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By Aviashima Toom. The Armed Forces of Nigeria says it's Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, has killed 89 bandits, recovered arms ammunition and also rescued five kidnapped victims in Gidan Jaja in Zurmi Local Government of Zamfara state.   In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, DHQ Maj. GEN. John Enenche, on Saturday in Abuja, the Armed Forces said, troops of Sector 9 Operation HADARIN DAJI,  supported by Troops of 35 Battalion and Quick Response Group of 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Two helicopter gun ships of the Nigerian Air Force, personnel of Nigeria Police Force and elements of Nigerian Army, neutralised the bandits, recovering arms and ammunition. The DMOs also disclosed that During the operation, 89 bandits were neutralized and unconfirmed number escaped with gunshot wounds.  Gen. Enenche further explained that Items recovered include: 19 AK  47 rifles, 1 PKT machine gun,9 magazi...

By Aviashima Toom. The Armed Forces of Nigeria says it's Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, has killed 89 bandits, recovered arms ammunition and also rescued five kidnapped victims in Gidan Jaja in Zurmi Local Government of Zamfara state.   In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, DHQ Maj. GEN. John Enenche, on Saturday in Abuja, the Armed Forces said, troops of Sector 9 Operation HADARIN DAJI,  supported by Troops of 35 Battalion and Quick Response Group of 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Two helicopter gun ships of the Nigerian Air Force, personnel of Nigeria Police Force and elements of Nigerian Army, neutralised the bandits, recovering arms and ammunition. The DMOs also disclosed that During the operation, 89 bandits were neutralized and unconfirmed number escaped with gunshot wounds.  Gen. Enenche further explained that Items recovered include: 19 AK  47 rifles, 1 PKT machine gun,9 magazines, 167 rou...

By  Femi Adesina   He told us he would be back at his desk soon. I believed it. But now, it would never happen. Not tomorrow, not next week, not forever. Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari, has gone the way of all flesh. Our last contact was on Friday, March 20, 2020.President Muhammadu Buhari was scheduled to meet with the Chairman of Ecowas Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, by 3 p.m. Such meetings hold in the diplomatic room of the presidential office complex. The protocol is that aides invited to attend any meeting must be seated 15 clear minutes before the President walked in. I was in the diplomatic room at the required time. A seat had been designated for me, next to that of the Chief of Staff. Few minutes later, Mallam Abba (as he was often called by us) walked in. I rose to greet him. “Femi, how are you? They have said we should not shake hands again,” he responded. Rather jocularly, he extended his right foot. I touched his foot with my own, and we b...

By Aviashima Toom. The Armed  Forces of Nigerian says the combined naval operation under the auspices of ECOWAS Maritime Zone E comprising Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo and the Gendarmerie of Republic of Niger involving Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (NN SBS) operatives and Benin Navy has led to the rescue of 11 crew men onboard a Portuguese flagged container ship, MV TOMMI RITSCHER in Benin Territorial Waters.  The vessel was reportedly attacked by unknown number of gunmen at Zone 3 anchorage in Cotonou waters at about 2300 on 18 Apr 20. In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, DMOs, Maj. Gen. John Enenche on Thursday in Abuja, said at the time of the attack, there were 19 crew members comprising Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Filipinos. He disclosed that following the pirate attack, the Nigerian Navy (NN) received a request for assistance from the Benin Navy under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of ECOWAS Zone E.   Stating that...

By Aviashima Toom  The Chief of Naval Staff Benin Navy, Captain Albert Ezin Badou has commended the personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship for their show of gallantry and high level of professionalism during the rescued of 11 crew members onboard a Portuguese flagged container ship, MV TOMMI RITSCHER. The merchant ship which had 19 crew members consisting of Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Filipinos nationals was attacked by pirates in Benin territorial waters on 18 April 2020.  The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, DHQ, Maj.Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the Benin Navy requested for assistance from the Nigerian Navy (NN) on 19 April 2020, in line with the MoU of the ECOWAS Maritime Zone ‘E’.   He said the Nigerian Navy and Benin Navy jointly rescued the 11 crew members on 20 April 2020. According to him however, the remaining 8 members of the ship and the pirates could not be found during the rescued operation. ...

By Aviashima Toom. The Armed Forces of Nigeria says its troops of Operation Whirl Stroke  sector 2 has destroyed armed militia camp while caches of arms ammunition were also recovered at Anku Mbagen in Atera-Jande, Torov council word of Ukum Local Government Area in Benue state. In a statement signed by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, DHQ, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, on Thursday in Abuja, the Armed Forces said the troops deployed at Katsina Ala, Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas of Benue state and those of Sector 4 drawn from parts of Taraba state at about 0430hrs on 22 April 2020 carried out the raid. He also disclosed that the troops carried a special raid operation on the suspected militia camp located at Anku Mbagen in Atera-Jange Torov Council Ward of Ukum LGA of Benue state and recovered large cache of arms, ammunition and other items.  According to the statement it was  sequel to a timely and credible information receiv...

By Aviashima Toom. The Armed Forces of Nigeria, says its troops through the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has destroyed compounds housing Boko Haram Terrorists’  leaders at Bulawa on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations DHQ, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement made available to Sahel Reporters on Thursday in Abuja, the Armed Forces said the air strikes were executed on 21st day of April, 2020 based on credible human intelligence reports as well as Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions that led to the identification of the target compounds within the settlement.  He also disclosed that Fighter jets dispatched by the Air Task Force to take out the compounds scored accurate hits in the target area leading to the destruction of some of the structures as well as the neutralization of some of the terrorists occupying the compounds. Maj. Gen. Enenche said, Boko Haram fight...