A yet unknown number of Nigerian soldiers drowned in the Yobe River in North-East Nigeria as they tried to escape intense fire from Boko Haram fighters on Monday, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Also, no fewer than 22 soldiers are currently recuperating in a hospital in neighbouring Niger Republic following the attack. The troops were manning an outpost in Gashigar, Borno State, near the border with Niger, when hundreds of terrorists advanced rapidly towards them, forcing the troops to abandon their position with some diving into the nearby river, top military sources familiar with the development told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday. The Nigerian Army had on Tuesday distributed a statement announcing the assault on Nigerian troops, but blamed it on “escaping Boko Haram remnants.” But a day after the statement, which was signed by Sani Usman, a colonel, details of what actually transpired on the battlefield that day and the reaction of commanders on the ground have been exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES. According to the security sources, the soldiers, attached to 145 Task Force Battalion, came under attack around 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but rescue operation did not yield result until the next day. On that Tuesday, three rescue operations were carried out by soldiers from the neighbouring Republic of Niger operating in Ngarwa. Around 7:00 a.m., they rescued the first set of nine Nigerian soldiers. At about 2:00 p.m., seven more were rescued. The last set of six troops was rescued around 5:30 p.m. in the River Komadougou Yobe, which empties into Lake Chad through Niger. The troops, numbering 22, were dispatched to Diffa General Hospital in Niger. Two of them sustained gunshot wounds while the rest were said to have been rescued unscathed. The casualty figure, including those who drowned, was yet to be determined as at the time of filing this report. The sources said the troops have started recounting the incident to their superiors. The soldiers said they were manning their post in Gashigar when they learnt that suspected terrorists, dressed in black and multi-coloured camouflage, were approaching in several utility trucks while chanting ‘Allah Akbar!’ (Allah is great). “Troops then had to flee from their position because of their their inability to take on the terrorists in such a large number and firepower,” one of our sources said. “The terrorists then began chasing them, and we learnt that many jumped into the Yobe River where some of them drown or get fatally shot by the attackers.” The soldiers also said Boko Haram seized their armoured vehicle and set it alight. But the sources said the military leadership might open an investigation into the attacks to establish the claims of the soldiers. One source said some of the claims made by the troops were doubtful. For instance, the commanders said it is difficult to explain how utility trucks were used to dispossess soldiers of their armoured vehicles especially when the soldiers said they were standing alert in their position. The leadership also found it curious that the soldiers were rescued with their bullets still largely unspent. “If they actually came under attack while they were fully at alert, then they should have exhausted their ammunition before taking to their heels,” the source said. “At least that much should be clear.” Mr. Usman did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments. Nigerian troops are fighting alongside their counterparts from Cameroon and the Republic of Niger. Monday’s development marked the first time in more than two years that Nigerian troops would come under superior firepower that required foreign military personnel to come to counter. A similar incident last occurred in August 2014 when about 480 troops crossed the border into Cameroon while fleeing Boko Haram. It also underscored the renewed vigour of the sect to launch major attacks on not just civilians but uniformed men after losing the huge swathes of land it once controlled. Besides losing territory, the insurgents had also been largely decimated by the troops which experts said is responsible for their activities being whittled down across their stronghold in the northeast. The insurgency, which began in 2009, has left approximately 20,000 people dead and displacement of millions. Boko Haram leaders recently engaged in negotiation with the Nigerian government which led to last week’s release of 21 of the over 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014. Troops gun down 4 cattle rustlers, arrest 3 kidnappers Ekitigate: Obanikoro is compromised, Fayose says in reaction to ex-ministers alleged confessions Dasukigate Court Drama: EFCC witness says AIT boss Dokpesi got N2.1 billion through due process JUST IN: Released 21 Chibok girls, parents arrive Aso Villa for meeting with Buhari EFCC seeks cut from recovered loot Supreme Court Judge accuses Amaechi, APC of attempt to manipulate judgement Senate should be scrapped, Buhari’s nominee insists $15 million: Patience Jonathan sues Nigeria rights’ group Judge accused of corruption shuns EFCC summons

A yet unknown number of Nigerian soldiers drowned in the Yobe River in North-East Nigeria as they tried to escape intense fire from Boko Haram fighters on Monday, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Also, no fewer than 22 soldiers are currently recuperating in a hospital in neighbouring Niger Republic following the attack. The troops were manning an outpost in Gashigar, Borno State, near the border with Niger, when hundreds of terrorists advanced rapidly towards them, forcing the troops to abandon their position with some diving into the nearby river, top military sources familiar with the development told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday. The Nigerian Army had on Tuesday distributed a statement announcing the assault on Nigerian troops, but blamed it on “escaping Boko Haram remnants.” But a day after the statement, which was signed by Sani Usman, a colonel, details of what actually transpired on the battlefield that day and the reaction of commanders on the ground have been exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES. According to the security sources, the soldiers, attached to 145 Task Force Battalion, came under attack around 5:00 p.m. on Monday, but rescue operation did not yield result until the next day. On that Tuesday, three rescue operations were carried out by soldiers from the neighbouring Republic of Niger operating in Ngarwa. Around 7:00 a.m., they rescued the first set of nine Nigerian soldiers. At about 2:00 p.m., seven more were rescued. The last set of six troops was rescued around 5:30 p.m. in the River Komadougou Yobe, which empties into Lake Chad through Niger. The troops, numbering 22, were dispatched to Diffa General Hospital in Niger. Two of them sustained gunshot wounds while the rest were said to have been rescued unscathed. The casualty figure, including those who drowned, was yet to be determined as at the time of filing this report. The sources said the troops have started recounting the incident to their superiors. The soldiers said they were manning their post in Gashigar when they learnt that suspected terrorists, dressed in black and multi-coloured camouflage, were approaching in several utility trucks while chanting ‘Allah Akbar!’ (Allah is great). “Troops then had to flee from their position because of their their inability to take on the terrorists in such a large number and firepower,” one of our sources said. “The terrorists then began chasing them, and we learnt that many jumped into the Yobe River where some of them drown or get fatally shot by the attackers.” The soldiers also said Boko Haram seized their armoured vehicle and set it alight. But the sources said the military leadership might open an investigation into the attacks to establish the claims of the soldiers. One source said some of the claims made by the troops were doubtful. For instance, the commanders said it is difficult to explain how utility trucks were used to dispossess soldiers of their armoured vehicles especially when the soldiers said they were standing alert in their position. The leadership also found it curious that the soldiers were rescued with their bullets still largely unspent. “If they actually came under attack while they were fully at alert, then they should have exhausted their ammunition before taking to their heels,” the source said. “At least that much should be clear.” Mr. Usman did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for comments. Nigerian troops are fighting alongside their counterparts from Cameroon and the Republic of Niger. Monday’s development marked the first time in more than two years that Nigerian troops would come under superior firepower that required foreign military personnel to come to counter. A similar incident last occurred in August 2014 when about 480 troops crossed the border into Cameroon while fleeing Boko Haram. It also underscored the renewed vigour of the sect to launch major attacks on not just civilians but uniformed men after losing the huge swathes of land it once controlled. Besides losing territory, the insurgents had also been largely decimated by the troops which experts said is responsible for their activities being whittled down across their stronghold in the northeast. The insurgency, which began in 2009, has left approximately 20,000 people dead and displacement of millions. Boko Haram leaders recently engaged in negotiation with the Nigerian government which led to last week’s release of 21 of the over 200 girls kidnapped from Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014. Troops gun down 4 cattle rustlers, arrest 3 kidnappers Ekitigate: Obanikoro is compromised, Fayose says in reaction to ex-ministers alleged confessions Dasukigate Court Drama: EFCC witness says AIT boss Dokpesi got N2.1 billion through due process JUST IN: Released 21 Chibok girls, parents arrive Aso Villa for meeting with Buhari EFCC seeks cut from recovered loot Supreme Court Judge accuses Amaechi, APC of attempt to manipulate judgement Senate should be scrapped, Buhari’s nominee insists $15 million: Patience Jonathan sues Nigeria rights’ group Judge accused of corruption shuns EFCC summons

20 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno State Home / Africa / Nigeria This file photo taken on March 25, 2016 shows Nigerian army soldiers on the back of a vehicle in Damboa, Borno State, in northeast Nigeria. (Photo by AFP) The Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group claims it has killed 20 soldiers and wounded dozens of others during an attack on military positions in northeastern Nigeria. The casualties occurred during "fierce clashes" on Sunday when the group "stormed a joint position of the armies of Nigeria and Niger" in the town of Ghashghar in northeast Borno State, according to a statement released by the terrorist group. A community leader in the area confirmed the assault, saying Boko Haram militants fired rocket- propelled grenades at the soldiers who were taken by surprise. “Boko Haram launched an attack with heavy guns and rocket-propelled grenades on the soldiers. The attackers came in eight vehicles," said the leader, who was speaking on condition of anonymity. "The soldiers suffered huge casualties because they were taken off-guard. They never anticipated such an attack," he added. Boko Haram started its campaign of militancy in 2009 with the aim of toppling the central government in Nigeria. The violence sparked by the group’s militancy has so far killed more than 20,000 people and forced over 2.7 million others from their homes. Many blame corrupt officials in Nigeria’s government and army for the continued militancy, as recent reports say Boko Haram is receiving some of its arms and ammunition from corrupt Nigerian officials. The militant group has expanded its terror activities to Nigeria’s neighboring countries. Troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger have been battling the terrorists in recent months. The group has pledged allegiance to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists operating mainly in Syria and Iraq.

