Special Adviser to the Governor of Rivers state on Infrastructure, Barr. Otonye Briggs has said over 35 persons were lost to the Presidential Election Day killings involving the Nigerian Army and thugs in Abonnema, Akuku Toru Local Government Area, Rivers state.

PORT HARCOURT—The Nigerian Army has vowed to punish those found culpable in the killing of its men and other civilians in Abonnema during the elections.

SINCE  the last polls, things have not been normal in Rivers State, where the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, suspended, March 10, the electoral process due to heavy violence that dogged the March 9 elections in particular, later decided to collate results and conclude the process, but shortly halted, Tuesday, by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Twenty-three soldiers were killed in southwestern Chad on Friday when they came under attack from Boko Haram jihadists, a military official told AFP.

Deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd), has urged Nigerians not to blame the army for its involvement in the 2019 general election.

The Nigerian Army has redeployed some senior officers, according to the spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement, yesterday.

The Commander, Command Army Records, Brig. Gen. Elvis Njoku, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to attaining greater heights in maintaining the security in the nation.

THE Nigerian Army has announced new appointments and redeployment of some of its senior officers.

The Commander, Command Army Records, Brig. Gen. Elvis Njoku, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to attaining greater heights in maintaining the security in the nation.

THE Nigerian Army has set up a nine-member panel to investigate allegation of misconduct against its personnel during the conduct of the general elections.