Tag: NAF airstrikes

UN calls for urgent probe as deadly airstrikes rock Northern Nigeria

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The United Nations (UN) has called for an urgent and independent investigation into recent military airstrikes in northern Nigeria that reportedly left scores of civilians dead. The appeal followed reports that air raids carried out in Zamfara State allegedly killed more than 100 people, many of them said to be local residents and traders at a community market. Speaking in New York on Wednesday, UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, said the global body was deeply disturbed by the incidents and warned that the protection of civilians must remain a priority…

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Borno: NAF airstrikes destroy terrorists’ hideouts 

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NAF Borno airstrikes

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its airstrikes have successfully destroyed terrorist hideouts in the Southern Tumbuns area of Borno state. This is contained in a statement by its Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, yesterday in Abuja. Ejodame said the operation was conducted on Friday at about 1850 hours over Ali Sheriffti, a known terrorist enclave, following credible intelligence on insurgent activities. “The NAF air assets carried out a focused surveillance sweep, during which several insurgents were sighted moving along concealed tracks and were trailed…

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NAF airstrikes kill several terrorists in Sambisa Forest

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NAF airstrikes in Sambisa

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of ‘Operation HaÉ—in-Kai’, has executed precision airstrikes within the Yuwe axis of the Sambisa Forest, killing several terrorists on Monday. Its Director, Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, who made this known in a statement yesterday in Abuja, said the military had sustained intense pressure on terrorist elements in the North-East region. He said that the operation followed credible intelligence corroborated by Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), which confirmed the presence of active terrorist elements within fortified structures and…

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Zamfara: NAF airstrikes flatten bandits’ enclaves, kill dozens 

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Zamfara NAF airstrikes

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced a major operational success following two precision Air Interdiction missions at Turba Hill and Kachalla Dogo Sule’s Camp in Tsafe local government area of Zamfara state. In an issued statement yesterday, the NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, said that the airstrikes were conducted on Sunday based on credible multi-source intelligence. Ejodame explained that the strikes targeted key bandit enclaves linked to recent attacks in the North-West region, with NAF air assets deployed to degrade the criminal elements’…

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