Tag: Armoured Helicopters
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Just in: Terrorists capture helicopter after emergency landing, abduct passengers
A chopper belonging to the United Nations, carrying several passengers has been captured by terror group al-Shabaab after making an emergency landing in an area controlled by the group, a UN spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. An assessment team is being prepared, UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday, confirming the helicopter capture. The UN emergency assistance…
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We wrote FG to handover armoured helicopters to NAF – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he officially wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari to handover the two armoured helicopters bought by the immediate past administration in the state to the Nigerian Air Force, NAF. Wike explained that he wrote the letter following the high custom duty charged for the helicopters and the refusal…