Tag: Air Force
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Air Force raids degraded Boko Haram insurgents – COAS
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, on Friday said the service had carried out air raids causing heavy damage to the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. Sadiq told newsmen in Maiduguri that several air raids were conducted under the Operation Ruwan Wuta II, designed as a final onslaught on the insurgents.…
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Air Force bombs Boko Haram insurgents regrouping in Sambisa
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday said it had frustrated efforts of the Boko Haram insurgents to regroup. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, said this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. Adesanya said component of Operation “LAFIYA DOLE” conducted an Intelligence, Surveillance and…
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Training: UK deploys 66 Air Force operatives in Nigeria
The British Government on Thursday said it had deployed its Royal Air Force to Nigeria. The deployment, according to a statement made available to newsmen, was requested for by Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. Abubakar stated that the request was necessary to forestall possible attacks on the country’s airbases. The British…
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NFD faults Air Force over silence on alleged alliance with politicians
The National Forum for Democrats has described the silence of the Nigerian Air Force over the recent report of its unholy romance some politicians as unacceptable. Reports emerged recently that following their failed plan to use the Nigerian military to oust the current government, some politicians have now resorted to plan B. The report alleged…
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Again, Air Force men attack UNIOSUN students
For the second time in a week, men of Nigeria Air Force Institute of Safety, Ipetu Ijesa on Wednesday stormed the hostels of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) students in a fresh attack, assaulting and brutalising many of them. The latest attack which happen at the private hostels of the students located in the township of…
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Nigeria Air Force strikes Boko Haram new hideout in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force yesterday said fighter jets struck Boko Haram new hideout about one nautical mile south of Tumbum Rego in northern Borno. A statement from Air Force spokesman, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said NAF fighter jets and helicopter gunship assaulted the location in a coordinated day and night operation following Intelligence, Surveillance and…