20 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno State Home / Africa / Nigeria This file photo taken on March 25, 2016 shows Nigerian army soldiers on the back of a vehicle in Damboa, Borno State, in northeast Nigeria. (Photo by AFP) The Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group claims it has killed 20 soldiers and wounded dozens of others during an attack on military positions in northeastern Nigeria. The casualties occurred during "fierce clashes" on Sunday when the group "stormed a joint position of the armies of Nigeria and Niger" in the town of Ghashghar in northeast Borno State, according to a statement released by the terrorist group. A community leader in the area confirmed the assault, saying Boko Haram militants fired rocket- propelled grenades at the soldiers who were taken by surprise. “Boko Haram launched an attack with heavy guns and rocket-propelled grenades on the soldiers. The attackers came in eight vehicles," said the leader, who was speaking on condition of anonymity. "The soldiers suffered huge casualties because they were taken off-guard. They never anticipated such an attack," he added. Boko Haram started its campaign of militancy in 2009 with the aim of toppling the central government in Nigeria. The violence sparked by the group’s militancy has so far killed more than 20,000 people and forced over 2.7 million others from their homes. Many blame corrupt officials in Nigeria’s government and army for the continued militancy, as recent reports say Boko Haram is receiving some of its arms and ammunition from corrupt Nigerian officials. The militant group has expanded its terror activities to Nigeria’s neighboring countries. Troops from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger have been battling the terrorists in recent months. The group has pledged allegiance to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists operating mainly in Syria and Iraq.

The US and Russia have announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide ceasefire starting early next week. The ceasefire will be followed by an unlikely new military partnership between the rival governments targeting Islamic State and al Qaida. At a joint news conference after a marathon day of negotiations, US secretary of state John Kerry said the plan can reduce violence in Syria and lead to a long-sought political transition, ending more than five years of bloodshed. He called the deal a potential "turning point" in the conflict, if implemented by Syria's Russian- backed government and US-supported rebel groups. The ceasefire begins at sundown Monday, Mr Kerry said, coinciding with the Muslim Eid al- Adha holiday. "Today the United States and Russia are announcing a plan which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering and resume movement toward a negotiated peace and a political transition in Syria," Mr Kerry said. "We are announcing an arrangement that we think has the capability of sticking, but it is dependent on people's choices." "It has the ability to stick, provided the regime and the opposition both meet their obligations, which we - and we expect other supporting countries - will strongly encourage them to do," he added. Mr Kerry's negotiating partner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, confirmed the agreement and said it could help expand the counter terrorism fight and aid deliveries to Syrian civilians under UN auspices that have been stalled for weeks. "This is just the beginning of our new relations," Mr Lavrov said. He said Syrian President Bashar Assad's government was informed of the accord, and was prepared to comply. Mr Kerry added: "The United States is going the extra mile here because we believe that Russia, and my colleague, have the capability to press the Assad regime to stop this conflict and to come to the table and make peace." Mr Kerry outlined several steps the government and rebels would have to take. They must now pull back from demilitarised zones, and allow civilian traffic and humanitarian deliveries - notably into the divided city of Aleppo where as many as 500,000 people have been killed in fighting. "If Aleppo is at peace, we believe that the prospects for a diplomatic solution will brighten," he said. "If Aleppo continues to be torn apart, the prospects for Syria and its people are grim." The deal ends months of frenetic diplomacy that included four meetings between Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov since August 26. The arrangement hinges on Moscow pressuring Assad's government to halt all offensive operations against Syria's armed opposition and civilian areas. Washington must persuade "moderate" rebels to break ranks with the Nusra Front, al Qaida's Syria affiliate, and other extremist groups. Both sides have failed to deliver their ends of the bargain over several previous truces, but the new arrangement goes further by promising a new US-Russian counter-terrorism alliance, only a year after President Barack Obama chastised Russia for a military intervention that US officials said was mainly designed to keep Assad in power and target more moderate anti-Assad forces.

The US and Russia have announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide ceasefire starting early next week. The ceasefire will be followed by an unlikely new military partnership between the rival governments targeting Islamic State and al Qaida. At a joint news conference after a marathon day of negotiations, US secretary of state John Kerry said the plan can reduce violence in Syria and lead to a long-sought political transition, ending more than five years of bloodshed. He called the deal a potential "turning point" in the conflict, if implemented by Syria's Russian- backed government and US-supported rebel groups. The ceasefire begins at sundown Monday, Mr Kerry said, coinciding with the Muslim Eid al- Adha holiday. "Today the United States and Russia are announcing a plan which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering and resume movement toward a negotiated peace and a political transition in Syria," Mr Kerry said. "We are announcing an arrangement that we think has the capability of sticking, but it is dependent on people's choices." "It has the ability to stick, provided the regime and the opposition both meet their obligations, which we - and we expect other supporting countries - will strongly encourage them to do," he added. Mr Kerry's negotiating partner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, confirmed the agreement and said it could help expand the counter terrorism fight and aid deliveries to Syrian civilians under UN auspices that have been stalled for weeks. "This is just the beginning of our new relations," Mr Lavrov said. He said Syrian President Bashar Assad's government was informed of the accord, and was prepared to comply. Mr Kerry added: "The United States is going the extra mile here because we believe that Russia, and my colleague, have the capability to press the Assad regime to stop this conflict and to come to the table and make peace." Mr Kerry outlined several steps the government and rebels would have to take. They must now pull back from demilitarised zones, and allow civilian traffic and humanitarian deliveries - notably into the divided city of Aleppo where as many as 500,000 people have been killed in fighting. "If Aleppo is at peace, we believe that the prospects for a diplomatic solution will brighten," he said. "If Aleppo continues to be torn apart, the prospects for Syria and its people are grim." The deal ends months of frenetic diplomacy that included four meetings between Mr Kerry and Mr Lavrov since August 26. The arrangement hinges on Moscow pressuring Assad's government to halt all offensive operations against Syria's armed opposition and civilian areas. Washington must persuade "moderate" rebels to break ranks with the Nusra Front, al Qaida's Syria affiliate, and other extremist groups. Both sides have failed to deliver their ends of the bargain over several previous truces, but the new arrangement goes further by promising a new US-Russian counter-terrorism alliance, only a year after President Barack Obama chastised Russia for a military intervention that US officials said was mainly designed to keep Assad in power and target more moderate anti-Assad forces.

18 Boko Haram Militants Surrender To Nigerian Military as Factions Clash in Borno TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 18 members of the Boko Haram militant group and their families surrendered to Nigerian military after bloody clashes erupted between factions loyal to the group’s founder, Abubakar Shekau, and the ISIL- backed Abu Musab Albarnawi in Northeastern town of Monguno, Borno state. “They are under custody of Monguno command and we believe the dual battle between Albarnawi and Shekau’s camps may have compelled them to sneak out and surrender,” Ali Mohammed, a member of a vigilante group in northeastern town of Monguno, said, 360 Nobs reported. Trouble started within the hegemony of the sect after the ISIL terror group announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram’s founder Mohammed Yusuf, as the sect’s new leader to replace Abubakar Shekau. Even though his allegiance remains with the ISIL, the undeterred Shekau insisted that he was still in charge of the Nigerian-based ferocious death cult. Sources with impeccable cognizance of the happenings disclosed that there have been deadly skirmishes between Boko Haram’s factions led by Shekau and ISIL-backed al-Barnawi respectively. Last Thursday, several fighters from Shekau’s camp were said to have been killed in two separate gun battles with ISIL-backed Barnawi gunmen in the Monguno area of Borno State near Lake Chad. A source, Mele Kaka, told AFP that: “The Barnawi faction launched an offensive against the fighters of Shekau faction who were camped in Yele and Arafa villages. “In Yele, the assailants killed three people from the Shekau camp, injured one and took one with them, while several others were killed in Arafa.” “The Barnawi fighters told villagers after each attack that they were fighting the other camp because they are killing innocent people, looting their property and burning their homes. Meanwhile, the Nigerian military has been declining to comment on the reported in-fighting when contacted by media.

