Tag: Military airstrikes

Borno: Military airstrikes kill 18 top terrorist commanders in Sambisa forest

Aminu Imam
Borno military kill terrorist commanders

The Nigerian military says airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of ‘Operation HaÉ—in-Kai‘ have eliminated several high-ranking terrorist commanders in Sambisa Forest, in Borno State. According to military authorities, the precision strike targeted terrorist enclaves in the forest on March 2, following intelligence indicating the presence of senior leaders of Boko Haram and allied insurgent factions. Among those reportedly killed in the air assault were terrorist commanders identified as Saddam, Saleh Garin-Kago and Ba-Alayi Benbem, along with another fighter, Hussaini Ubaida. A battle damage assessment conducted after the operation indicated…

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“US – FG should extend military airstrikes to North-East” – Ndume

Aminu Imam
Ndume on military airstrikes

Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume has appealed to the Federal Government to extend its joint military operations with the United States against terrorists’ hideouts in the country to the North-East region. He made the appeal yesterday in a statement in which he commended Friday’s military attacks on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) cells in the Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State. Recall that the United States President, Donald Trump, recently announced that the US military launched airstrikes on terrorist targets in Northwest Nigeria. Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs…

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