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The high command of the 7th division of the Nigerian army, through its new spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman, based on security reports available at the command, has warned citizens of Maiduguri,the state capital, to beware of a group of people, who are bent on making trouble and destabilise the fragile peace in the state capital. …
Anambra state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has commended officers and men of the Nigerian Army for its efforts in restoring security of lives and property in Anambra and all parts of the country. Governor Obiano while receiving the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah at the Governor’s House lodge, Awka in Anambra …
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has reaffirmed his commitment to improve the welfare of Nigerian Army personnel. This is contained in statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Col. Rabe Abubakar, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs Nigerian Army Welfare Limited and Guarantee. The statement said that Minimah made this known during the …
The Nigerian army has raided the place where the rebels who kidnapped four Dutch in May were hiding. For more than a week, the armed rebels held Jandries Groenendijk, Erhard Leffers, Marianne Vos and the Nigerian environmental activist Sunny Ohefe who lives in The Netherlands. The group were making a documentary about the Niger Delta, …
The Army 82,Division based in Enugu State has further tightened its security networks in the five states of South East zone. To this end routine security meetings are currently being held between it, the police, and state security service, other paramilitary organizations and the five state governments of South East to avoid cut napping. Disclosing …
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Kenneth Minimah and Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State have expressed confidence in the ability of the Nigerian Armed Forces to defeat the terrorists troubling parts of the county. Both spoke over the weekend during the Commissioning of the remodeled Officers Mess, facilitated by the Edo State Government at …
Following a protest on Monday by wives of the soldiers in Giwa Barracks, Borno state, the Nigerian army has advised officers wives not to meddle into military deployment of troops. A statement issued on the Defence Website read, “The tension raised following the activities of a group of women who tried to disrupt activities in …
The Lagos State Government has set up a panel to investigate the destruction of the buses. After allegedly causing the damage of at least eight BRT, buses about three weeks ago, officers of the Nigeria Army, in what might be an attempt to save face, have begun to ensure that Lagos BRT lanes are used …
Nigerian soldiers have exchanged fire with members of a radical Islamic group in Zaria, Kaduna State, residents said. Witnesses said troops clashed for more than an hour with thousands of Shiite Nuslims, leaving many injured. Shootings started after the soldiers restricted the procession of the group, around the Sabon-gari area of the town. According to …
The military has denied reports that a Colonel, and 10 other officers of the Nigerian Army set ablaze Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) in order to pave way for Boko Haram to advance in Adamawa State. The report by one of the dailies (not THISDAY) had it that the Army Colonel, some junior officers and soldiers …