{"id":5305,"date":"2025-02-14T09:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2025-02-14T09:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T09:08:47","slug":"troops-recovered-2-aircraft-engines-killed-75-terrorists-dhq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=5305","title":{"rendered":"Troops Recovered 2 Aircraft Engines, Killed 75 Terrorists \u2014 DHQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Pix: General Christopher Musa, Nigeria&#8217;s Chief of Defence Staff<a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20250213_110435_812-750x430-1.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that its troops on internal operations recovered two calibrated aircraft engines from a longtime unidentified aircraft crash site in Borno State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Director Defence Media Operations, Major 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