Army to PAP: We need your intervention to end illegal oil bunkering
By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURT The Nigerian Army has called on the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, for intervention to end illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Maj.-Gen. O. Oluyede, made the request, yesterday, when he received the Interim Administrator of PAP, Col. Milland Dikio (retd) in […]
EndSARS Protest: US govt faults claims that Nigerian Army killed protesters at Lekki Tollgate
*Acknowledges formation of Judicial Panels afterwards The United States government has exonerated the Nigerian Army of any killings during the #ENDSARS protests in Lekki Tollgate, Lagos State on October 20, last year. According to the just released US Department of State’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria, it noted that the US government […]
81 Div Nigerian Army gets new GOC
By Evelyn Usman Major General Lawrence Fejokwu , officially took over from Major General Godwin Umelo, yesterday, as the General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, following the recent shake up in the Army. In his remark during the Handing and Taking over ceremony at the 81 Division’s headquarter, Kofo Abayomi, Victoria Island, […]
That needless outreach of Gumi against Nigerian Army
By Philip Agbese It is my fervent conviction that liberty is man’s greatest asset. It resides in everyone and in its confined seclusion; very hesitant to dare the worldly tempestuous waves, unless it is pressured by forces of disfigured pride or consciousness. When liberty is bruised, we are usually confronted with its unsparing venom and […]
Army 2021 promotion exam begins in Delta
By Festus Ahon A total of 225 officers (Lieutenants) of the Nigerian Army are participating for the 2021 Lieutenant to Captain Practical Promotion Examinations under strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols which is holding in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The Acting Commander, Training and Doctrine Command Nigerian Army, TRADOC NA who is also the Examination […]
On soldiers forcing herdsmen on communities
LAST week, a worrisome incident was reported in the media, of how 10 soldiers from the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, on December 19, 2020, escorted Fulani herdsmen to Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The soldiers were alleged to have flogged the residents for rejecting Fulani herdsmen’s rights to […]
