From Elohor Igbru, AbujaAttack aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have eliminated scores of insurgents suspected to be members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), in Yobe State. The ISWAP terrorists, it was learnt, were killed on Saturday, by aggressive airstrikes of the Air Task Force ...
By InfactNg A plea has gone to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately tag the bandits terrorisng the Northwest and other parts of the country asterrorists so the military can attack and kill them without major consequences in international law. Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai said this at the state ...
By InfactngScores of bandits riding on motorcycle in Saulawa-Farin Ruwa in Kaduna state were on their way to ambush a military convoy when an Helicopter Gunship belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday evening engaged them killing scores of the armed bandits. According to PRNigeria, the criminals were ...
By Infactng The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has strongly denied involvement of any of it's personnel in a news story involving a N20 million payment to bandits in order to retrieve an anti-aircraft gun. The payment was alleged to have been made to armed bandits operating in Jibia Local Government ...
Elohor Igbru, AbujaThe Nigerian Army says soldiers fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) will now enjoy a "welfare flight" whenever they are on a pass. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, in his efforts to cater for the welfare of troops ...
By InfactngThe former Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has said the incoming CAS Air Vice Marshall oladayo Amao, will add significant value to the Airforce even as he urged personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to support the new Air Chief. The old and ...
By InfactngPresident Muhammadu Buhari has finally yeilded to the voice of Nigerians to relieve the Service Chiefs of their duties after spending a little over five years in office. This was announced by the Snr Special Adviser on Media to the President, Femi Adesina on his verified Twitter handle. The ...
By Elohor Igbru The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has tasked the Air Component of Operation THUNDER STRIKE (OPTS) to intensify its air strikes against armed bandits and other criminal elements in Kaduna and surrounding states with a view to ensuring a return of normalcy to troubled ...
By Elohor Igbru The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has said Nigeria must adopt a comprehensive approach if it must solve the problems of insecurity confronting the nation. Air Marshal Abubakar was speaking in Kaduna during an operational visit to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ...
By Elohor Igbru For Nigeria to win the war against insurgency and banditry at various parts of the country, military officers must improve on intelligence gathering, Chief of Air Staff ( CAS) Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar has said. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of newly graduated students of Young Officers’ ...
