{"id":165948,"date":"2025-06-07T09:54:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T08:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno"},"modified":"2025-06-07T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T10:09:16","slug":"naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno","title":{"rendered":"NAF airstrikes foil terrorists\u2019 attack in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Following credible intelligence received, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, under Operation Hadin Kai, struck key Boko Haram hideouts at Tumbumma Baba and Chiralia in southern Tumbuns, Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, stated this in a statement, adding that, \u201cacting on credible intelligence, NAF aircraft targeted terrorist structures reportedly used for storage and coordination, delivering direct hits and crippling planned attacks aimed at disrupting Eid celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the airstrike neutralised several terrorists and destroyed key logistics structures during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis pre-emptive action,\u201d according to Ejodame, \u201cunderscores the Nigerian Air Force\u2019s commitment to safeguarding civilian lives and supporting national security objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Following credible intelligence received, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, under Operation Hadin Kai, struck key Boko Haram hideouts at Tumbumma Baba and Chiralia in southern Tumbuns, Borno State. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, stated this in a statement, adding that, \u201cacting on credible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[8542,47,898,254],"class_list":["post-165948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-airstrikes","tag-borno","tag-naf","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NAF airstrikes foil terrorists\u2019 attack in Borno - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following credible intelligence received, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, under Operation Hadin Kai, struck key Boko Haram ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAF airstrikes foil terrorists\u2019 attack in Borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following credible intelligence received, the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, under Operation Hadin Kai, struck key Boko Haram ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-07T08:54:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-07T10:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749278424.755609.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NAF airstrikes foil terrorists\u2019 attack in Borno\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-07T08:54:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-07T10:09:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno\"},\"wordCount\":134,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1749278424.755609.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Airstrikes\",\"Borno\",\"NAF\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-foil-terrorists-attack-in-borno\",\"name\":\"NAF airstrikes foil terrorists\u2019 attack in Borno - 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