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September 25, 2017
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Air Force to receive fighter jets from Russia, US, Pakistan, UAE

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has revealed that the Nigerian Air Force is expecting new fighter aircrafts from four countries. The Air Force chief disclosed this on Saturday at a lecture delivered to the Senior Course 40 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State. Why it matters: Earlier this... Read More
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June 17, 2017
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200 years of APC, $1million ransom | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

200 – The number of years the All Peoples Congress (APC) will exist and remain in power for, according to the Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla. €14million – Real Madrid footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, has reportedly defrauded the Spanish taxman by attempting to hide money he made from his image rights. $12... Read More
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June 15, 2017
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US agrees to sell $12bn worth of fighter jets to Qatar despite ongoing crisis

Despite the diplomatic crisis going on between Qatar and a number of its Gulf neighbors, the United States has agreed to sell $12 billion worth of American F-15 fighters to the country. CNN reports that in a statement, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Roger Cabiness said  “Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met today with Qatari Minister... Read More
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November 22, 2016
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Air force jets kill Boko Haram insurgents (WATCH)

Fighter jets belonging to the Nigerian Air Force have killed some Boko Haram terrorists in northern Borno. In a statement in Tuesday by the Director, Public Relations and Information of the NAF, Grp Capt. Ayodele Famuyiwa, the fighter jets bombarded a Boko Haram location at Kadari and killed an unspecified number of the insurgents. Famuyiwa... Read More
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August 31, 2016
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Watch how Army destroyed new Boko Haram camp

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ has released the video of how members of the Nigerian Air Force destroyed a new Boko Haram camp. In the 73 seconds video released via the DHQs Twitter account, @DefenceInfoNG, the Nigerian air force dropped bombs on specific targets in a well coordinated attack. The camp was located between Malam Fatori and... Read More
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August 16, 2016
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Airforce releases video of supposed ‘killing of abducted Chibok girls’ (WATCH)

The Nigerian Air Force has reacted to the recent video released by the Boko Haram sect where the terror group accused the force of using its fighter jets in killing some of the Chibok girls. In a statement issued on Tuesday by its Director of Public Relations and Information Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, the Force said... Read More
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August 1, 2016
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Air Force releases video of Arepo aerial attacks on militants’ camp (WATCH)

The Nigerian Air Force has released a video of how its fighter jets destroyed four major camps of suspected militants. The militants have been causing mayhem recently in communities in Ogun and Lagos states, particularly Arepo and Ikorodu areas. The strikes were part of aerial operations to dislodge militants that have terrorised riverside communities of... Read More
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March 21, 2016
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Nigerian Air Force fighter jets destroy Boko Haram ‘logistics base’ in Yobe

The Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet aircraft on Friday, ‘successfully attacked’ suspected Boko Haram logistics Base at Allagarno, in Yobe. According to Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, Director of Public Relations & Information, the target was carefully selected after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) was carried out by an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV). “The mission,... Read More
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December 9, 2014
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Move over America, the Russians are giving us the jets we need

by Kolapo Olapoju A few days after a Chad-bound arms laden Russian plane was intercepted by the Nigerian Army at the Malam Aminu Kano Airport, an arms related deal has been reached between Nigeria and Russia. According to the official press agency in Turkey, Anadolu, a senior Nigerian military officer was quoted saying that a high-level Nigerian delegation... Read More
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December 21, 2013
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Terrible: How Boko Haram militants ‘kidnapped wives, children of soldiers’

by Akintomiwa Agbaje More reports have emerged asides from the wreckage that was caused by the Boko Haram insurgency’s attack on a barracks that occured a few days ago. The information provided states that the terrorists snatched wives and children of soldiers during their three-hour siege on the barracks, located in the border town with... Read More
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December 20, 2013
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Suspected Islamists attack Borno barracks again

by Akintomiwa Agbaje A large  number of terrorist gunmen have again stormed a military parastatal located in the northeast Nigeria. This comes right after a barracks was attacked by the radical and violent islamic, Boko Haram, last two weeks ago. [READ: BREAKING: Several people killed as Boko Haram attacks Air Force Base in Maiduguri] This... Read More
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May 15, 2013
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State of Emergency: Troops, fighter jets deployed to restive northeast

by Isi Esene Following the enactment of an emergency situation in three states in Nigeria including Yobe, Adamawa and Borno by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, the military has undertaken a massive deploymentof troops to the region today. Reports say the military has also deployed fighter jets to the affected areas in a bid to wrest... Read More
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