The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said its troops had rescued 46 captives and destroyed a highly fortified Boko Haram insurgents’ camp deep inside Sambisa forest as part of its ongoing “clearance operation”

A civil society group, Middle Belt Conscience Guard, has reacted to the declaration of operation Ayem Akpatuma, otherwise known as “Operation Cat Race” in Benue, Taraba,and other northern states to end the endless clashes between farmers and herdsmen as well as other related criminal cases in the areas.

AT last, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai has ordered immediate deployment of Army troops to Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and Kaduna states to contend insecurity in the six states.

The Army Headquarters Garrison has urged residents of the FCT and its environs not to panic over troops’ movement on Friday as its troops embark on a 15km Route March within the territory.

The General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Ibrahim Yusuf, has commended the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, particularly Borno State correspondent’s chapel, for their role in counter-insurgency war in the North-East.

THE Nigerian Army troops have killed a famous spiritual leader in Benue State after raid on his shrine at Tor-Dunga town, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of the state.

 Mrs Adeola Dawodu, a 46-year-old woman, has expressed gratitude to the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army for rescuing her from kidnappers.

Maj.-Gen. Enebong Udoh on Friday formally took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, newsmen report.

The Brigade Commander, 23rd Amour Brigade, Yola, Brig.-Gen. Bello Mohammed, says 11 suspects have been arrested in connection with a missing soldier in Opallo Village, Lamurde Local Government area, Adamawa.

Maj.-Gen. Musa Yusuf has taken over as new General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, the division’s Spokesman, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, said.

EFFURUN- THE  traditional ruler (Ovie) of Uvwie, an Urhobo Kingdom in Delta State, His Majesty, Emmanuel Sideso, Abe I, has called on the Federal Government to direct the Nigerian Army to stop retailing unused land acquired from the community for 3 Battalion, Nigerian Army Effurun, to outsiders through the Nigerian Army Properties Limited when they (the owners) have no place to farm and build homes.

Minna—As a result  of incessant kidnapping and cattle rustling in some parts of Niger State, the military authorities have deployed a special squad to the state to dislodge the criminals.

The Nigerian Army Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Plateau State has said that the report that the state has been thrown into a state of fear, following alleged threats issued by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the state over an alleged attack on their kinsmen and the rustling of 350 cows belonging to their people was ‘unfounded, misplaced and out of reality and should therefore be disregarded’.

The Nigerian Army says it has recovered 63 bags of  cannabis sativa (Indian hem) from a notorious gang in a forest in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

TO achieve operational efficiency and boost the morale of troops, the Nigerian Army authorities will soon not only redeploy but reorganize troops in the battlefield, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai, has said.