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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 ongoing fight against insurgency. “It is not easy to quantify your enormous contributions and sacrif...

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 learnt that the residents were forced to flee the town into the mountainous areas as the invading te...

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 Nigerians that security forces had taken measures to thwart the plot which, according to him, was mean...

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 Media Operations (DMO), Major General John Enenche stated this in Abuja while updating Defence Corresp...