Tag: Special Forces

  • Air Force deploys Special Forces to Nasarawa

    Air Force deploys Special Forces to Nasarawa

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday deployed its Special Forces Operatives to Nasarawa to boost internal security in the State and the North-Central zone of the country. The troops were deployed to tackle the emerging security challenges, such as banditry, cattle rustlings and farmers and herders clash in the zone. The Chief of the…

  • COVID-19 lockdown robberies: IGP deploys Special Forces to Lagos, Ogun

    COVID-19 lockdown robberies: IGP deploys Special Forces to Lagos, Ogun

    The Inspector General of Police (IG) Mohammed Adamu has deployed detachments of special forces to quell unrest in Lagos and Ogun communities occasioned by robberies and cult related violence. The Special Forces comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) Units, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS) are to…

  • Recruitment: Army engages Rivers youth on Special Forces training

    The Nigerian Army has started engaging Rivers youth planning to enlist in the army to boost its internal security operations in the country, an official said. Brig.-Gen. Emmanuel Akpan, Director, Directorate of Army Recruitment, Resettlement and Reserve (DARRR), said this to newsmen on Saturday in Port Harcourt shortly after meeting with various youth leaders in…

  • Insurgency: UK trains over 2,000 NAF Special Forces

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said the British Military Assistant Training Team has assisted the Service in the training of Regiment personnel as well as over 2,000 Special Forces to enhance Force Protection capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, made this know during the NAF…

  • JUST IN: Special Forces save Uni Maid from suicide bombers

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Special Forces, in conjunction with some Nigerian Army troops, successfully foiled a suicide bombing attack by Boko Haram Terrorists at the University of Maiduguri, Borno on Sunday night. AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. “The…