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Nigeria: U.S. Moves to Block Nigerian Personnel From Monitoring Aircraft Production
Premium Times, 26 January 2018
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to meet the February 20 deadline for payment of $494 million for procurement of 12 A-29 Super Tucano Light-attack aircraft from… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Decries U.S.' Stringent Conditions for Sale of $495m Fighter Jets
Leadership, 26 January 2018
The federal government has expressed worry over the stringent conditions imposed by the United States government for the sale of 12 Super Tucano A29 planes and other weapons worth… Read more »
Nigerian Govt Rejects U.S. Conditions On Sale of War Planes
Nigeria will not accept the stringent conditions set by the United States on the planned purchase of 12 Tucano fighter jets, Minister of Defence Mansur Dan-Ali has said. The conditions include that the sale will not be made till 2020 and that Nigerian technicians will not be trained by U.S. staff, or be part of the maintenance crews.
InFocus
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The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has presented letters of offer and acceptance to the Nigerian Air Force for the planned sale of 12 A29 Super Tucano ... Read more »
