Two dismissed soldiers and five others were on Saturday paraded by the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army for impersonation, aiding land grabbers and unlawful extortion from members of the public. The suspects whose identities were given as Taiwo Ayomide, Bello Kasimu, Ale Michael, Adetileyin Segun, Olarewaju Yusuf, Ibrahim Isa, and Ibrahim Abdullahi were all […]
…PDP seeks immediate inquest on incident …Police arrest 115 Shiite members Confusion reigned supreme on Monday as members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as the Shiites, engaged the police in a bloody protest. The development led to uncertainties among motorists and passersby as police cordoned off the Unity Fountain, Abuja, where […]
Troops of 72 Battalion Special Forces on clearance operation in Gbajimba, Baka, Tomanyi, Iyode and Dogon Yashi at the weekend engaged armed herdsmen militia in gun battle killing one and left one other with gunshots wounds. The troops during the exchange recovered 1 Ak 47 assault rifle and arrested three other herdsmen militia. […]
A detachment of soldiers has freed Joshua Lidani, senator representing Gombe south, from youth who held him hostage. Lidani was held hostage on Monday after he visited the headquarters of Balanga local government area of Gombe. The youth accused the senator of abandoning them since he got elected in 2015 and demanded that he account […]
The Special Task Force (STF), otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has refuted a report published by the Punch Newspaper alleging that the task force aid Fulani herdsmen to graze on farm lands. In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the task force, Major Umar Adams and made available to our correspondent […]
Four North Korean soldiers fired 40 rounds at a comrade fleeing into South Korea and hit him five times in the first shooting at the jointly controlled area of the heavily fortified border since 1984, the South’s military said Tuesday. According to the VOA report, South Korean soldiers did not fire their weapons, but Monday’s […]
At least three soldiers and a militiaman were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on the edge of Sambisa forest near the border with Cameroon, military and militia sources told AFP Saturday. The ambush occurred as troops returned to base late Friday in the town of Gwoza near the mountainous border with Cameroon after destroying […]
Fatalities have been recorded in a clash between soldiers and some youths in Sopp Village, in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. Scores of angry youths have taken to the streets to protest alleged the shooting and killing of two young in the community. More to follow
Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Youths in their hundreds Sunday, attacked the Special Task Force (STF) checkpoint and vandalise three vehicles parked at the task-force Sector Nine Unit in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The reason for the attack, according to the spokesperson for the task-force, Captain Umar Adams, was that two men from Sopp […]
There has been heavy gunfire exchange between military operatives and armed gangs around Tarakiri village in Bomadi LGA of Delta State. More to follow
Residents and traders in Jos metropolis scampered for safety on Thursday at about 5:15pm. The panic started at Katako market situated in Jos north. The Special Task Force STF Media Officer Captain Umar Adams said the panic was ignited by rumor mongers who are bent on putting fear in people. He said the STF is […]
The United Progressive Party (UPP) has called on the military high command to immediately institute an investigation into the cause of the violent clash between soldiers and unarmed tricycle operators in Umuahia, Abia State Capital on Monday evening. The UPP pointed out that the investigation has become a matter of urgency because such issues as […]
A gun battle happened this morning between military operatives and armed gangs along Escravos River by Okorenkoko village, Warri South LGA, Delta State. More to follow
Soldiers attached to the Ngwa Road Forward Operation Base (FOB) of 144 Battalion, Nigerian Army, Asa, in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, recovered the body of an Aba-based businessman, who was reportedly killed by unknown gunmen at the weekend. Late Prince Kalu Mang Dieke from Amaogudu Abiriba, in Ohafia Local Government Area […]
Even after the 21 days imprisonment handed down by the Nigerian Army authority to the soldiers that brutalised a physically challenged man in Onitsha, Governor of Ebonyi , Engr David Umahi, still wants the two soldiers who brutalised Mr Chijioke Oraku, in Onitsha, Anambra State dismissed. Oraku, a native of Ikwo Local Government Area of […]
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, who trooped out in their thousands on some strategic roads in Port Harcourt, Friday, in support Donald Trump on his inauguration were barricaded and dispersed with gunshots in the air by soldiers at various areas. The members, mostly youths, were dispersed for causing disturbances and paralyzing […]
*Allegations are aimed at tarnishing image of the army, GOC The Rivers State governor has accused the Minister of Transport and former governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, of using soldiers to rig the controversial Saturday rerun election by stopping the collation of results in areas where the outcome were favouring […]
The Rivers state chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), says it has credible intelligence that the governor of the state, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have concluded plans to deploy fake soldiers, policemen and other security agencies. The APC said in a press statement it issued on Sunday that the plot […]
Fierce military men of “Operation Python Dance” recently launched by the Nigerian Army in the South East, on Thursday, combed the surroundings of the River Niger Head Bridge in Asaba, Delta State, leaving motorists in fear of the unknown while they disciplined those who refused to take orders. The soldiers heavily armed, descended on motorists […]
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 […]