LAGOS, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said it destroyed a logistics base used by armed groups at a location within Kagara forest, in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria. NAF Spokesperson Ibikunle Daramola said in a statement reaching Xinhua in Lagos that the operat...
LAGOS, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed logistics bases used by Boko Haram militants in their Sambisa forest hideouts in northeast part of the country. The air strikes was in continuation of Operation Thunder Strike 2 which commenced on Sept.3, NAF's spokespe...
Bold Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian air force base, burn planes, outside Maiduguri
An investigation has been launched into the crash of the Super Mushshak trainer aircraft, which occurred at an air force base in Kaduna, said the spokesperson, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement. "The unfortunate incident of yesterday's trainer aircraft crash is yet another tragic reminder of the...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has taken delivery of two more Diamond DA62 surveillance aircraft on 11 October, its director of public relations announced later that day.
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Biu said the troops with the support of the Nigerian Air Force engaged the Boko Haram fighters in a fierce battle and repelled the attack. The Boko Haram militants on gun trucks had attempted to infiltrate the troops' location, two days after the troops repelled a similar attack by the sam...
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Boko Haram last attempted to take Maiduguri from the same area in December 2013, attacking a nearby army and airforce base which is also the area's civilian airport. Security sources said the militants tried to take the airport again during the latest attack but were repelled to about 350...
UNITED NATIONS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday picked Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, permanent representative of Nigeria to the UN, to be its next president. The 193-member General Assembly, one of UN's highest policy-making bodies, will have Muhammad-Band...