The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said this on Friday.
In a statement on Friday in Abuja, Gabkwet said the crash occurred at about 7:45am shortly after the aircraft took off for an operation against economic saboteurs in Rivers State.
The Commander, 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Obinze, Brig.-Gen. Sani Sulaiman, said this while addressing the combined troops of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force, Nigeria Police, Department of State Service and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The governor made the request when the senior officers of Air Force Ground Training Command, Enugu paid him a courtesy visit in Owerri.
This comes as the United States of America, United Kingdom and Western nations evacuated their citizens and diplomatic staff from the country.
A statement by the Director of Public Media, Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal AY Maigida, said troops got a tip-off from the locals of Tembele village in Benue State and quickly went on hot pursuit of the beast.
Speaking at the National Assembly on Wednesday, Magashi while reacting to the abduction of staff and students of Government Science School in Niger State, said Nigerians should stand up to bandits.
Speaking after the exercise, Henry Okokon, the Security Adviser, South, to Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that most recorded kidnap cases in Calabar were planned and coordinated from the hotel.
Code-named: “Operation Akpakwu,”,the outfit draws personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the farmers were killed at about 11 a.m. as they harvested rice on their farms.
Oyeyemi revealed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Friday.
Buratai gave the commendation in a statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, on Monday.
The plaintiffs, 70-year-old Alhaji Yusuf Madugu Umaru and four other members of Igabi community, had instituted the suit on October 28, 2014, asking the court to restrain the NAF and three others, being the defendants, from further trespassing into their property.
Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Hamza Liman, NHRC Coordinator in the state, said though two of those accused of committing the offence were arrested, but they were never properly charged for the offence, while the victims were not released.
Two air force men sustained serious injuries during a scuffle with customs officials at the Gbaji Checkpoint in Badagry, near Lagos on Thursday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has accused the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force of allowing its personnel to take over its office in Rivers State.
The air chief gave the assurance on Friday in Agatu while inaugurating the Quick Response Wing of the Air Force.
A 12-year-old boy, Agbama Daniel, who participated in the Air Force 10 Km Annual Walk/Run/Jog exercise, organised by the Tactical Air Command, Makurdi, on Saturday in Makurdi, won the fastest Base Boy prize.
The Federal Government on Sunday said it had assembled a strong military force comprising 1,000 personnel, to tackle the bandits terrorizing communities in Zamfara.
Abubakar disclosed this on Tuesday in Jos, Plateau State at the inauguration of 30-room transit accommodation for airmen/airwomen.