military - DAILY BLAST https://dailyblastng.com ... To Tell The Truth Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:17:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://dailyblastng.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-Daily-blast-logo-4-32x32.jpg military - DAILY BLAST https://dailyblastng.com 32 32 Gabon coup: Things to know about the kleptocratic Bongo family https://dailyblastng.com/gabon-coup-things-to-know-about-the-kleptocratic-bongo-family/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gabon-coup-things-to-know-about-the-kleptocratic-bongo-family Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:17:25 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=28580 Army officers on Wednesday announced they have taken over power in Gabon, the Central African country. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. “We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the regime in power,” the soldiers who introduced themselves [...]

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]]> Facebook bans Myanmar military accounts https://dailyblastng.com/facebook-bans-myanmar-military-accounts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-bans-myanmar-military-accounts Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:35:44 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=6513 Facebook said it has banned all remaining accounts linked to the Myanmar military on Thursday, citing the junta’s use of deadly force against anti-coup demonstrators. The move, which takes effect immediately, applies to the military and entities controlled by the armed forces on both Facebook and Instagram. It also bans “military-linked commercial entities” from advertising [...]

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]]> Military aircraft crashes in Abuja, 7 persons dead https://dailyblastng.com/military-aircraft-crashes-in-abuja-6-persons-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=military-aircraft-crashes-in-abuja-6-persons-dead Sun, 21 Feb 2021 13:17:54 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=6402 Nigerian Air Force NAF201, a B350 aircraft on Sunday crash-landed in Abuja. It was that the aircraft departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 10:33 am with six persons on board, including 2 crew members. The plane reported engine failure at 10:39 am and crash-landed on the final approach path of Abuja runway 22 at [...]

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