18 Boko Haram Militants Surrender To Nigerian Military as Factions Clash in Borno TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 18 members of the Boko Haram militant group and their families surrendered to Nigerian military after bloody clashes erupted between factions loyal to the group’s founder, Abubakar Shekau, and the ISIL- backed Abu Musab Albarnawi in Northeastern town of Monguno, Borno state. “They are under custody of Monguno command and we believe the dual battle between Albarnawi and Shekau’s camps may have compelled them to sneak out and surrender,” Ali Mohammed, a member of a vigilante group in northeastern town of Monguno, said, 360 Nobs reported. Trouble started within the hegemony of the sect after the ISIL terror group announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram’s founder Mohammed Yusuf, as the sect’s new leader to replace Abubakar Shekau. Even though his allegiance remains with the ISIL, the undeterred Shekau insisted that he was still in charge of the Nigerian-based ferocious death cult. Sources with impeccable cognizance of the happenings disclosed that there have been deadly skirmishes between Boko Haram’s factions led by Shekau and ISIL-backed al-Barnawi respectively. Last Thursday, several fighters from Shekau’s camp were said to have been killed in two separate gun battles with ISIL-backed Barnawi gunmen in the Monguno area of Borno State near Lake Chad. A source, Mele Kaka, told AFP that: “The Barnawi faction launched an offensive against the fighters of Shekau faction who were camped in Yele and Arafa villages. “In Yele, the assailants killed three people from the Shekau camp, injured one and took one with them, while several others were killed in Arafa.” “The Barnawi fighters told villagers after each attack that they were fighting the other camp because they are killing innocent people, looting their property and burning their homes. Meanwhile, the Nigerian military has been declining to comment on the reported in-fighting when contacted by media.

Good Evening Fam
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How is your day
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I just want to quickly let you know that, two things must happen this year
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(1) You must gain admission this year and
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(2) You must resume this year
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NECO result will be out in this month of September, once NECO candidates are screened, Admission list will start rolling out back to back
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GCE examination has started and I wish all AAU candidates writing GCE success. My prayer is that they should screen you people too so that all your effort this year will not be in vain
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For now, First batch is not out
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I repeat, AAU never release any Admission list
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If anybody or scammer post or tell you AAU first batch is out tell the person that he is a liar and also tell him that Stephen Ikhane as not posted it so is fake
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Meanwhile, I will be on ground during clearance to assistance you all. I will always be in school to make sure none of you encounter any problem. Scammers always scam candidates whenever they come to Ekpoma to pay their acceptance fee and school fees, is not only during admission process scammers scam candidates.
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They use different means to scam candidates because they are new in the land
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Well, I will keep exposing them
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It is also during clearance, acceptance fee and school fees payment some candidates that come to Ekpoma for clearance have accident and die. Is not our portion in Jesus name, Amen
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Is only God that's protecting us. Please always pray
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NOTE: Is not everybody you see or meet online is real or is really ready to help you. Don't be eager, always think twice
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See you in school soon, it is my prayer that I, STEPHEN IKHANE become the SUG DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION when you resume
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Officail cut off mark for 2016/2017 Admission Exercise Cut-Off Mark The University Management has approved the Cut- Off marks for the 2016/2017 admission exercise of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma as shown below: THIS Is the offical released one FACULTY/DEPARTMENT MARKS AGRICULTURE Animal Science 45 Crop Science 45 Agric. Economics/Extension 45 Soil Science 45 ARTS English 45 History/ISD 45 Modern Languages 45 Philosophy 45 Religious Studies 45 Cultural Management 45 Theatre & Media Arts 45 COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Medical Lab. Science 50 Physiology 45 Nursing 53 Anatomy 45 Medicine & Surgery 56 EDUCATION Curriculum & Instruction 45 Educational Found. & Management 44 Guidance & Counselling 45 Physical & Health Education 45 Voc. & Tech. Education 45 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Civil Engineering 52 Elect/Elect. Engineering 51 Mech. Engineering 50 Industrial & Production Engineering 45 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Architecture 45 Building 45 Fine & Applied Arts 45 LAW 52 MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Accounting 47 Banking & Finance 45 Business Admin. 47 Public Admin. 45 NATURAL SCIENCES Chemistry 45 Industrial Chemistry 45 Ind. Mathematics 45 Statistics 45 Physics 45 Geophysics 45 Biochemistry 45 Computer Science 45 Botany 45 Microbiology 45 Zoology 45 SOCIAL SCIENCES Economics 45 Geo. & Environmental Management 45 Lib. & Inf. Science 45 Political Science 45 Sociology 45 This is for the guidance of all stakeholders. Edward U. Aihevba, FPISM, FNISM, MANUPA Deputy Registrar, Information/ Public Relations Officer

Officail cut off mark for 2016/2017 Admission Exercise Cut-Off Mark The University Management has approved the Cut- Off marks for the 2016/2017 admission exercise of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma as shown below: THIS Is the offical released one FACULTY/DEPARTMENT MARKS AGRICULTURE Animal Science 45 Crop Science 45 Agric. Economics/Extension 45 Soil Science 45 ARTS English 45 History/ISD 45 Modern Languages 45 Philosophy 45 Religious Studies 45 Cultural Management 45 Theatre & Media Arts 45 COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Medical Lab. Science 50 Physiology 45 Nursing 53 Anatomy 45 Medicine & Surgery 56 EDUCATION Curriculum & Instruction 45 Educational Found. & Management 44 Guidance & Counselling 45 Physical & Health Education 45 Voc. & Tech. Education 45 ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Civil Engineering 52 Elect/Elect. Engineering 51 Mech. Engineering 50 Industrial & Production Engineering 45 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Architecture 45 Building 45 Fine & Applied Arts 45 LAW 52 MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Accounting 47 Banking & Finance 45 Business Admin. 47 Public Admin. 45 NATURAL SCIENCES Chemistry 45 Industrial Chemistry 45 Ind. Mathematics 45 Statistics 45 Physics 45 Geophysics 45 Biochemistry 45 Computer Science 45 Botany 45 Microbiology 45 Zoology 45 SOCIAL SCIENCES Economics 45 Geo. & Environmental Management 45 Lib. & Inf. Science 45 Political Science 45 Sociology 45 This is for the guidance of all stakeholders. Edward U. Aihevba, FPISM, FNISM, MANUPA Deputy Registrar, Information/Public Relations Officer

CUT-OFF MARKS FOR THE 2016/2017 ADMISSION EXERCISE This is to inform staff, students, other members of the University community and the general public that the Vice-Chancellor, AAU......University for the 2016/2017 Academic Session. Accordingly, the cut-off marks across the various Departments are hereunder published as follows: S/N. FACULTY/DEPARTMENTS CUT-OFF MARK 1. AGRICULTURE Agricultural Economics/Extension 45 Animal Science 45 Fisheries 45 Soil Science 45 Forestry & /wild Life 45 2. ARTS English & Literary Studies 50 Fine & Applied Arts 45 French 45 History & International Studies 50 Linguistics 45 Philosophy 45 Religious Studies 45 Theatre Arts 45 3. BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES Anatomy and Cell Biology 47 Medical Biochemistry 50 Pharmacology & Therapeutics 50 Physiology 50 Medicine & Surgery 65 Nursing Science 63 4. EDUCATION Agricultural Science Education 45 Biology Education 48 Business Education 50 Chemistry Education 45 Computer Education 50 Economics Education 50 English Education 48 Guidance & Counselling 45 Geography Education 47 Health Education 45 Home Economics 45 Integrated Science 45 S/N. FACULTY/DEPARTMENTS CUT-OFF MARK Library Science Education 50 Mathematics Education 45 Nursery & Primary Education 45 Physical and Health Education 45 Physics Education 45 Political Science Education 50 Social Science Education (Soc. Studies) 45 Religious Education 45 Technical Education 45 5. ENGINEERING Civil Engineering 55 Electrical & Electronics Engineering 55 Mechanical Engineering 55 6. MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Banking & Finance 56 Business Administration 56 Accounting & Finance 56 Marketing 45 7. PHARMACY 60 8. SCIENCE Animal & Environmental Biology 45 Biochemistry 50 Biological Technology 45 Chemistry Technology 45 Physics & Electronics Technology 45 Environmental Science Technology 45 Botany 45 Chemistry 45 Computer Science 50 Geology 50 Industrial Chemistry 45 Industrial Mathematics 45 Microbiology 55 Physics 45 9. SOCIAL SCIENCE Business Administration 56 Economics 57 Geography & Regional Planning 45 Mass Communication 55 Political Science 55 Psychology 45 Sociology 48

