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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 the Sambisa Forest” on Monday. The statement was titled, ‘Air Task Force destroys hideout, neutra...

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 conducted by the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole, was carried out after a series of Intelligenc...

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, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General John Eneche. Gen Eneche stated that the Operation was carr...

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 the Gombi LGA of Adamawa State. THISDAY learnt that the battle between the troops and the insurgents i...

•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 Force all required to take on the enemies, including the requisite manpower and sophisticated aircraft, ...