Tag: drone
Police rescue nine kidnap victims in Edo’s first Drone-led Operation
The Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, disclosed on Saturday that the operation, powered by real-time aerial intelligence, led to the…
NAF: Military drone, not helicopter, crashed in Kaduna
The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, said in a statement that the drone crashed after it…
U.S. drone disappears in Niger Republic
A remotely piloted drone has disappeared in Niger Republic, due to an equipment malfunction, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said…
Drone technology: U.S. to train Nigerian students
The United States Consulate General in Lagos, on Monday, said it would train 144 Nigerian students on drone technology.
Drone sighting disrupts Heathrow flights
Departures at Heathrow were temporarily stopped after a drone was reported to have been sighted.
Britain’s 2 major Airports to install anti-drone equipment
Britain’s two largest Airports Heathrow and Gatwick will invest millions of pounds on anti-drone equipment, according to local media Sky…
Osoba cries out as drone flies over residence, 2 people arrested
Former Governor of Ogun State, Olusegun Osoba on Tuesday cried out over alleged a major breach and threat to his…
Start-up gets first funding at UNN incubator `Roar Nigeria’
The drone company, Arone, says it has gotten the first venture funding of a start-up at the new business incubator,…
Indian state uses drones to prevent open defecation
The Southern Indian state of Telanagana has embarked on a unique way to get rid of open defecation, using drones.…
US drone kills top Qaeda chief
An air strike believed to have been carried out by a US drone in south Yemen on Thursday killed a…
NAF drone destroys Boko Haram base
The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko…
Pentagon certain drone strike killed Jihadi John
The Pentagon says it is reasonably certain that an Islamic State militant Jihadi John has been killed in a drone…
3 Al-Jazeera journalists arrested in Paris
Three journalists for TV station Al-Jazeera were arrested in Paris on Wednesday after flying a drone from a park on…
US drone kills six amid Pakistan anti-Taliban offensive
A United States drone strike killed six suspected militants Thursday in a Pakistani tribal district where Pakistan has launched a…
US cuts drone hunt for kidnapped Chibok girls
The United States has reduced its surveillance flights in a bid to find more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by…
US drones coming to Nigeria
Nigeria has requested for United States surveillance aircraft and intelligence to help track the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko…
Nigeria unveils locally made drone
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria unveiled its own drone on Tuesday, appropriately named “GULMA,” (Hausa word for gossip). The unveiling was done…