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pls guys an awaiting results student mistakenly filled in waec result as neco what can she do

Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
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Admission And Verification Unit Division
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Admission Unit
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Proposed Departmental Cut Off Mark For 2016/2017 Admission Exercise
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By Stephen Ikhane aka AAU Update
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FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
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Animal Science=====>45
Crop Science=====>45
Agric Econs/Extension=====>45
Soil Science=====>45
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ART
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English=====>45
History/ISD=====>45
Modern Languages=====>45
Philosophy=====>45
Religious Studies=====>45
Cultural Management=====>45
Theatre And Media Art=====>45
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COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
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Medicine Lab.Science=====>50
Physiology=====>45
Nursing=====>53
Anatomy=====>45
Medicine And Surgery=====>56
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EDUCATION
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Curriculum=====>45
Education Foundation & Management=========>45
Guidance And Counseling=====>45
Physical And Health Education=====>45
Voc and Tec Education (Accounting education)=================>45
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ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
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Civil Engineering=====>52
Elect/Elec Engineering=====>51
Mech. Engineering=====>50
Production And Material Engineering==========>45
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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Architect=====>NA
Building=====>NA
Fine And Applied Art===>45
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LAW=====>52
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MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
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Accounting=====>47
Banking And Finance=====>45
Business Administration=====>47
Public Administration=====>45
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NATURAL SCIENCES
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Chemistry=====>45
Industrial Chemistry===>45
Mathematics=====>45
Ind. Maths. Statistic=====>45
Physics=====>45
Geography=====>45
Biochemistry=====>NA
Computer Science=====>45
Botany=====>NA
Microbiology=====>NA
Zoology=====>NA
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
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Economics=====>45
Geo. Environmental Management==>45
Lib. Inf. Science=====>45
Political Science=====>NA
Sociology=====>45
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N.A=====> No Admission Based Accreditation
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The above cut off mark is what AAU will be using to give out admission
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Note by Stephen Ikhane aka AAU Update: No candidate will be admitted in the department of Political Sciences,
Botany,Microbiology,Zoology, Biochemistry, Architect,Building. They will give every candidate that applied for any of this course to another course to study pending such candidate meet up with cut off mark
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STEPHEN IKHANE 4 SUG DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION 2016

Military destroy criminal bases of vandals, oil thieves — 3rd August 2016 ( Philip Nwosu, LAGOS ) Barely 24 hours after the ground troops, made of Soldiers from 174 Battalion in Ikorodu and personnel of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (SBS) started the ground maneuver to rid the creeks of Arepo and other areas of vandals and oil thieves, over 140 camps of the militants scattered in the area have been destroyed, Daily Sun can now authoritatively report. It was gathered that 75 camps were destroyed on Wednesday, while another 65 camps were destroyed earlier on Tuesday. A key military source told Daily Sun that apart from destroying 140 camps, the military also recovered full police uniform bearing the rank of a corporal and a military uniform. Other items that were recovered in the camps of the vandals include four dane guns 36 cartridges 20 cutlasses, two bags of Omo, half bag of Garri, half bag of rice, a computer set, a cheque book and an identity card. Also Daily Sun learnt that 8 speed boat allegedly belonging to the vandals were destroyed by the military ground troops who are presently ran sacking the camps inside the creeks of Arepo, Ishawo, Awawa and other areas. Troops it was gathered have vowed to rid the area of criminals. The movement of the ground troop came in the wake of an intensified security in Badagry area of Lagos State over reports that militants had fled to the area. Daily Sun learnt that the Command of the ground troops is Lieutenant Colonel Julius Ogbobe, the Commander of the Land Component of Operation Awatse. The heightened security situation in Badagry it was gathered became necessary following reports that militants from Arepo area of Ogun had fled to Badagry due to the aerial bombardment of their camps by Air Force personnel. Investigation around the Badagry area and other neighbouring communities showed that security agencies have been deployed in strategic areas, and soldiers attached to the Lagos State security initiative commonly called Operation Mesa (OP MESA) haves been deployed in strategic areas in Badagry. On Tuesday there were reports that some suspected vandals from the Arepo area of Ogun State have fled the area to riverine communities in the Ilaje and Ese-Odo local government areas of Ondo State. Daily Sun investigations on Monday indicated that the vandals, who survived the intensified aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force of their camps at Arepo, Ogun, and Ikorodu, Lagos, are now moving in droves into Ondo and Delta States. A top military source told Daily Sun that intelligence reports reveal that some of the oil thieves had sneaked into the reverine communities in Delta and Ondo States, but added that there will be no hiding place for the fleeing hoodlums. One of the Commanders of the operation said, ‘‘Arepo can no longer contain them. Some of them have run to those state to hide in the riverine areas.’’

Military destroy criminal bases of vandals, oil thieves — 3rd August 2016 ( Philip Nwosu, LAGOS ) Barely 24 hours after the ground troops, made of Soldiers from 174 Battalion in Ikorodu and personnel of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (SBS) started the ground maneuver to rid the creeks of Arepo and other areas of vandals and oil thieves, over 140 camps of the militants scattered in the area have been destroyed, Daily Sun can now authoritatively report. It was gathered that 75 camps were destroyed on Wednesday, while another 65 camps were destroyed earlier on Tuesday. A key military source told Daily Sun that apart from destroying 140 camps, the military also recovered full police uniform bearing the rank of a corporal and a military uniform. Other items that were recovered in the camps of the vandals include four dane guns 36 cartridges 20 cutlasses, two bags of Omo, half bag of Garri, half bag of rice, a computer set, a cheque book and an identity card. Also Daily Sun learnt that 8 speed boat allegedly belonging to the vandals were destroyed by the military ground troops who are presently ran sacking the camps inside the creeks of Arepo, Ishawo, Awawa and other areas. Troops it was gathered have vowed to rid the area of criminals. The movement of the ground troop came in the wake of an intensified security in Badagry area of Lagos State over reports that militants had fled to the area. Daily Sun learnt that the Command of the ground troops is Lieutenant Colonel Julius Ogbobe, the Commander of the Land Component of Operation Awatse. The heightened security situation in Badagry it was gathered became necessary following reports that militants from Arepo area of Ogun had fled to Badagry due to the aerial bombardment of their camps by Air Force personnel. Investigation around the Badagry area and other neighbouring communities showed that security agencies have been deployed in strategic areas, and soldiers attached to the Lagos State security initiative commonly called Operation Mesa (OP MESA) haves been deployed in strategic areas in Badagry. On Tuesday there were reports that some suspected vandals from the Arepo area of Ogun State have fled the area to riverine communities in the Ilaje and Ese-Odo local government areas of Ondo State. Daily Sun investigations on Monday indicated that the vandals, who survived the intensified aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force of their camps at Arepo, Ogun, and Ikorodu, Lagos, are now moving in droves into Ondo and Delta States. A top military source told Daily Sun that intelligence reports reveal that some of the oil thieves had sneaked into the reverine communities in Delta and Ondo States, but added that there will be no hiding place for the fleeing hoodlums. One of the Commanders of the operation said, ‘‘Arepo can no longer contain them. Some of them have run to those state to hide in the riverine areas.’’

Morocco Supports Nigeria Militarily to Fight against Boko Haram By Youssef Igrouane - August 1, 2016 , 2:31 pm Rabat – Morocco has decided to support Nigeria militarily in the fight against Boko Haram, a terrorist organization based in Nigeria, Cameron and Chad, according to French news website Le Monde. According to a Moroccan government official quoted by Le Monde, King Mohammed VI has authorized the provision of military equipment and supplies- except for lethal munitions- to Nigeria, in hope that giving military assistance to Morocco’s traditional ally will help to fight the recurrent incursions by Boko Haram in Nigeria. “Discussions are still underway to decide the exact nature of the military equipment and terms and delivery’s procedures to the [Nigerian] authorities.” The government’s official was quoted by Le Monde as saying. The decision to support Nigeria came after King Mohammed VI formally requested to return to the African Union (AU) via a message to the AU summit in Rwanda two weeks ago. This decision is regarded as an unprecedented initiative from Morocco to supply the military apparatus to help sub-Saharan countries to combat terrorism. Last June, Boko Haram committed a bombing attack that killed at least 11 people in a mosque in Cameroon. In the same month, Medicins Sans Frontieres reported that almost 200 Nigerian refugees who escaped from Boko Haram have died from starvation and malnutrition in the Bama refugee camp, Nigeria. Boko Haram recently joined ISIS and now calls itself the “ISIS of West Africa” and claims that Western education is a sin.

