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This was disclosed by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, according to a statement by the Nigerian Air Force Headquarters on Friday.

The officers comprise of 42 officers in the Naval Warfare Course and 47 officers in the Command Level Officers Course.

The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, told a press conference on Sunday that there was also a kidnap attempt at around Ifira village in Igabi Local Government area, where bandits attempted to attack a senior staff quarters around the Kaduna Airport general area. 

The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

Paul Apel-Papel, script writer and director of the film, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.

The officers were buried in the National Military Cemetery, Karonmajigi, Airport Road, Abuja.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao, said the officers had paid the supreme price in the service to the nation

A senior military officer, who confirmed the development to PRNigeria, said the military vehicle that was damaged during the attack had also been recovered.

The Nigerian troops in a joint operation involving the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force and Nigeria Police sustained raid operation in the axis after the killing of four soldiers on escort duties in the area by IPOB elements.

NAF had confirmed on Sunday that seven passengers onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft died when the jet crashed in Abuja.

The pilots, Flight Lieutenants Ciroma Haruna Gadzama (Borno State) and Piyo Henry Piyo (Plateau), were among seven NAF personnel who died after the Minna-bound jet developed engine problem and made a detour to Abuja where it crashed.

According to available information, the gunmen, in military uniforms, stormed the school premises, which houses about 1000 students, on Tuesday night, overpowered the security guard, before whisking away the students

The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

This was revealed by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement on Wednesday

The Commissioner, Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development on Tuesday

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from the Service.

Oyetola said on Wednesday in Osogbo that Amao’s professionalism, hard work and dedication to service had qualified him for the appointment.

Last year however, it came with some inexplicable vehemence. It came with a list of some of the most illustrious sons of the state, cutting them down in its haste and fury. It was such haste that left the people wondering if it was in a hurry to catch up with the receding year; a year that would be remembered as one which counted the most deaths in contemporary history, across the globe.  

The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement, on Monday, in Abuja, added that the feat was achieved when the troops from Forward Operating Bases at Kekuwuje, Kwatarkwashi and Maru, comprised mostly of SF personnel, were mobilised.

The spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Sagir Musa, passed on the commendation of the COAS in a statement on Saturday