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More Than 20 People Killed During a Road Accident in Lagos, Nigeria
It was a sad Sunday for residents in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos when no fewer than 20 people were killed in a fire after an articulated vehicle lost control and hit vehicles at a police check point on a bridge at Berger area on the Lagos-Ibadan...
RAF Showcases Its Tornado Force
The Tornado Force based at RAF Marham has showcased its state-of-the-art technology being used to support ground forces in the Counter Insurgency and Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) campaigns. This top class intelligence and surveillance capability,...
Royal Air Force Chinook Fleet Boosted By New MK3s
The Royal Air Force’s fleet of battle winning Chinooks has been boosted by the arrival of two new Mk3s. These are the first of eight new aircraft to be delivered to RAF Odiham this year. The Chinooks have been modified by Boeing and now have more powerful...
General Stanley McChrystal Makes Surprise Visit to British Troops
A surprise Christmas Day visit from ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal brightened up festive celebrations for the soldiers in a remote corner of Afghanistan as patrol base SANDFORD welcomed one of world’s most senior military officers for a cup...
Nigerian Drug Agency Celebrating Year’s Successes in Katsina State
The Nigerian narcotic agency, the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has so far this year secured the conviction of 161 out of 511 suspects arrested for drug related offenses in Katsina State, home state of ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua. The...
Contracts have been Signed for the Royal Air Force’s Seventh C17 Aircraft
Contracts have been signed for the RAF’s seventh C17 aircraft. The new strategic transport aircraft will add to a fleet that has seen heavy usage during recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Boeing C17 Globemaster can operate in both strategic...
Terror Pornography
Last month, in posing the “inconvenient hypothesis” that there was a pornographic quality to the propaganda photographs that Dorothea Lange took of the destitute victims of the Great Depression, I drew upon Plato’s “Republic”...
Royal Navy’s Record-breaking Drug-buster HMS Iron Duke Returning to Home
Royal Navy warship HMS Iron Duke, which made a record-breaking drugs seizure in the North Atlantic in September, will return to her Portsmouth home on December 14. The Type 23 frigate found 5.5 tonnes of pure cocaine with an estimated UK value of £240m...