Morocco Supports Nigeria Militarily to Fight against Boko Haram By Youssef Igrouane - August 1, 2016 , 2:31 pm Rabat – Morocco has decided to support Nigeria militarily in the fight against Boko Haram, a terrorist organization based in Nigeria, Cameron and Chad, according to French news website Le Monde. According to a Moroccan government official quoted by Le Monde, King Mohammed VI has authorized the provision of military equipment and supplies- except for lethal munitions- to Nigeria, in hope that giving military assistance to Morocco’s traditional ally will help to fight the recurrent incursions by Boko Haram in Nigeria. “Discussions are still underway to decide the exact nature of the military equipment and terms and delivery’s procedures to the [Nigerian] authorities.” The government’s official was quoted by Le Monde as saying. The decision to support Nigeria came after King Mohammed VI formally requested to return to the African Union (AU) via a message to the AU summit in Rwanda two weeks ago. This decision is regarded as an unprecedented initiative from Morocco to supply the military apparatus to help sub-Saharan countries to combat terrorism. Last June, Boko Haram committed a bombing attack that killed at least 11 people in a mosque in Cameroon. In the same month, Medicins Sans Frontieres reported that almost 200 Nigerian refugees who escaped from Boko Haram have died from starvation and malnutrition in the Bama refugee camp, Nigeria. Boko Haram recently joined ISIS and now calls itself the “ISIS of West Africa” and claims that Western education is a sin.

Nigerian Army on Boko Haram 0 , News Security July 31, 2016 A+ A- EMAIL PRINT In order to keep the public informed of the activities of the military geared towards defeating completely the menace of Boko Haram insurgency, the Nigerian Army has produced six parts documentary of thirty minutes each which is scheduled to be broadcasted on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) as follows: 1. Monday 1st August 2016 from 2230-2300hrs (10.30-11.00pm) – Episode I- The Accomplishment of a Presidential Mandate (Restoration of Normalcy). 2. Thursday 4th August from 1830-1900hrs (6.30-7.00pm) – Episode II-Rising To The Challenges of a Presidential Mandate (Turning The Tide Against Boko Haram Terrorists) Part I. 3. Saturday 6th August 1430-1500hrs (2.30-3.00pm) – Episode III which is Part 2 of Episode II. Nigerian Army is making the nation proud and will not stop until the complete defeat of all remnants of Boko Haram terrorists and preservation of our territorial integrity.

Nigerian Army on Boko Haram 0 , News Security July 31, 2016 A+ A- EMAIL PRINT In order to keep the public informed of the activities of the military geared towards defeating completely the menace of Boko Haram insurgency, the Nigerian Army has produced six parts documentary of thirty minutes each which is scheduled to be broadcasted on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) as follows: 1. Monday 1st August 2016 from 2230-2300hrs (10.30-11.00pm) – Episode I- The Accomplishment of a Presidential Mandate (Restoration of Normalcy). 2. Thursday 4th August from 1830-1900hrs (6.30-7.00pm) – Episode II-Rising To The Challenges of a Presidential Mandate (Turning The Tide Against Boko Haram Terrorists) Part I. 3. Saturday 6th August 1430-1500hrs (2.30-3.00pm) – Episode III which is Part 2 of Episode II. Nigerian Army is making the nation proud and will not stop until the complete defeat of all remnants of Boko Haram terrorists and preservation of our territorial integrity.

National Defence College set to induct of military officers from Brazil, Turkey, Germany, India in Sept. The National Defence College (NDC) says it will, for the first time in its history, admit foreign participants from Brazil, Turkey, Germany and India, for the college’s next academic programme to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. The college secretary, Air Vice Marshal Uko Ebong disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while addressing a news conference on the forthcoming graduation of institution’s course 24 participants. According to AVM Ebong, admitting foreign participants from these countries would improve the institution’s strategic partnership with the armed forces countries around the world. He added that the interest shown in the college’s academic programme was a testimony to the excellence that the college had attained over the years. His words, ``The National Defence College provides the highest level of formal military education intended to inculcate a sense of advance military professionalism and involvement in the decision making process. “I am happy to state here that the next course of the NDC will be having participants from Turkey, Germany, India, Brazil and other allied African countries and it is expected to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. “It is my earnest desire to continue to promote the college as the centre of excellence for developing potential strategic leaders in Africa and globally’.’ Ebong noted that the college would in the nearest future open its doors to participants from the private sector as part of efforts to increase public awareness on the issue of national security. He said the college’s proposal to admit participants from the private sector was also borne out of the need to increase the understanding of civilians on defence and security issues. Ebong said the college had in the past years of its existence made deliberate efforts to improve on the content and quality of its programmes which had attracted interests within and outside Africa. He said alumni of the college had distinguished themselves in different positions of responsibility given them both at strategic and command levels. The secretary of the college said some aspects of the institution’s curriculum had been reviewed while infrastructure and other facilities at the college had been upgraded in line with its growing status. On the course 24 graduation, Ebong said 130 participants comprising officers from the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Department of State Service participated in the course. According to him, other participants of the course 24 include officers from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Immigration Service, Ministry of Defence and allied countries of Ghana, Sierra-Leone, Benin and Zambia. Ebong said the overall performance of participants was adjudged above average while their general conduct was satisfactory. He said the highpoint of the graduation ceremony was the presentation of certificates to participants by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 5. Ebong added that the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido would deliver the graduation lecture on August 3 on the theme `Deregulation of the downstream oil sector and Nigeria’s economic development: an appraisal’. It will be recalled that the graduating NDC course 24 was inaugurated in September 2015.

National Defence College set to induct of military officers from Brazil, Turkey, Germany, India in Sept. The National Defence College (NDC) says it will, for the first time in its history, admit foreign participants from Brazil, Turkey, Germany and India, for the college’s next academic programme to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. The college secretary, Air Vice Marshal Uko Ebong disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while addressing a news conference on the forthcoming graduation of institution’s course 24 participants. According to AVM Ebong, admitting foreign participants from these countries would improve the institution’s strategic partnership with the armed forces countries around the world. He added that the interest shown in the college’s academic programme was a testimony to the excellence that the college had attained over the years. His words, ``The National Defence College provides the highest level of formal military education intended to inculcate a sense of advance military professionalism and involvement in the decision making process. “I am happy to state here that the next course of the NDC will be having participants from Turkey, Germany, India, Brazil and other allied African countries and it is expected to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. “It is my earnest desire to continue to promote the college as the centre of excellence for developing potential strategic leaders in Africa and globally’.’ Ebong noted that the college would in the nearest future open its doors to participants from the private sector as part of efforts to increase public awareness on the issue of national security. He said the college’s proposal to admit participants from the private sector was also borne out of the need to increase the understanding of civilians on defence and security issues. Ebong said the college had in the past years of its existence made deliberate efforts to improve on the content and quality of its programmes which had attracted interests within and outside Africa. He said alumni of the college had distinguished themselves in different positions of responsibility given them both at strategic and command levels. The secretary of the college said some aspects of the institution’s curriculum had been reviewed while infrastructure and other facilities at the college had been upgraded in line with its growing status. On the course 24 graduation, Ebong said 130 participants comprising officers from the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Department of State Service participated in the course. According to him, other participants of the course 24 include officers from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Immigration Service, Ministry of Defence and allied countries of Ghana, Sierra-Leone, Benin and Zambia. Ebong said the overall performance of participants was adjudged above average while their general conduct was satisfactory. He said the highpoint of the graduation ceremony was the presentation of certificates to participants by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 5. Ebong added that the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido would deliver the graduation lecture on August 3 on the theme `Deregulation of the downstream oil sector and Nigeria’s economic development: an appraisal’. It will be recalled that the graduating NDC course 24 was inaugurated in September 2015.

