Army neutralize 2 bandits, rescue 9 kidnap victims, arrest 18 oil thieves, 4 cultists
…as nationwide raid on criminal elements continue By Kingsley Omonobi In continuation of efforts at tracking and clearing criminal elements across the country for the yuletide season, troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 9 kidnap victims from abductors, killed 2 bandits, arrested 2 drug dealers and detonated 3 large Improvised Explosive Devices planted by […]
Boko Haram: Committee dismisses allegation of rights abuse against army
ABUJA-A joint committee of Non-Governmental Organisations,NGOs,and the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights setup to investigate allegations of human rights abuse made against the Nigerian military by some foreign media organisations has absolve the country’s troops of wrong doing.
Boko Haram: Reps, NGO Committee dismisses allegation of rights abuse against Army
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja A joint committee of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights set up to investigate allegations of human rights abuse made against the Nigerian military by some foreign media organisations has absolved the country’s troops of wrongdoing. Rather, the committee, in the report, sighted by […]
Wadume and the arrangie masters
Following the cold-blooded murder of five members of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, by renegade elements of the 92 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Jalingo, Taraba State, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered investigation of the incident. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, set up a seven-man joint investigative panel, comprising officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Police, Department of State Services and the Defence Intelligence Agency under the headship of Rear Admiral. I. T. Olaiya. Their remit was to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of the IRT men. The Olaiya panel released its findings about a week ago without appearing to have moved the investigation any further from where pandemonium struck, leading to the back and forth between the Police and the Army, after the premeditated killing of the IRT officers on August 6. The summary of the panel’s report has an echo of General Yakubu Gowon’s reconciliatory statement at the end of the Nigerian Civil War: No victor; no vanquished.
847 soldiers killed by Boko Haram ― Ndume
As the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday alleged that a total number of Eight hundred and Forty Seven (847), soldiers were killed and buried in the Military cemetery in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Nigerian army challenged him to provide a prove to substantiate his statement.
Hundreds of Army trained in Imo, ready for python dance in Igboland
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Hundreds of Army and other security agencies in the Southeast region have been trained to commence the operation python dance (Egwu Eke) for the fourth time in the region. Vanguard gathered yesterday, that the training conducted by the Commander of 82 Division Garrison Enugu, Brigadier General Sylvester Oloyede, took place […]
