Opinion

2017, Nigerian Army And Memorable Service To Nationhood

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

The familiar Nigerian jargon, “ember” months signify several things to most Nigerians, especially, those in big or miniature leadership positions in the country. The birth of a new year comes with multiple expectations and resolutions at personal and official levels. New Years are new in the

News

Crocodile Smile 2: Army arrest fresh 399 suspects in Lagos, Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2017 0

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said no fewer than 399 suspects were arrested for various offences during the Exercise Crocodile Smile 2 in Lagos and Ogun States. The 35 Artillery Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Bassey Adonkie, disclosed this while giving an appraisal of the exercise during the closing ceremony of the Crocodile Smile 2 at 192 […]

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Exercise Crocodile Smile 2: Lagos/Ogun produce drug peddlers, pipeline vandals

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2017 0

Joy Anyim The flag off of the Exercise Crocodile Smile II in the 81 Division Area of responsibility by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has led to the arrest of some suspected criminals within Lagos and Ogun states. Recall that the exercise which flagged off on Friday had incorporated other Security […]

Opinion

Buratai: A Pacesetter And Trail Blazer

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

Since assumption of office the incumbent Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has re-invigorated and enhanced the internal working mechanisms of the Nigerian Army like never before, inspiring men and officers alike to professionally give allegiance, patriotism and loyalty to the country. As the country basks in the euphoria of yet another […]

News Politics

After3 Weeks , Army Invades Kanu’s Home Again, Carts Away Items

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

Barely three weeks after Nigerian Army personnel invaded the country home of the leader of the now-proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Afaraukwu, Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, reports have been confirmed that soldiers invaded the premises again Sunday. Kanu’s younger brother, Emmanuel Kanu, revealed that the invading soldiers also carted

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Army kicks off officers’ combat proficiency competition

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2017 0

In a bid to beef up the combatant ability of its officers, the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Monday commenced its Officers Combat Proficiency Competition, at 9 Brigade Ikeja, Lagos. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the competition which is scheduled to hold from August, 28 to 31 2017, the General Officer Commanding […]

Headlines News Nigeria

IPOB dominates National Security Council meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 22 August 2017 0

The Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, has said that the secret service of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was among the issues discussed at the meeting which President Muhammadu Buhari had with members of the national security council. The meeting lasted three hours. Maj. Gen. Olonisakin said the service chiefs updated […]

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Army transport school to train Edo firemen, drivers

Ihesiulo Grace 8 August 2017 0

The Commander, Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport, Brigadier-General Bolaji Salami has lauded the support extended to the school by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, despite the federal ownership of the institution. Salami who paid a courtesy visit to the governor on Monday, 7th August, 2017 in government house, Benin City, said: […]

Headlines News

Army, DSS arrest 3 suspected Chadian Boko Haram members

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

The Nigerian Army in conjunction with the Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested three Chadians in Gome State, suspected to belong to the Albarnawi faction of the Boko Haram terrorists group. Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said in a statement that the suspects were arrested on Sunday after a painstaking tracking. Usman identified them […]

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Rivers will support army to strengthen security – Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2017 0

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the State Government will  support the 6 Division  of  the  Nigerian Army  in the strengthening  the Security Architecture of the state.   The governor advised the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army  6 Division  against  the  politicisation  of crime, noting that security  was vital to the actualisation of  all

Headlines News

Army arrest 1, 240 Boko Haram suspects in Sambisa raid

Ihesiulo Grace 29 December 2016 0

The Nigeria Army said it has arrested about 1,240 suspected Boko Haram terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops inside the Sambisa forest. The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. -Gen. Lucky Irabor, disclosed this while giving update to newsmen on Operation Rescue Final at the Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. Irabor said that 413 of the […]

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Army ends Operation Python Dance in South-East – Official

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2016 0

The Operation Python Dance inaugurated by the Nigerian Army in the South East geo-political zone to curb crime in the area during the yuletide will end on December 27. The Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sagir Musa, made the disclosure in a telephone interview on Monday. The operation was […]

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Yuletide: Army laud journalists, solicits robust partnership

Ihesiulo Grace 26 December 2016 0

The Special Task Force (STF), code name Operation Safe Heaven (OPSH), yesterday in Jos, the Plateau state capital, held media lunch with journalists as part of the Christmas celebration.Speaking during the event, the OPSH Commander, Major General Rogers Ibe Nicholas, said the aim is to appreciate the media for the role it played in the […]

Politics

Rivers rerun: APC is using army, SARS to kill and hijack election materials, says Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2016 0

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has accused the Nigerian Army and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian Police of killing members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, agents,  hijacking electoral materials and working to deliver  a particular  candidate in Rivers South-East Senatorial District .    In the face of the accusation, the […]

Headlines News

Buhari visits Imo on Monday

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2016 0

President Mohammadu Buhari is expected in Owerri, thé Imo State capital on Monday, December 5, 2016 to declare  open the Chief of Army Staff conference Against the backdrop of this development, the State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has appealed to the people of the State not to panic over the unusual presence of Soldiers in […]

Africa News

Mali Peace Deal Threatened as Army, Rebels Clash

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

Armed insurgents exchanged fire with soldiers in Mali on Wednesday, plunging peace negotiations into disarray in the first clash this year between government forces and the main Tuareg rebel alliance. A Malian army colonel said fighters from the Tuareg-led Co-ordination for the Movements of Azawad (CMA) had ambushed military positions in Lere, a central town […]

Today In History

1977: Red Army Faction Trial Ends

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

In Stuttgart, West Ger-many, the lengthy trial of the leaders of the terrorist Baader-Meinhof Gang, also known as the Red Army Faction, ended with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe be-ing found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder. Each defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment, Germa-ny’s […]

Opinion

Buhari: Ethnic Cleavages, Conspiracies and Betrayals

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Nigeria’s dreaded general elections have come and gone and for the most part, they were peaceful and uneventful. While there were sundry reports of pockets of retail violence in certain parts of the country, there were no wholesale violent incidents worth bellyaching over. For the first time in her tortured electoral history the blood of […]

Opinion

That CNN report on Nigerian army

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2015 0

I watched the recent CNN segment on the Boko Haram terror vis-a-vis the state of the Nigerian armed forces; and I was appalled at CNN, appalled at the misguided ‘soldiers’ that granted them the interview; and thus concluded that CNN has, in relation to Nigeria, changed its name to ‘Celebrating Negative News’. I wager that […]

News

GOC: Terrorism Will Not Defeat The Military

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2015 0

Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, has said that in spite of challenges, terrorism will not defeat the Nigerian Armed Forces. Adeosun stated this when he received a team of newsmen on tour of communities recently recaptured from the Boko Haram insurgents in his office in Maiduguri. “Terrorism […]