National Defence College set to induct of military officers from Brazil, Turkey, Germany, India in Sept. The National Defence College (NDC) says it will, for the first time in its history, admit foreign participants from Brazil, Turkey, Germany and India, for the college’s next academic programme to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. The college secretary, Air Vice Marshal Uko Ebong disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while addressing a news conference on the forthcoming graduation of institution’s course 24 participants. According to AVM Ebong, admitting foreign participants from these countries would improve the institution’s strategic partnership with the armed forces countries around the world. He added that the interest shown in the college’s academic programme was a testimony to the excellence that the college had attained over the years. His words, ``The National Defence College provides the highest level of formal military education intended to inculcate a sense of advance military professionalism and involvement in the decision making process. “I am happy to state here that the next course of the NDC will be having participants from Turkey, Germany, India, Brazil and other allied African countries and it is expected to be inaugurated on Sept. 15, 2016. “It is my earnest desire to continue to promote the college as the centre of excellence for developing potential strategic leaders in Africa and globally’.’ Ebong noted that the college would in the nearest future open its doors to participants from the private sector as part of efforts to increase public awareness on the issue of national security. He said the college’s proposal to admit participants from the private sector was also borne out of the need to increase the understanding of civilians on defence and security issues. Ebong said the college had in the past years of its existence made deliberate efforts to improve on the content and quality of its programmes which had attracted interests within and outside Africa. He said alumni of the college had distinguished themselves in different positions of responsibility given them both at strategic and command levels. The secretary of the college said some aspects of the institution’s curriculum had been reviewed while infrastructure and other facilities at the college had been upgraded in line with its growing status. On the course 24 graduation, Ebong said 130 participants comprising officers from the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Department of State Service participated in the course. According to him, other participants of the course 24 include officers from the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Immigration Service, Ministry of Defence and allied countries of Ghana, Sierra-Leone, Benin and Zambia. Ebong said the overall performance of participants was adjudged above average while their general conduct was satisfactory. He said the highpoint of the graduation ceremony was the presentation of certificates to participants by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 5. Ebong added that the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido would deliver the graduation lecture on August 3 on the theme `Deregulation of the downstream oil sector and Nigeria’s economic development: an appraisal’. It will be recalled that the graduating NDC course 24 was inaugurated in September 2015.

Chibok girls: Soldier narrates how Sera Luka was rescued By John Owen Nwachukwu on July 29, 2016 A Nigerian soldier fighting Boko Haram terrorists, Femi Adeolu has recounted what happened on the day Sera Luka, said to be be among the over 200 girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok by the extremist sect, was rescued. According to him, Luka was rescued in May 2016 along with 79 women and children held hostage by the terrorists. In a post shared on his Instagram wall, (femi_Adeolu), Adeolu stated that about 35 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the clash. He however regretted that he lost a soldier, who he described as a friend and brother, during the firefight.

Chibok girls: Soldier narrates how
Sera Luka was rescued

A Nigerian soldier fighting Boko Haram terrorists,
Femi Adeolu has recounted what happened on the
day Sera Luka, said to be be among the over 200
girls kidnapped from a school in Chibok by the
extremist sect, was rescued.
According to him, Luka was rescued in May 2016
along with 79 women and children held hostage
by the terrorists.
In a post shared on his Instagram wall,
(femi_Adeolu), Adeolu stated that about 35 Boko
Haram fighters were killed in the clash.
He however regretted that he lost a soldier, who
he described as a friend and brother, during the
firefight.

Air power against Boko Haram The Nigerian Alpha Jets wouldn’t see action again for more than a decade. Many of them fell into poor condition for lack of maintenance. Unfortunately the winds of war were blowing closer to home for the Nigerian air force. In 2009, an Islamic fundamentalist insurgency called Boko Haram — which means “Western education is forbidden” — emerged in North Eastern Nigeria in the states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. Nigeria is marked by stark religious divisions between the Islamic north and Christian south. Boko Haram wishes to institute Islamic law across the entire country and bring an end to Western influence on society. Fueled by government corruption and brutal military reprisals that resulted in hundreds of innocent citizens being tortured and killed by government troops, the insurgency escalated its violent attacks year after year, employing terrorist bombings, guerrilla warfare and large-scale raids on villages and military bases, culminating in the infamous 2014 Chibok raid in which 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped to serve as “wives” for Boko Haram fighters. The terror group also has made attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger, and has recently proclaimed a switch in allegiances from Al Qaeda to ISIS. In 2013, the Nigerian air force began to take measures to refurbish 13 of its Alpha Jets. Two were sent to Niamey, Mali to support a multi-national peacekeeping force there — but one crashed fatally in an accident that May. As Boko Haram seized control of more villages, Pres. Goodluck Johnson declared a state of emergency in the North Eastern state. Alpha Jets based in Yola and Maiduguri soon were flying combat mission in their own country. Deep in Boko Haram territory, Maiduguri itself came under assault in March 2014, and the A-Jets bombed targets right next to their base. As Boko Haram continued its offensive, Nigerian troops were forced to withdraw from the town of Bama on Sept. 1, 2014. Alpha Jets again flew into battle to recapture the town. On Sept. 14, 2014, a lone Alpha Jet flying out of Yola was shot down and one of its pilots captured. Boko Haram filmed their infamous leader Shekau  — frequently reported dead —  mounted on a machine gun-armed truck, then showed pieces of wreckage. A surviving pilot spoke briefly to the camera, before a man cut off his head with an axe . The Nigerian air force at first denied the pilot’s identity, but he was later confirmed to be Wing Commander Chimda Hedima. The Alpha Jet’s arsenal also may have contributed to rebel attacks. ‘Bomblets’ stolen from Nigerian stockpiles of Beluga cluster bombers may have been given to young girls for them to serve as suicide bombers. Nigeria has signed the convention agreeing not to employ cluster munitions, but has not yet disposed of its stockpile. The Nigerian army has claimed that the jets have hit friendly ground troops — possibly because of bad maps. Alpha Jets of the Cameroonian Air Force joined the fray in December 2014 with air strikes against Boko Haram militants that had overrun the Cameroonian military base in Assighasia. The attacks reportedly killed 41 insurgents and compelled the rest to flee. Cameroon still operates 11 ground-attack Alpha Jets out of an original 27 purchased. In March 2015, Nigeria elected a new president, Muhammadu Buhari, who set in motion a new military campaign against Boko Haram, forcing the insurgents back into sanctuaries in Sambisa Forest Reserve. In March 2016, a multi-national African force moved in to clear out the woods in Operation Crackdown, supported by extensive air strikes by Alpha Jets. Another Alpha Jet crashed while landing that same month. Both crew survived, but it is not clear if the aircraft is recoverable. Tragically, air strikes targeting Boko Haram were also liable to hit hostages and abductees. One 15-year old girl recounted being kept as a prisoner in a school repurposed as a base by Boko Haram in Sambisa forest. “They hurriedly chased us out with canes as military jets flew overhead,” the girl said. “Bombs just started dropping from the sky, and the school buildings caught fire. Many of us, including my three year-old sister, were badly injured. She died within a few hours.” Operation Crackdown succeeded in driving Boko Haram from Sambisa Forest, and a new campaign called Operation Gama Aiki — “See it Through” in the Hausa language common in northern Nigeria — sought to push the fighters northward against the shores of Lake Chad. Three Alpha Jets and three F-7 fighters have been assigned to provide ground support for the ongoing operation, leading to the attack described at the beginning of this article. Meanwhile, the United States approved the transfer of four unarmed Alpha Jets to the Nigerian air force in 2015, and a fifth may have been received this June. The Nigerian air force set about jerry-rigging onto two of the jet trainers its own weapons hardpoints capable of holding bombs or rocket pods. Reportedly, the modifications cost just four million Nigerian naira — roughly $13,000. Some reports state a sum as low as $2,000. Given typical military equipment costs, this stands as a remarkable achievement. Foreign companies had requested up to $30,000 just to assess the cost of doing the refit. A Nigerian car manufacturer, Innoson, has also been contracted to produce spare parts for the NAF to keep the old aircraft flying. Nigeria has requested approval to buy new A-29 Tucano counter-insurgency propeller planes to replace its aging Alpha Jet fleet. However, a U.S. law known as the Leahy Amendment prohibits the transfer of military equipment to military units responsible for human-rights violations. Backers of the Leahy Amendment have opposed the sale on the grounds that the Nigerian military has done too little reform its human-rights practices. Boko Haram has displaced more than a million people and killed at least 10,000 others. The Nigerian government has declared that Boko Haram is “technically defeated.” Most experts are skeptical. Undeniably, substantial military progress has been made by Nigerian and its allied African troops. If that military progress doesn’t lead to real political and economic reforms, however, northeastern Nigeria risks succumbing to long-lasting conflict just like Liberia and Sierra Leone did under ECOMOG. The Alpha Jet has proven to be a cost- efficient weapon when employed in counter-insurgency warfare, if not always a discriminate one.

