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Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force has reportedly killed many insurgents during airstrikes on the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The Defence headquarters said air interdiction missions carried out by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole have continued to deal decisive blows on the terrorist elements in the North-East. The DHQ spokesman, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Tuesday, said the NAF jets bombed “the ‘S’ region in the heart of t...

Nigerian Military Killed Scores Of Boko Haram Terrorists In Sambisa Forest, Says Defence Headquarters The air strike, which was executed employing a force package of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets, was carried out after series of Intelligence; by SaharaReporters, New York Dec 29, 2020 Scores of Boko Haram militants were killed following multiple airstrikes launched by the Nigerian military in the Sambisa Forest located in Borno State, an official said on Tuesday. The air interdiction con...

Air Task Force destroys hideout, neutralizes terrorists in Borno ― DHQ Air Task Force destroys hideout, neutralizes terrorists in Borno ― DHQ Share The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Tuesday said that the troops of the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have destroyed hideouts of insurgents and neutralized several bandits at the ‘S’ Region in the heart of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Coordinator, Defe...

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole at the weekend battled insurgents who attacked three villages in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, forcing hundreds of villagers to flee to the mountains. The hostilities started with the attacks by fighters of the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP), who launched attacks on Garkida and surrounding villages in Adamawa State on December 24, and later spilled into Borno State for four days. Garkida is located in th...

•Describes new equipment as ‘game changer’ •Junaid Mohammed: President has failed, Nigerians made mistake electing him •Bandits kill PDP chief, kidnap 3 daughters in Niger Bayo Akinloye in Lagos Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Laleye Dipo in Minna Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Christmas day, said the Nigerian Air Force could no longer afford to be taken unawares in the fight against insurgency. Abubakar said President Muhammadu Buhari had provided the Air Forc...

By Yakubu Uba Maiduguri, Dec. 25, 2020 The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar, took lunch on Friday with troops of Air Task Force of ” Operation Lafiya Dole” in Maiduguri to celebrate Christmas. Speaking at the occasion, Abubakar said that the gesture was to fill the vacuum created as a result of troops inability to celebrate with their families. “This occassion also fosters comradeship and gives us the opportunities to commend ourselves for our collective efforts in the on...

Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Tunde Oyekola, Alexander Okere and Kayode Idowu with agency report No fewer than six people have been killed and houses razed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in a community near Chibok town in Borno State. The attack was reported to have been carried at about 5pm on the eve of Christmas. The insurgents were said to have stormed the village in a bid to raid Piyemi, a community 10 kilometres from Chibok town in the southern part of the state. It was ...

The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, has assured that the newly inducted platform and other equipment by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) for its operations will be the game changer against insurgents and bandits in the country. Marshall Abubakar stated this during a Christmas lunch organised for frontline troops at the […]

DSS said the plot would be executed through the use of explosives, suicide bombing and other weapons. The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba (centre), Retired Archbishop Friday John Imaekhai (left) and the Board Chairman of Advent Cable Network Nigeria Television (ACNNTV), Sir Folu Olamiti (right), at the Cathedral Church of Advent, Abuja, after the Christmas service on Friday The DSS spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement, however, assured Ni...

How troops rescued Katsina schoolboys without collateral damage ― DHQ How troops rescued Katsina schoolboys without collateral damage ― DHQ Share The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday explained that the rescue of the abducted schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State by the military was achieved by the use of unarmed combat tactics and display of high professionalism by the gallant troops who carried out the rescue operation. The Coordinator, Defence Me...