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Air Peace has announced the suspension of flight services to Dubai due to the non-issuance of visas by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to Nigerians. It would be recalled that the UAE immigration authorities in October banned visa applications to 20 African countries including Nigeria. Reacting to the development, Air Peace …

The Kaduna State Government has said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) jets have killed some bandits and set many captives free in the Karawa area of Igabi Local Government Areas of the state. In a statement on Monday evening, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, …

Air Peace has suspended flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), over the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians.   This comes weeks after UAE authorities placed a visa ban on Nigerians.   Emirates, the UAE carrier, had earlier suspended its flights to Nigeria, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds …

WASHINGTON — After eight continuous months of combat, Ukraine is running low on the missiles that its Soviet-era air defense systems use to shoot down Russian drones and warplanes. But on Monday, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, the country received its first shipment of an advanced weapon whose design …

Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PRO), Benjamin Hundeyin on Wednesday reacted to a video of a child alleged to be the late Ifeanyi Adeleke drowning in a swimming pool. Naija News reports that a video clip circulating on social media shows the moment a child whom has being misrepresented …

The United States is considering sending its outdated HAWK air defense equipment from storage to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks, two U.S. officials have revealed.   The HAWK interceptor missiles are an  upgrade to the Stinger missile systems – a smaller, shorter range …

Air strikes by Myanmar’s military have killed more than 60 people, including singers and soldiers attending an anniversary celebration at a concert in Myanmar.   The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in Indonesia to discuss widening violence in Myanmar.     Ethnic …

The remains of Flight Lieutenant Chapele Ebiakpo, one of the pilots of the NAF Alpha-Jet aircraft that crashed in Maiduguri, Borno state on March 31, 2021, have been laid to rest.   It will be recalled that the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet was declared missing on 31 March 2021 after …

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, said he welcomed Germany’s decision to send the first of four ultramodern air defense systems to Ukraine sooner than planned in response to Russia’s recent aerial assault.

Lucy Letby, the nurse charged with murdering seven babies was found with a premature child moments after administering a fatal injection of air in the same room where she had poisoned and killed another newborn just six days earlier, a court heard today. The nurse stood next to the cot …