Air power against Boko Haram The Nigerian Alpha Jets wouldn’t see action again for more than a decade. Many of them fell into poor condition for lack of maintenance. Unfortunately the winds of war were blowing closer to home for the Nigerian air force. In 2009, an Islamic fundamentalist insurgency called Boko Haram — which means “Western education is forbidden” — emerged in North Eastern Nigeria in the states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe. Nigeria is marked by stark religious divisions between the Islamic north and Christian south. Boko Haram wishes to institute Islamic law across the entire country and bring an end to Western influence on society. Fueled by government corruption and brutal military reprisals that resulted in hundreds of innocent citizens being tortured and killed by government troops, the insurgency escalated its violent attacks year after year, employing terrorist bombings, guerrilla warfare and large-scale raids on villages and military bases, culminating in the infamous 2014 Chibok raid in which 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped to serve as “wives” for Boko Haram fighters. The terror group also has made attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger, and has recently proclaimed a switch in allegiances from Al Qaeda to ISIS. In 2013, the Nigerian air force began to take measures to refurbish 13 of its Alpha Jets. Two were sent to Niamey, Mali to support a multi-national peacekeeping force there — but one crashed fatally in an accident that May. As Boko Haram seized control of more villages, Pres. Goodluck Johnson declared a state of emergency in the North Eastern state. Alpha Jets based in Yola and Maiduguri soon were flying combat mission in their own country. Deep in Boko Haram territory, Maiduguri itself came under assault in March 2014, and the A-Jets bombed targets right next to their base. As Boko Haram continued its offensive, Nigerian troops were forced to withdraw from the town of Bama on Sept. 1, 2014. Alpha Jets again flew into battle to recapture the town. On Sept. 14, 2014, a lone Alpha Jet flying out of Yola was shot down and one of its pilots captured. Boko Haram filmed their infamous leader Shekau  — frequently reported dead —  mounted on a machine gun-armed truck, then showed pieces of wreckage. A surviving pilot spoke briefly to the camera, before a man cut off his head with an axe . The Nigerian air force at first denied the pilot’s identity, but he was later confirmed to be Wing Commander Chimda Hedima. The Alpha Jet’s arsenal also may have contributed to rebel attacks. ‘Bomblets’ stolen from Nigerian stockpiles of Beluga cluster bombers may have been given to young girls for them to serve as suicide bombers. Nigeria has signed the convention agreeing not to employ cluster munitions, but has not yet disposed of its stockpile. The Nigerian army has claimed that the jets have hit friendly ground troops — possibly because of bad maps. Alpha Jets of the Cameroonian Air Force joined the fray in December 2014 with air strikes against Boko Haram militants that had overrun the Cameroonian military base in Assighasia. The attacks reportedly killed 41 insurgents and compelled the rest to flee. Cameroon still operates 11 ground-attack Alpha Jets out of an original 27 purchased. In March 2015, Nigeria elected a new president, Muhammadu Buhari, who set in motion a new military campaign against Boko Haram, forcing the insurgents back into sanctuaries in Sambisa Forest Reserve. In March 2016, a multi-national African force moved in to clear out the woods in Operation Crackdown, supported by extensive air strikes by Alpha Jets. Another Alpha Jet crashed while landing that same month. Both crew survived, but it is not clear if the aircraft is recoverable. Tragically, air strikes targeting Boko Haram were also liable to hit hostages and abductees. One 15-year old girl recounted being kept as a prisoner in a school repurposed as a base by Boko Haram in Sambisa forest. “They hurriedly chased us out with canes as military jets flew overhead,” the girl said. “Bombs just started dropping from the sky, and the school buildings caught fire. Many of us, including my three year-old sister, were badly injured. She died within a few hours.” Operation Crackdown succeeded in driving Boko Haram from Sambisa Forest, and a new campaign called Operation Gama Aiki — “See it Through” in the Hausa language common in northern Nigeria — sought to push the fighters northward against the shores of Lake Chad. Three Alpha Jets and three F-7 fighters have been assigned to provide ground support for the ongoing operation, leading to the attack described at the beginning of this article. Meanwhile, the United States approved the transfer of four unarmed Alpha Jets to the Nigerian air force in 2015, and a fifth may have been received this June. The Nigerian air force set about jerry-rigging onto two of the jet trainers its own weapons hardpoints capable of holding bombs or rocket pods. Reportedly, the modifications cost just four million Nigerian naira — roughly $13,000. Some reports state a sum as low as $2,000. Given typical military equipment costs, this stands as a remarkable achievement. Foreign companies had requested up to $30,000 just to assess the cost of doing the refit. A Nigerian car manufacturer, Innoson, has also been contracted to produce spare parts for the NAF to keep the old aircraft flying. Nigeria has requested approval to buy new A-29 Tucano counter-insurgency propeller planes to replace its aging Alpha Jet fleet. However, a U.S. law known as the Leahy Amendment prohibits the transfer of military equipment to military units responsible for human-rights violations. Backers of the Leahy Amendment have opposed the sale on the grounds that the Nigerian military has done too little reform its human-rights practices. Boko Haram has displaced more than a million people and killed at least 10,000 others. The Nigerian government has declared that Boko Haram is “technically defeated.” Most experts are skeptical. Undeniably, substantial military progress has been made by Nigerian and its allied African troops. If that military progress doesn’t lead to real political and economic reforms, however, northeastern Nigeria risks succumbing to long-lasting conflict just like Liberia and Sierra Leone did under ECOMOG. The Alpha Jet has proven to be a cost- efficient weapon when employed in counter-insurgency warfare, if not always a discriminate one.

Peacekeeping air strikes Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, with more than 180 million inhabitants, and has long suffered from tensions stemming from ethnic and religious divisions. The Nigerian air force is probably most famous for the widely condemned bombing of the Biafra secessionist state — the 1960s equivalent of the conflict in Darfur. However, in the 1990s the Nigerian military embarked on a more defensible mission, at least in theory  — trying to restore order to a Liberia torn apart by Civil War as part of a West African peacekeeping force called ECOMOG. By 1990, the corrupt and brutal Liberian government of Samuel Doe had been nearly overthrown by two rebel factions, the National Patriotic Liberation Front led by Charles Taylor and a splinter group called the Independent NPLF. Funded by the sale of diamond and making wide scale use of child soldiers, the two rebel groups descended on the Liberian capital, Monrovia, in an orgy of killing, kidnapping and rape. In 1990, the English-speaking Western African countries agreed to form a roughly 3,000-man peacekeeping force called ECOMOG to prevent the capital from being seized by the rebels. ECOMOG’s largest contingent consisted of Nigerian troops. Up to 12,000 ECOMOG troops deployed at one point. Things did not begin auspiciously when Doe visited ECOMOG’s new headquarters to register a complaint. While there, he was kidnapped by INPFL soldiers, and videotaped being tortured to death while their leader, Prince Johnson, drank a beer and watched. Unlike a typical peacekeeping force, ECOMOG had to militarily subdue the rampaging NPFL first before it could try to organize a peaceful political settlement. In the last four months of 1990, a detachment four Alpha Jets hammered rebel enemy gun emplacements and supply convoys at Robertsfield International Airport and Charles Taylor’s headquarters in Kakata, forcing him to move his base. Later, ships running guns for Taylor were sunk in the seaport of Buchanan. “The firepower of NAF fighter aircraft has finally dealt an incalculable blow to the war effort of the NPFL leader,” Time reported. In October 1992, after a year and half of sporadic negotiations, Taylor launched a massive new assault on Monrovia. A detachment of six NAF Alpha Jets flew over a thousand missions in response, employing Beluga cluster bombs — a 628-pound munition that disperses 152 small bomblets by parachute. Lethal against troops in the open, cluster munitions are now banned by convention in Nigeria because of their tendency to leave behind unexploded mini-bomblets long after hostilities have ended. The NAF’s search-and-destroy mission were so effective in eliminating rebel vehicles that the NPFL began attacking at night. The Alpha Jet didn’t have night-flying equipment, but the NAF decided to give it a try anyway. Experienced pilots flew several night raids, fortunately without mishap. The low-flying jets were reported by to have chased and terrorized the civilian population. “They say this is proving Taylor was right, that ECOMOG is coming to kill us,” one journalist said to Africa Watch. Humanitarian relief convoys and civilian crowds were strafed and a food-storage warehouse in Buchanan bombed. A team of Firestone workers described their horror as an air strike hit a group of children playing soccer, killing 40. “”This is a low-tech war, and they are sloppy,” one journalist concluded. ECOMOG contended that it did not deliberately target civilians, but that the NPFL used them as human shields  — an assertion backed up by independent observers. ECOMOG troops, however, were implicated in looting and humans rights abuses. The siege of Monrovia was ultimately broken in the spring of 1993, and ECOMOG forces went on the offensive toward Buchanan. However, the Nigerian troops needed to cross Saint John’s River Bridge, which had already been wired with explosives. Alpha Jets were sent to strafe anyone trying to detonate the explosives until ECOMOG troops managed to cross the bridge. From then on, the strikes planes were involved interdicting the NPFL supply convoys and sank six of the group’s cargo ships. An air strike even took out a captured Nigerian ZSU-23 quad- barrel anti-aircraft tank. Several aircraft were damaged by anti-aircraft fire during the campaign but Nigerian sources state that none were shot down. ECOMOG’s efforts culminated in an election in 1997 — which Charles Taylor overwhelmingly won. Six years later, another rebel army brought Taylor’s government to its knees. A second African peacekeeping force finally succeeded in installing a democratic government, which has kept the peace to this day under the first female head of state in Africa, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson. In 1992, the civil war in Liberia spilled over into neighboring Sierra Leone when one of Taylor’s commanders, Foday Sankoh — a.k.a. “General Moskito” — led a force of 3,000 fighters called the Revolutionary United Front to invade weakly- governed Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone army rapidly lost control of the country — and its soldiers began to act almost as brutally towards the civilian population as the rebels did. Sierra Leone soon resembled the wasteland of Mad Max, minus the protagonists. Charismatic and monstrous warlords with names such as General Warboss III and Betty Cut Hands led bands of drug-addled child soldiers in a rampage of looting, murder, rape, cannibalism and mutilation with little apparent ideological motivation. They did make sure to capture profitable diamond and uranium mines. ECOMOG was sent to intervene in the conflict in 1994 — and like in Liberia, it would achieve temporary military successes, and then utterly fail to “win the peace” leading to a resumption of war. In 1995, two NAF Alpha Jets detached to support the ECOMOG task force. They soon paired with a small South African mercenary contingent —  Executive Outcomes — which led a counteroffensive to recapture the uranium mines. The Alpha Jets, along with mercenary Hind helicopter gunships, pounded RUF positions with bombs and rockets until they began to flee — into the teeth of ground-based ambush parties of tribal Kamajor fighters. The offensive succeeded in driving the RUF from the country and led to the Abidjan peace accords in 1996. Unfortunately, coups and corruption from within led to the resumption of fighting. In 1997, the NAF is accused of having dropped cluster bombs in Kenema and the capital of Freetown. In 1999 the RUF — now a group called “the West Side Boys” — had overrun Freetown in what was dubbed “Operation No Living Thing.” More than 6,000 were killed and much of the city burned down while rebel troops perepetrated mass amputations of civilians. 3,000 Nigerian troops supported by two rocket-firing Alpha Jets led a bloody counterassault that succeeded in driving the rebels out of the capital — at heavy cost. During the campaign, 10 aircraft sustained heavy damage from anti- aircraft fire. Three Alpha jets were lost, though all the crew survived. The cause of the losses are unspecified, though at least one is believed to have been shot down. Peace would not be secured for another two years until the intervention of Indian, British and Russian troops.

