… Says “Owo church, Abuja-Kaduna train attacks remain very painful to the Military” By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has exonerated the Nigerian military from charges of inaction on terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements arrested in the fight against insurgency and...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigeria Army Troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade on Tuesday rescued one of the schoolgirls kidnapped from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists. The Nigeria Army authority, confirmed the development on Wednesday in a tweet via its Twitter handle:...
Borno Commissioner of Police Abdu Umar says Boko Haram insurgents abducted two women in Mairari village in Konduga Local Government Area. CP Umar, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, said the incident occurred on June 7. ”At about 7.30,...
Suspected armed herdsman in the early hours of Sunday, allegedly killed about thirty persons in two communities of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State in what has been described as unprovoked attacks on civilians. Police Public Relations Officer for the Benue State Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sewuese...
Bandits have abducted no fewer than 50 wedding guests travelling along the Sokoto-Zamfara road. Those abducted include Telephone Marketers at the popular Bebeji Plaza in Gusau. They were returning to Gusau after attending a wedding of their colleague in Sokoto State when the incident happened between Tureta-Bakura road around...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has commended Nigerians and the Armed Forces of Nigeria for the nation’s 23 years of unbroken democratic governance. The Minister gave the commendation in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media...
The suspected building The Anambra State Government has demolished a building, allegedly being used as a hideout for gang of kidnappers in Okpuno-Ifite village, Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra. The demolition was executed during a raid by a joint operation team of vigilance groups, Police, Army,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Faruk Yahaya, has said the 5,800 recruited soldiers would be posted at various theatre operations to tame persistent insecurity bedeviling some parts of the country. The COAS said this during the Passing-out-Parade (PoP) of the 82 Regular Recruit Intake on Saturday in...
No fewer than 55 scrap metal collectors lost their lives in series of attacks coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in the last three weeks in Borno. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdu Umar made this known while speaking on the sideline of a security stakeholders’ meeting on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has said it is set to commence the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Second Quarter Conference 2022 from Monday 13 to Friday 17 June, 2022 at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess 1, Asokoro, Abuja. The five-day conference will afford...
The Nigerian Army says its troops from 115 Battalion have neutralized several ISWAP/BokoHaram terrorists during an aggressive clearance operation around Lassa & Kelle villages in Borno State. According to a brief statement on Friday, the army said the encounter took place on Thursday, 9 June 2022. The troops also...
The Federal Government has narrowed down the perpetrators of Sunday’s church killings in Owo, Ondo State to terrorists group belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). This is according to some security reports released by the security chiefs who attended Thursday’s Security Council Meeting at the...
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday handed over 463 bags of cannabis sativa (marijuana) worth N500 million it intercepted during routine patrol to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Malami Haruna, handed over the seized drugs to NDLEA’s Commander on Narcotics,...
Gunmen suspected to be Kidnapper have abducted Mr Uchenna Nwube, Ebonyi Government House Cameraman, along Okigwe-Aba-Enugu Expressway. Nwube, who was allowed access to his phone by the kidnappers, told journalists that he was kidnapped on Wednesday at about 7 p.m. “I was kidnapped today, June 8 while returning to...
The Nigeria Navy has uncovered an illegal crude oil market in Rivers, where oil thieves traded adulterated petroleum products. The Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Commodore Suleiman Ibrahim, took newsmen to the market located at Casthorn Channel, near Obumakiri community in Degema Local Government Area on...
BY ANKELI EMMNANUEL, Sokoto – The 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto has handed over hundreds of recovered weapons to the National Center For The Control of Small And Light Weapons (NCCSALW). Speaking before handing over the weapons, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Div, Maj Gen Uwem...
Nigerians have been warned about the presence of Boko Haram terrorists in the South West. The Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, revealed this in a statement issued on Monday. According to him, “MURIC believes that the barbaric attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church Owo, that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Umar Farouk Yahaya has charged officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to always discharge their duties and responsibilities with all seriousness, commitment, determination and professionalism in protecting the integrity of the country and ensuring peace...
Rev Father Andrew Abayomi, one of the priests at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, has narrated how the church was attacked. Recalled that bombs exploded and bullets rained at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, yesterday afternoon by terrorists believed to be Fulani herdsmen...
Somali National Army (SNA) forces killed a senior commander of al-Shabab on Saturday in an operation in southwest Somalia, the military said Sunday. The SNA commanders who led the operation told Somali National Television on Sunday that Mohamed Nur Ga’al, also known as Sheikh Al-Sima, was killed near El-unit,...