste products such as plastic bags, bottles etc. The Minister in his address recognized the hard-earned achievement of Corporal Abeysundara and said he has taken Sri Lanka and our efforts of working towards a...

The facilities were an unprecedented response to an unprecedented threat: coronavirus. The need for large-scale accommodation quickly became apparent in late March 2020 when the border was closed and Kiwis flooded home.  "Fifteen hotels were quickly contracted in Auckland," says Megan Main, one of the joint heads of MIQ, reflecting on the past year's COVID-19 response.  "By April 9, when the Prime Minister announced managed isolation was compulsory, we had 18 hotels to house returning Kiwis. We now have 32 facilities, across five regions, with an operational capacity of 4500 rooms, supporti...

Capitol Attack by Nation of Islam Follower A video claiming that Islamist insurgency Boko Haram had shot down of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet is making rounds on social media. The video shows an aircraft exploding mid-air. A masked man is also shown standing by the wreckage, claiming the Boko Haram had shot the aircraft down. Here is a fact check of the claim. First of all the video has two parts and the fighter is heard saying in the local Hausa language: "As you can see, this is the pilot of your aircraft, whom you sent to harm the servant of god. This is what god did to him. ...

Views: Visits 33 Nigeria’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, in the early hours of Thursday morning, arrived in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State to meet with members of the Air Component of the Operation LAFIYA DOLE over the missing Alpha-Jet aircraft. News filtered in the early hours of Thursday that the NAF fighter jet lost contact with the radar in Borno State. A statement from Air Commodore Gabkwet, the Airforce spokesperson, said: “A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha-Jet has lost contact with radar in Borno State, while on interdiction mission in support ...