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Operation Gama Aiki [+] Print this page

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: Army  Joint Task Force  Military [+]

Areas of operation



Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Mobbar [+] 16 October 2016 [+]

Member units

All units that comprise this unit.
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
103 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 103 BN [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
119 Task Force Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 119 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
143 Infantry Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 143 Battalion [+]
143 Infantry Battalion for special forces [+]
143 Rangers Battalion [+]
143rd Infantry Battalion [+]
Army [+]
Military [+]
Special Forces [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
144 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] Asa Military Base of 14 Brigade [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
146 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 146 Mechanised Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
20 Mechanized Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] 20 Battalion [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
5 Battalion [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]
82 Division Garrison [+] Nigeria [+] Army [+]
Military [+]
16 October 2016 [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
28 December 2013 This Day In Major Shake-Up, Army Redeploys Senior Officers
21 July 2015 This Day Boko Haram - Operation Zaman Lafiya Now Code Named 'Operation Lafiya Dole'
17 August 2015 This Day NAF Sustains Aerial Bombardment of Terrorists' Bunkers
18 September 2015 Daily Trust Commander Seeks Collaboration With Traditional Rulers On Insurgency
10 November 2015 This Day Military Nabs Another Wanted Boko Haram Terrorist
09 November 2015 Daily Trust Buratai Visits Troops, More Boko Haram Camps Are Destroyed
03 February 2016 This Day Two Suicide Bombers Intercepted in Maiduguri
02 April 2016 Daily Trust Troops Destroy Boko Haram Explosive Factory
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Airforce Strikes Boko Haram Logistics Base
02 May 2016 This Day Troops Discover Another Boko Haram Bomb Factory, Foil Attack On Military Installations
05 May 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military to Review Counter-Insurgency War
20 May 2016 Daily Trust Another Chibok Girl Found - Army Claims
05 June 2016 Daily Trust Troops Kill Boko Haram Leader, 18 Others
09 June 2016 This Day Sambisa Forest Is Now Locked Down - Military
20 June 2016 This Day Air Force Jet Foils Ambush Against Ground Troops, Kills 15 Boko Haram Terrorists
06 December 2017 Daily Post Boko Haram: Rogers Nicholas replaces Attahiru as theatre commander
18 December 2015 Defence Headquarters NEW THEATRE COMMANDERS FOR OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE APPOINTED
14 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) Military Repel Attack On Gwoza, Kill Seven Terrorists
13 April 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops Arrest Three Boko Haram Commanders, Kill 22 Others
14 July 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Nigerian Army Injects New Life Into Counter-Insurgency Operations
07 January 2014 Leadership Counter-Terrorism, Fight Against Common Enemy - Army
20 July 2015 Leadership Burutai Visits Troops in Konduga, Renames Counter Insurgency Outfit
31 August 2016 Reuters Operation Lafiya Dole
30 May 2017 The Sun (Nigeria) New Theatre Commander Ops LAFIYA DOLE, Gen Attahiru resumes
27 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Army killed three Boko Haram insurgents in Borno 17 September 2018
10 August 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Buratai decorates 65 gallant troops with medals
29 November 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Troops capture Boko Haram commander, kill four 25 August 2018
05 October 2017 The Nation (Nigeria) Troops Kill 4 Boko Haram members in Borno 25 August 2018
08 January 2014 Radio Nigeria Brigadier General Laleye takes over as APR Director
01 March 2016 Nigerian Army SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS EXTOL ARMY FOR MAKING REGION INVESTORS’ SAFE HAVEN
26 June 2016 Nigerian Army Update on Operation Lafiya Dole: Troops Carry out Several Clearence Patrols
16 October 2015 CAJ News Nigeria Next Few Days Crucial for Op Lafiya Dole
28 January 2016 Daily Trust 'Operation Lafiya Dole' Command Interfaces With Host Communities
