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- ↑ Staff, Daily Post (2015-05-22). "President Jonathan commissions military radio station". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Armed Forces Radio Goes Live in Abuja". Nigerian CommunicationWeek. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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