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Herdsmen attacks: Ogun traditional rulers write Army over alleged connivance Herdsmen attacks: Ogun traditional rulers write Army over alleged connivance Share Traditional rulers in Ketu communities in Yewa North Local Government have written petition to the authorities of the Nigerian Army, over alleged connivance of some officers with herders to harass their subjects. The traditional rulers in a petition dated January 7, 2021, alleged that herders invaded Iselu; Ibeku; Agbon-Ojodu and Asa co...

Share Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai has commended the Air Task Force of “Operation Lafiya Dole” for playing decisive roles in a battle with terrorists in Marte axis of Borno State in the renewed efforts to end insurgency activities in the country by the Armed Forces of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sagir Musa. He stated the COAS appreciated and commended the troo...

Mr Enenche says the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter gunships engaged the convoy of ISWAP terrorists' gun trucks as they approached Marte axis for reinforcement.

NAF destroys 6 gun trucks, kill several bandits attempting reinforcement in Borno After successfully repelling a Boko Haram/ Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ attack on Marte, with the destruction of 7 gun trucks by combined ground and air operations, the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has obliterated additional 6 gun trucks and eliminated scores of terrorists who were attempting to reinforce their colleagues in the attack. This is according to a statement iss...

By Kingsley Omonobi— ABUJA After successfully repelling a Boko Haram/ Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ attack on Marte, with the destruction of seven gun trucks by a combined ground and air operations, the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole, on Saturday night, obliterated additional six gun trucks and eliminated scores of terrorists, who were attempting to reinforce their colleagues in the attack. Major General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operatio...

Musa said the air task force played a decisive role in the destruction of seven terrorists’ gun trucks during attempted attack on troops’ location in the area on Saturday. He said the troops of Operation Tura Takaibango successfully laid an ambush against the terrorists when they attempted to attack troops’ location at the outskirts of Marte. According to him, the Air Task Force played a commendable role in the destruction of seven terrorists’ gun trucks and decimation of unconfirmed nu...

Nigerian troops have eliminated scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists during the invasion of their base at Marte town in Borno State.

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole has eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists in an air strike on Jakana axis of Borno on Wednesday.

Share The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday said that in continuation of the intensive air operations to rid the North East of the country of terrorist elements, the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed some Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) vehicles and killed several of their fighters along the Jakana axis of Borno State. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General John Eneche. Gen....

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Defence Headquarters has said that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and its subsidiary Operation Tura Takaibango, have eliminated no fewer than sixty-four terrorists in different encounters in the North East in the last one week. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, made this known while addressing journalists on the operations of Nigeria’s Armed Forces between January 7 and 13, in Abuja on Thursday. He reported that several other ...