Tag: JTF
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JTF launch Operation Jagunlabi to counter pipeline vandalism in Lagos creeks
The Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising the Nigeria Navy, Air Force and Army, on Thursday, launched ‘Operation Jagunlabi ’, to fight pipeline vandals around the creeks in Lagos. The Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Slyvanus Abbah, who flagged off the operation in Majidun, Ikorodu, told journalists that it was aimed at combating…
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How JTF rescued two soldiers, 4 civilians in Rivers kidnappers den
Troops of the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Delta Safe, say they have rescued two abducted soldiers and four civilians from a kidnappers’ den. The OPDS, with headquarters in Igbogene, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, also said the troops found human skulls and bones during the raid on the kidnappers’ camp in…
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Boko Haram insurgents kill 680 Civilian JTF
Six hundred and eighty members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have lost their lives to the Boko Haram insurgency from 2014 till date in Borno State, the hotbed of the war. The Legal Adviser to the CJTF, Mr Jubril Gunda, who described the dead CJTF members as heroes, said they were killed in…
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Gunmen storm Civilian JTF meeting in Benue, kill 10
Some members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed on Sunday by unknown gunmen at Abaji area of Kastina Ala local government area of Benue State. The CJTF members were having a meeting at Tse-Igber village in Abaji community when gunmen stormed the venue on a motorcycle and opened fire. Ten CJTF…