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Insurgency: Retired officers behind troops in battlefield – Gen Marwa

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2020 0

Former Military Administrator of Lagos State, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (retd) has said that retired military officers in the country are solidly behind troops fighting insurgency battle in the northeast notwithstanding the complaints and in some cases, distractions against the nations’

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Abiodun describes soldiers who die in service as martyrs

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2020 0

Ogun state Governor, Dapo Abiodun on Sunday says military officers who die in active service should be regarded as martyrs. He enjoined the people of the state not to wait until the next Armed Forces Remembrance Day to support the wives and families of fallen soldiers. Like the early Christians, who died in the defence […]

Politics

Don’t allow politicians to use you, Wike tells military officers

Ihesiulo Grace 30 November 2019 0

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has advised top military personnel not to allow themselves to be used by politicians,  because the security architecture suffers when politicians  influence military operations.  Speaking during a Courtesy Visit by General Felix Agugo, the New General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army at the Government House Port

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‘Mobolaji Johnson one of our best military officers’

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2019 0

Lagos – Reactions have continued to trail the death of Brig-Gen. Mobolaji Johnson (rtd), the first Military Governor of Lagos State. In separate interviews on Thursday in Lagos, Johnson was described as one of the best military officers of his generation. Prof. Isaac Albert, the Dean of Multidisciplinary Studies, University of Ibadan said “we have […]

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Armed Forces College honours 1992 military plane crash victims

Ihesiulo Grace 28 September 2018 0

The Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, Kaduna State, said it would construct a befitting Cenotaph in honour of the 165 military officers who died in a military plane crash in 1992. The 165 military officers were attending senior course 15 of the college when the Nigerian Air Force Plane C130 crashed while on […]

Crime News

Dismissed military officers, others arrested for diverting N13m goods

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2018 0

Two dismissed military personnel and three others who specialised in diverting trucks loaded with goods on highways were on Wednesday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect -Monday Ayele 42, Esowanne Emeka 30, Moses Johnson 25 (a dismissed soldier), Akintola Abiodun 25 (dismissed Airforce) and Osegbu Chidi 30 ( a fake soldier) – […]