•NAF trained 114 students, winged 92 new pilots in four years Senator Iroegbu The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in furtherance of its sustained efforts to boost the capacity of its personnel for enhanced professional performance in combating insurgency and other forms of criminality in the country, has graduated another batch of 26
Tag: counter-insurgency
Insurgency: Nigerian Army, Air Force lose N4.8bn weapons in North-East since January
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the Nigerian Army, which are two active forces in the counter-insurgency war in the North-East, have lost over N4.8bn in weaponry in the region between January and May, 2019. This sum, according to Punch report, was obtained from estimates of the crashed NAF Mi-35M helicopter,
Nigeria’s declining role in UN peacekeeping missions due to terrorism–Dan Ali
Senator Iroegbu The Nigeria's Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), has attributed the declining contribution of United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping missions to ongoing counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in the North East part of the country. Dan-Ali stated this at the UN Headquarters New York during the "Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting on Uniformed
NAF trains journalists on counter insurgency reporting
Godsgift Onyedinefu The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday organized a one-day workshop for Defence correspondents in Abuja to train them on the technical knowledge needed to report it's activities and operations more effectively. Declaring the Workshop open, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique said the
Boko Haram: Shettima’s contributions to war against terror will remain golden–Aide
Mukaila Ola The contributions of Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima to the counter-insurgency war against Boko Haram Terrorists in the North-East will remain golden, the media aide to the governor Isa Gusau said on Saturday. Speaking on Arise TV programme: “The Morning Show,” Gusau said despite efforts by political mischief makers
Boko Haram: Missing policemen didn’t abscond but ‘left training base’–Military
Senator Iroegbu The Nigerian military has offered a clear explanation on a news report that over 150 among the 2000 Policemen deployed to fight Boko Haram insurgents in the North East, absconded from their counter-insurgency military training exercise. According to the the military, the reported missing policemen are only indisciplined lots who
New army uniform to send signal when soldiers are in danger, says buratai
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had evolved new technologies in army uniforms and application of drones in the campaign against Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast. Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, disclosed this while fielding questions at a dinner and media interactive session organized
Anti-Corruption: Buratai asked to account for spending on counter-insurgency operations
Senator Iroegbu The anti-corruption group of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), have asked the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, to account for the expenditure on the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations operations of the Nigeria Army under his leadership. The CSOs comprising of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project(SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and
Justify why you’re sent to defeat Boko Haram, Theatre Commander challenges officers
•Organises orientation course on counter-terrorism operations •Says cowardly attitudes responsible for military setbacks Senator Iroegbu The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Benson Akinroluyo, has challenged the newly posted Commanders and Staff officers why they were deployed to defeat the Boko Haram terrorists. Akinroluyo in a statement by Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu,
Counter-terrorism as a collective war
Emmanuel Onwubiko Nigeria has assumed the notorious position of the third most impacted terrorism afflicted sovereign nation globally just after Afghanistan and Pakistan. In its report: “Changing patterns in terrorism and the threat to business” Control Risks, the specialist global risk consultancy, finds that the number of incidents rose from 317 in