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Tsaigumi. The Tsaigumi UAV is an unmanned aerial vehicle designed and used by the Nigerian Air Force. It is one of the first UAVs indigenously developed in Nigeria . The Tsaigumi was inducted in the Air Force in furtherance of the Nigerian military's ongoing drive to produce and incorporate made-in-Nigeria military weapons.
Nigerian Navy. The Nigerian Navy ( NN) is the naval force of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is a branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces. With 75 warships (including the two frigates Thunder and Aradu ), it is categorised as the fifth strongest navy in Africa (after South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco).
Upon its creation, the ministry was given responsibility over the two branches of the military in existence at that time the Royal Nigerian Army and the Royal Nigerian Navy and later oversaw the founding of the Nigerian Air Force in 1964. Military government. Sani Abacha served as defence minister while also acting as head of state in the 1990s.
Nigerian Air Force. Years of service. 1984–2023. Rank. Air Marshal. Isiaka Oladayo Amao CFR psc DFS GSS RBS GSM QFI fndu MSc MMSc (born 14 September 1965) is a retired Nigerian air marshal and a former Chief of the Air Staff [1] of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) appointed on 26 January 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Old Kaduna Airport. / 10.59861°N 7.44861°E / 10.59861; 7.44861. Old Kaduna Airport is an airport serving Kaduna, the capital of the Kaduna State of Nigeria. Its public uses and airport codes have been transferred to Kaduna International Airport, located 17 kilometres (11 mi) to the northwest. The Kaduna non-directional beacon (Ident ...
On 17 January 2017, a Nigerian Air Force jet mistakenly bombed an internally displaced persons camp near the Cameroonian border in Rann, Borno State. They had believed it was a Boko Haram encampment. The bombing left at least 115 people dead, including six Red Cross aid workers, and left more than 100 injured.
Special Boat Service. The Special Boat Service ( SBS) is the special forces unit of the Nigerian Navy and the maritime special forces unit of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is modelled after the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service and the United States Navy SEALS. [1] It is considered to be one of the more elite naval special forces units in ...
120+ (per Amnesty International Nigeria) [1] 88+ (per Nigerian authorities) [2] Perpetrator. Nigerian Air Force. On 3 December 2023, a drone strike was carried out by the Nigerian Armed Forces on Tudun Biri, Kaduna State. Targeting what they thought was a group of bandits, the army mistakenly hit a village, killing at least 88 civilians.