Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended the efforts made by the Nigerian military especially those who fought in the first and second World Wars, the Nigerian Civil War and those who served or are still serving in different theatres of war, notably the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday, […]
By Oladimeji Odeyemi Many will undoubtedly recall that the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, upon inauguration, made it clear where his priorities lie — Winning the war against terror and returning the Nigerian Military to the very positive place of total professionalism. That was how it all started from the 29th of May 2015. Hitherto and […]
The Nigerian military said on Thursday it had rescued one of the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from the town of Chibok in 2014. The kidnapping of more than 270 students sparked international condemnation and heavy criticism of the Nigerian authorities at home along with a “Bring Back Our Girls” campaign. Salomi Pagu was found […]
Whilst IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu was in court with his supporters, thousands of Students from the south east part of the country under the auspices of Ohaneze Ndi’gbo Students Forum on Monday besieged the streets of Abuja pledging their unalloyed loyalty to the unity and oneness of the Nigerian State. The students who trooped into […]
The United Nations Security Council has commended the Nigerian military for its successful operations against Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. President of the council, Mathew Rycroft, who led 14 permanent ambassadors on an assessment tour of the humanitarian crisis in Borno state said the UN was in support of the troops’ operations. The ambassadors […]
The recently rescued girls and women by the Nigerian military from Boko Haram captivity in Sambisa are not from Chibok but from Gumsuri, a village in Borno State, BBC reports. Quoting the Associated Press, BBC said this was the conclusion of the officials after series of interviews with the victims. In December, it […]
The Nigerian Military has formally handed over 275 women and children rescued from dreaded Sambisa forest, which is known as the stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorist sect– 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 […]
Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar has expressed elation at the news of the rescue of nearly 300 girls and women from the Sambisa forest by the troops of the Nigerian military. The former Vice President said in a statement by his media office in Abuja on Wednesday […]
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed reports making the rounds in some section of the media that soldiers have withdrawn from the Sambisa forest which is reputed to be the stronghold of the Boko Haram insurgents, and that insurgents have gained control of some territories in Borno state. Speaking through a statement on Tuesday, […]
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, disclosed that intelligence gathered indicated that the present military operation was focused on the area where the abducted Chibok school-girls were believed to be held by the Boko Haram terrorists. National Co-ordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, who made the revelation, while updating journalists on 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 […]
The warning by the defence headquarters against politicians dragging the Nigerian Army into politics is very timely. This is coming against the background of the alarm raised recently by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade that some politicians are now classifying the military as belonging to a political party. According to the […]
The Nigerian military has announced that its troops fighting the Boko Haram insurgents in the nation’s troubled north-east have reclaimed Goniri town in Yobe State, clearing terrorists from the location. The troops reclaimed the town on Monday morning after clearing the terrorists from the town that it had taken over some months back. The Defence […]
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