17 March 2016 Daily Trust Terrible week of road accidents (Editorial)
18 February 2016 The Guardian (Nigeria) Troops kill more Boko Haram terrorists in ambush operation near sambisa
07 November 2015 Premium Times ​Nigerian ​Army rescues 20 more abducted persons
17 March 2016 Premium Times Army Names New Commander for Anti-Boko Haram Operation
02 May 2016 Premium Times Army Begins Large-Scale Operation in Sambisa Forests - Commander
02 May 2016 Premium Times Boko Haram terrorists now hide in foxholes – Army spokesman
30 July 2015 Premium Times Major shake-up in Nigerian Army, 334 top officers redeployed
19 November 2015 Premium Times Mass Gathering
08 March 2016 Premium Times Army General Dies in Auto Crash
17 January 2017 Premium Times Nigerian Army places N500,000 reward for information on suicide bombers
09 December 2015 The Tide Tambuwal Flays Poor Ranking Of Nigerian Varsities
30 July 2015 Vanguard 95 generals moved in fresh Army shake-up
23 July 2015 Vanguard Recharging the War On Boko Haram
07 November 2015 Vanguard Army Rescues 20 More Persons, Clears Terrorists Enclaves in Borno
13 February 2016 Vanguard Military releases 275 suspected Boko Haram detainees
30 March 2016 Vanguard Army captures Alagarno, Boko Haram `spiritual power base’
24 March 2016 Vanguard Soldiers rescue 180 hostages, kill 5 terrorists
03 June 2016 Vanguard Troops kill 11 Boko Haram terrorists, lose soldiers
14 March 2017 Daily Trust Boko Haram: troops liberate 455 hostages in Kala-Balge , Borno
15 January 2016 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Anti-Graft War: EFCC Seeks Army Support
13 June 2017 The Guardian (Nigeria) Army kill Boko Haram leader, rescue nine children
18 November 2015 The Guardian (Nigeria) MASSOB counters Buhari, sure of UN referendum on Biafra
01 October 2017 The Punch Boko Haram attacks Bama, service chiefs to visit Borno 06 August 2018
02 June 2015 Amnesty International Stars on their shoulders. Blood on their hands. War crimes committed by the Nigerian military
16 January 2017 Channels Television Army Discovers Boko Haram Graves, Grenade In Borno
09 March 2017 Channels Television Troops Carry Out Clearance Operations In Borno
30 July 2018 Daily Trust Army test officers’ proficiency in handling of weapons, military drills 18 September 2018
04 February 2017 Daily Trust 6 Div Commander resumes duty in Port Harcourt
23 August 2015 Daily Trust Army redeploys GOCs, 329 officers
08 February 2016 Greenbarge Reporters Senator Lists Areas Where Boko Haram Still Occupies In Borno 21 October 2020
08 February 2016 International Centre for Investigative Reporting Nigerian Military Covers Up Killing Of Soldiers By Boko Haram
23 November 2016 Premium Times EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Army officially declares 46 soldiers missing
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021
27 January 2021 Premium Times PROFILE: Meet the new Service Chiefs 16 November 2021
28 January 2021 Premium Times Attahiru assumes office as new army chief as Buratai bows out 16 November 2021
10 August 2017 Premium Times Nigerian Army rotates overstayed troops in North-east
29 January 2021 TheCable PHOTOS: Olonisakin, chief of air staff hand over to their successors 16 November 2021
18 November 2016 This Day Army Arrests 37 Boko Haram Suspects in Lagos, Ogun
08 August 2017 This Day Two Soldiers Dead, Scores of Boko Haram Terrorists Killed in Ambush
01 May 2016 Vanguard Benue, Enugu Killings: Islamic group reacts, says blaming Fulani herdsmen “absurd”
28 October 2016 Vanguard GOC 82 Div
12 September 2017 Vanguard Troops massacre Boko Haram terrorists Borno ambush, raid
26 December 2017 Vanguard Soldiers celebrate Christmas in Gwoza, Buni Yadi 26 August 2018
29 March 2018 Vanguard Army to Boko Haram: Surrender arms, embrace FG amnesty offer 17 September 2018
19 March 2018 Vanguard Troops kill 4, arrest 9 militiamen in Bauchi State 03 August 2018
29 March 2018 Vanguard Troops nab 3 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno 09 August 2018
21 April 2018 Vanguard 23 cultists, 15 vandals in trouble 26 August 2018
19 March 2018 Vanguard 3 soldiers, 2 civilian JTF members killed by Boko Haram in shootout in Borno 03 August 2018
04 June 2018 Vanguard Army rescues 58 women used as sex slaves by Boko Haram 09 August 2018
20 July 2018 Vanguard Buratai renames 21 Brigade as Special Forces Brigade 25 August 2018
03 March 2020 News Agency of Nigeria More Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender in NE – Army 24 October 2020
30 January 2021 Vanguard What you didn’t know about new Service Chiefs 23 November 2021