Members of the Boko Haram have been indoctrinated to believe that the children they father by women of other faiths are automatically Muslims. They therefore have no inhibition raping the girls and women they abduct. Those were the words of the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Monday
The Nigerian military on Saturday formally handed over 275 women and children rescued from the terrorists’ stronghold-Sambisa forest– to officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for rehabilitation. Speaking while handing the victims to NEMA, the acting commander of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola, Col. Aba Popoola, said the army had no facilities
Chief of Army Staff (CAOS), Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, on Thursday, reiterated the military’s determination to end insurgency in the country. Gen. Minimah made this vow at the commissioning of the newly refurbished 81 Division Officers’ Mess built by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), Major General Tamunomeibi Dibi.He said, “Never again will Nigeria walk this
French President Francois Hollande is promising tough punishment for any soldier found guilty of sexually assaulting children in Central African Republic. Speaking to reporters Thursday in western France, Hollande said any sanctions should correspond to the gravity of the crime and “set an example.” Authorities in France are investigating
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has unveiled plans to distribute relief materials to the hundreds of females liberated by the military from the captivity of terror group, Boko Haram, in their hideout in Sambisa Forest, Borno State. The military had announced the rescue of 293 women and girls from Sambisa Forest on Tuesday while […]
The Nigerian general election of 2015 was the 5th quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. And it would be recalled that some had threatened to declare war on the nation if their favourite candidate loses the election but all that is now in the past as the incumbent […]
For some time now, the behaviour of a growing number of the personnel of the nation’s security forces – the military, police and para- military organisations, has brought shame to the institutions and also painted them black in the eyes of the public who they exist to serve. Just last Wednesday, one of such incidents […]
Barrister Emmanuel Cobham a lawyer, journalist, broadcaster, and administrator has been appointed as the new Director General of Nigerian Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture. An official statement from NACCIMA said Cobham is endowed with an excellent inter-personal, communication, and administrative skills: “He bestrides the public and the private sector
The Defence headquarters on Thursday confirmed that over 13 strongholds of Boko Haram members, including the notorious Tokumbere camp in Sambisa forest, have been captured by Nigerian troops. He added that several other camps have been overrun and destroyed. Some of the destroyed camps, according to the Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade,
Born August 20th, 1922, Augustus Taiwo ‘Tai’ Solarin was a Nigerian educator and author. He established the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State in 1956. In 1952, Solarin became the principal of Molusi College, Ijebu Igbo, a post he held till 1956 when he became the proprietor and principal of Mayflower School. Solarin’s exact birth date is unknown, […]
Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), the lead prosecution counsel, on Monday, told a Federal High Court, in Abuja, that the team was ready to tender additional exhibits as proof that Charles Okah and Obi Nwabueze committed the October1, 2010 Independence Day anniversary bombing, in Abuja. The team had, last week, tendered 14 exhibits, including an old […]
South Africa deployed the army on Tuesday in “volatile areas” to curb a wave of anti-immigrant violence that has killed at least seven people this month, the defense minister said. The latest wave of anti-immigrant attacks began almost three weeks ago in parts of the coastal city of Durban in Kwa-Zulu Natal and quickly spread […]
An Indonesia F-16 fighter jet burst into flames on Thursday but the pilot escaped unhurt. The incident occurred when the jet was about to take off in Jakarta. According to the Country’s Military spokesperson, Fuad Basya, the aircraft was one of the several F-16 planes provided by the US government to help Indonesia protect its […]
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have discussed holding a “major military manoeuvre” in Saudi Arabia with other Gulf states and will form a joint military committee to look into the matter further, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. It said the topic was discussed during a meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi […]
The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Wilson Inalegwu on Friday said security personnel would be deployed to the 1,886 polling units in the FCT during Saturday’s election. Mr Inalegwu disclosd this when security forces involved in the election gathered for final rehearsal for deployment. Inalegwu is the chairman of the […]
The Nigerian Military has recaptured Gwoza, a Local Government Area of Borno State, a border town about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri. Disclosing this in Abuja n Friday, the director of defence information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said, Gwoza was freed of the militants this morning. Olukolade further disclosed that Nigerian troops had engaged the […]
U.S.-led warplanes continued to hammer ISIS positions around the pivotal Iraqi battleground city of Tikrit, stepping in at the Iraqi Prime Minister’s request to get at what a spokesman called “difficult targets.” The U.S. military announced Thursday that it and its allies conducted 17 airstrikes around Tikrit, going after three ISIS checkpoints, two
Doha-based broadcaster owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network has demanded the immediate release “without conditions” of its two journalists detained by Nigerian military authorities in Maiduguri. The defense headquarters had said in a statement on Wednesday said the two journalists “were found loitering around areas where military operations are ongoing in the North East
Former President Ibrahim Babangida has flayed what he described as an attempt to ridicule the military institution in the name of politics. Babangida, who took note of a television documentary reportedly aired on Tuesday night on a private television network to project President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the presidential election, lamented that the president’s backers
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is White House-bound on Tuesday for a series of meetings, a working lunch, and a press conference with President Barack Obama, where U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan are expected to be at the top of the agenda, CNN reports. Ghani has requested that the U.S. consider adjusting its troop withdrawal timeline, […]