Tag: Operation Lafiya Dole
Boko Haram war: Army dumps Operation Lafiya Dole
The counter-insurgency Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East has been renamed Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) by the Chief of…
Boko Haram/ISWAP beaten out of Dikwa, army chief praises troops
Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, has commended troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and the Air Task Force…
Insurgency: Troops urged to show bravery, discipline
Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, has urged troops fighting against insurgency to show gallantry and discipline in the…
Buratai lauds troops over Marte success
Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai has commended the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole for its success in…
Buratai appoints commander for Operation Lafiya Dole, other posts
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has appointed Maj.-Gen. AbdulKhalifa Ibrahim, as substantive GOC 7 Division/Commander, Sector 1…
Military airstrikes destroy terrorists’ hideouts, eliminate scores
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has knocked down more terrorists’ hideouts, killing scores…
Nigerian military kill more terrorists, destroys hideouts in Borno
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has again recorded appreciable…
Boko Haram/ISWAP targets hit in Operation Hail Storm, many killed
The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has hit Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ hideouts…
Nigerian Army Colonel Bako dies in Boko Haram ambush
Colonel D.C. Bako, one of the commanders of Operation LAFIYA DOLE of the Nigerian Army in Borno State has died…
Operation Lafiya Dole: Adeniyi bows out, Yahaya takes over
Maj.-Gen. Farouq Yahaya on Friday took over as the new Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in Maiduguri.
Nigerian forces neutralise ISWAP leaders
Several leaders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP and their fighters have been neutralised in a successful…
Soldier shoots 4 colleagues, self dead in Borno
A Corporal of Nigerian Army serving at the Theatre Command Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Army Super Camp 15, located at Malam…
Boko Haram terrorists have been reduced to mere criminals – Army
Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), says the Boko Haram insurgents will never get hold of…
Insurgents’ logistics facility in Sambia forest destroyed
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) logistics facility at Gujeri in the Sambisa Forest…
Army wipes out Boko Haram, ISWAP in Adamawa
The Nigerian Army said its troops have flushed out remnants of Boko Haram and ISWAP operating ` in Madagali Local…
The time to end Boko Haram is now – Gen. Adeniyi
Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole on Tuesday, urged troops of the Nigerian Army, to give final push…
Boko Haram: Army declares AAH persona non grata, explains office shutdown
The Nigerian military has explained why the offices of the international NGO Action Against Hunger were sealed off in Damaturu…
Nine soldiers killed, 20 missing in battle with Boko Haram
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly killed nine Nigerian soldiers, with 20 others said to be missing in fierce fight in…
Buratai visits troops to boost confidence after attack
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has paid a morale boosting visit to the Nigerian Army troops in…
NAF destroys terrorists control centre in Borno
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has successfully destroyed a Boko…
Boko Haram: Army repels attack on Damaturu
The Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE of Nigerian Army in Damaturu, on Wednesday, said it successfully repelled suspected Boko Haram…
Operation LAFIYA DOLE tasks troops to end Boko Haram insurgency
The theatre command of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, has tasked troops to sustain high combat spirit to end Boko Haram insurgency…
Activists want Buratai to account for money spent on Operations Lafiya Dole, Crocodile Smile
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have sent a joint Freedom of Information request…
Army neutralises 4 Boko Haram terrorists
Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole neutralised four Boko Haram terrorists at Gasawa Village in Guzamala Local Government Area of…
Operation Lafiya Dole: Cameroon, Nigeria join forces in fight against Boko haram
The Nigerian Army on Monday said it had inducted a unit of Cameroon Defence Forces into Operation Lafiya Dole to…
Boko Haram totally defeated – Nigerian Army
Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, says the Nigerian Army has completely defeated the Boko Haram insurgents.
3 female suicide bombers intercepted in Borno
The Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole fighting insurgency in the North East says troops deployed around Gamboru Ngala in…
Nigerian Army promotes 6,199 soldiers fighting Boko Haram
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General TY Buratai, on Tuesday approved the special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving…
Nigerian military confronting 14 security threats nationwide – Olonisakin
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, says in New York that Nigerian military is currently confronting no fewer…
Army redeploys Gen. Irabor, Theatre Commander, 146 others
Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru has been appointed the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole.