How Army Officer, girlfriend were arrested for aiding bandits – Zamfara Govt
*speaks on reports of more killings, abduction By Nasir Muhammad Gusau Zamfara government debunked some media reports about the abduction of 60 and killing of 40 persons at Ruwan Tofa village of Maru local government area of the state. This was made known in a press briefing by the Deputy Chief of Staff at Government […]
IPOB’s ESN vs Army: Igbo group calls for peace, caution
The Igboezue International Association, Nigeria and the Diaspora, IIAND, yesterday called on the Federal Government and South-East Governors to handle the issue of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, formed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, peacefully and with caution.
Army: 32 Artillery Brigade gets new commander
The 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure, now has a new Brigadier Commander, Brig.-Gen. Raymond Utsaha, who replaced Brig.-Gen. Zakar Abubakar. Abubakar has been posted to the Nigerian Army school of Artillery, Kaduna, as the Deputy Commandant of the school. Speaking during the handing and taking over ceremony on Wednesday in Akure, Abubakar expressed gratitude […]
Insecurity: Army deploys female soldiers to secure Kaduna-Abuja Highway
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The military authorities have on Wednesday, deployed 300 female soldiers to provide security on the dreaded Kaduna-Abuja highway. The female combatants would complement the existing operations along the highways and the environs. The first batch of the troops who are of Nigerian Army Women Corps (NAWC), were formally received by Governor El-Rufai […]
ESN, ARMY CLASH IN ORLU: Mbazulike Amechi, MASSOB, others allege hidden agenda
…Ask security operatives to stop clampdown on Orlu residents …Civil Society coalition give herders Feb 28 ultimatum to quit forest in Igboland …Imo House backs peace efforts By Anayo Okoli, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Chinonso Alozie & Ikechukwu Odu ELDER Statesman and prominent Igbo leader, Chief Mbazulike Amechi has expressed surprise and shock over the […]
ESN vs Army clash: Houses, vehicles burnt, many feared dead in Imo
…Uzodimma imposes dust-to-dawn curfew in 8 LGs By Chinonso Alozie THERE was a bloody clash between the Eastern Security Network, ESN, and a combined team of security operatives, in Orlu, Imo State, which led to the loss of unconfirmed number of lives with razing of many buildings and vehicles. Vanguard investigation revealed that the latest […]