Peacekeeping air strikes Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country, with more than 180 million inhabitants, and has long suffered from tensions stemming from ethnic and religious divisions. The Nigerian air force is probably most famous for the widely condemned bombing of the Biafra secessionist state — the 1960s equivalent of the conflict in Darfur. However, in the 1990s the Nigerian military embarked on a more defensible mission, at least in theory  — trying to restore order to a Liberia torn apart by Civil War as part of a West African peacekeeping force called ECOMOG. By 1990, the corrupt and brutal Liberian government of Samuel Doe had been nearly overthrown by two rebel factions, the National Patriotic Liberation Front led by Charles Taylor and a splinter group called the Independent NPLF. Funded by the sale of diamond and making wide scale use of child soldiers, the two rebel groups descended on the Liberian capital, Monrovia, in an orgy of killing, kidnapping and rape. In 1990, the English-speaking Western African countries agreed to form a roughly 3,000-man peacekeeping force called ECOMOG to prevent the capital from being seized by the rebels. ECOMOG’s largest contingent consisted of Nigerian troops. Up to 12,000 ECOMOG troops deployed at one point. Things did not begin auspiciously when Doe visited ECOMOG’s new headquarters to register a complaint. While there, he was kidnapped by INPFL soldiers, and videotaped being tortured to death while their leader, Prince Johnson, drank a beer and watched. Unlike a typical peacekeeping force, ECOMOG had to militarily subdue the rampaging NPFL first before it could try to organize a peaceful political settlement. In the last four months of 1990, a detachment four Alpha Jets hammered rebel enemy gun emplacements and supply convoys at Robertsfield International Airport and Charles Taylor’s headquarters in Kakata, forcing him to move his base. Later, ships running guns for Taylor were sunk in the seaport of Buchanan. “The firepower of NAF fighter aircraft has finally dealt an incalculable blow to the war effort of the NPFL leader,” Time reported. In October 1992, after a year and half of sporadic negotiations, Taylor launched a massive new assault on Monrovia. A detachment of six NAF Alpha Jets flew over a thousand missions in response, employing Beluga cluster bombs — a 628-pound munition that disperses 152 small bomblets by parachute. Lethal against troops in the open, cluster munitions are now banned by convention in Nigeria because of their tendency to leave behind unexploded mini-bomblets long after hostilities have ended. The NAF’s search-and-destroy mission were so effective in eliminating rebel vehicles that the NPFL began attacking at night. The Alpha Jet didn’t have night-flying equipment, but the NAF decided to give it a try anyway. Experienced pilots flew several night raids, fortunately without mishap. The low-flying jets were reported by to have chased and terrorized the civilian population. “They say this is proving Taylor was right, that ECOMOG is coming to kill us,” one journalist said to Africa Watch. Humanitarian relief convoys and civilian crowds were strafed and a food-storage warehouse in Buchanan bombed. A team of Firestone workers described their horror as an air strike hit a group of children playing soccer, killing 40. “”This is a low-tech war, and they are sloppy,” one journalist concluded. ECOMOG contended that it did not deliberately target civilians, but that the NPFL used them as human shields  — an assertion backed up by independent observers. ECOMOG troops, however, were implicated in looting and humans rights abuses. The siege of Monrovia was ultimately broken in the spring of 1993, and ECOMOG forces went on the offensive toward Buchanan. However, the Nigerian troops needed to cross Saint John’s River Bridge, which had already been wired with explosives. Alpha Jets were sent to strafe anyone trying to detonate the explosives until ECOMOG troops managed to cross the bridge. From then on, the strikes planes were involved interdicting the NPFL supply convoys and sank six of the group’s cargo ships. An air strike even took out a captured Nigerian ZSU-23 quad- barrel anti-aircraft tank. Several aircraft were damaged by anti-aircraft fire during the campaign but Nigerian sources state that none were shot down. ECOMOG’s efforts culminated in an election in 1997 — which Charles Taylor overwhelmingly won. Six years later, another rebel army brought Taylor’s government to its knees. A second African peacekeeping force finally succeeded in installing a democratic government, which has kept the peace to this day under the first female head of state in Africa, Ellen Sirleaf Johnson. In 1992, the civil war in Liberia spilled over into neighboring Sierra Leone when one of Taylor’s commanders, Foday Sankoh — a.k.a. “General Moskito” — led a force of 3,000 fighters called the Revolutionary United Front to invade weakly- governed Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone army rapidly lost control of the country — and its soldiers began to act almost as brutally towards the civilian population as the rebels did. Sierra Leone soon resembled the wasteland of Mad Max, minus the protagonists. Charismatic and monstrous warlords with names such as General Warboss III and Betty Cut Hands led bands of drug-addled child soldiers in a rampage of looting, murder, rape, cannibalism and mutilation with little apparent ideological motivation. They did make sure to capture profitable diamond and uranium mines. ECOMOG was sent to intervene in the conflict in 1994 — and like in Liberia, it would achieve temporary military successes, and then utterly fail to “win the peace” leading to a resumption of war. In 1995, two NAF Alpha Jets detached to support the ECOMOG task force. They soon paired with a small South African mercenary contingent —  Executive Outcomes — which led a counteroffensive to recapture the uranium mines. The Alpha Jets, along with mercenary Hind helicopter gunships, pounded RUF positions with bombs and rockets until they began to flee — into the teeth of ground-based ambush parties of tribal Kamajor fighters. The offensive succeeded in driving the RUF from the country and led to the Abidjan peace accords in 1996. Unfortunately, coups and corruption from within led to the resumption of fighting. In 1997, the NAF is accused of having dropped cluster bombs in Kenema and the capital of Freetown. In 1999 the RUF — now a group called “the West Side Boys” — had overrun Freetown in what was dubbed “Operation No Living Thing.” More than 6,000 were killed and much of the city burned down while rebel troops perepetrated mass amputations of civilians. 3,000 Nigerian troops supported by two rocket-firing Alpha Jets led a bloody counterassault that succeeded in driving the rebels out of the capital — at heavy cost. During the campaign, 10 aircraft sustained heavy damage from anti- aircraft fire. Three Alpha jets were lost, though all the crew survived. The cause of the losses are unspecified, though at least one is believed to have been shot down. Peace would not be secured for another two years until the intervention of Indian, British and Russian troops.