Tag: Northeast
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Easter: CAS fetes frontline troops in northeast [Photos]
Frontline personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) currently serving in the Northeast and visiting members of their families have been treated to a special lunch by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on 1 April 2018, in celebration of the Easter festivities. The CAS, who was represented at the…
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Nigeria: UN condemns continuous attack on civilians in Northeast
Mr Yassine Gaba, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, on Monday, strongly condemned Sunday’s deadly attack near Belle Village in Maiduguri, Borno. This is contained in a statement by Mr Abiodun Banire, the National Public Information Officer, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Abuja. At least 34 civilians lost their…
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FG, U.S. inaugurate initiative on security in Northeast, Niger Delta
Federal Government in partnership with the U.S. on Monday inaugurated Security Governance Initiative (SGI) Joint Country Action Plan (JCAP) to address the challenges of insecurity in the Northeast and Niger Delta. The Minister of Interior, (rtd.) Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahaman Danbazau inaugurated the steering committee for the implementation of the SGI JCAP. Dambazau at the inauguration in…
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Boko Haram: Air force helicopter crashes in northeast
A Mi-17 attack helicopter of the Nigerian Air Force has crashed in the northeast during a counter-insurgency operation. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, who confirmed that the helicopter “suffered mishap”, noted that the aircraft had a significant damage but no life was lost. “The Chief of Air…
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Japan donates US$3.5 million to WFP for Emergency Needs in Northeast Nigeria
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people in Northeast Nigeria. The funding allows WFP to deliver food to more than 160,000 people in Borno and Yobe States, where the…