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.
Insurgency: Human Rights Coalition commends military actions against terrorists
The Coalition for Human Rights and Human Rights Monitoring Group (CHRHRG) has expressed optimum satisfaction with how the Nigeria’s military is handling the sovereignty of the nation’s territorial integrity. The Coalition made this known at a press conference on Monday in Abuja ahead of a tour of liberated communities in the north-east. In a statement […]
Boko Haram: Buratai never sought spiritual backing, civil rights lawyer rubbishes reports
A civil rights lawyer, Emmanuel Osuagwu Ugochukwu, has dismissed reports which claimed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Buratai called for prayers to end insurgency. A national newspaper had painted a scenario, falsely quoting the COAS as saying “terrorism and terrorist groups could not be eliminated alone by the military unless religious bodies […]
Independence Day: Army urges public not to panic over firing of artillery
The Nigerian Army Guards Brigade has urged the public not to panic over the movement for the firing of field artillery guns during the 2019 Independence Anniversary Parade. The Army gave the assurance in a statement by Capt. Haruna Tagwai, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, on Saturday in Abuja. ALSO READ: El-Rufai’s son, Tunde Bakare […]
KDSG pledges to support Nigerian army in promoting sport in Kaduna
Kaduna State Government has pledged to support the Army in its efforts at promoting sporting activities in the state. Gov. Nasiru El Rufai stated this in a message at the closing ceremony of this year’s inter-brigade sports championship organised by 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna on Friday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), […]
Army begins another round of Operations Python Dance,Crocodile Smile, others Oct.7
The Nigerian Army has said it was set to begin another round of Operations Python Dance, Crocodile Smile and Ayem Akpatuma in the South East, South West and North Central parts of the country simultaneously.
