Fake soldiers were arrested in Badagry Lagos State and Avara, Isoko South local government area of Delta State by security operatives during last Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. The fake soldiers were alleged to have been linked to election malpractices in the states. In
Military officials say 11 civilians and two soldiers have been killed in three attacks in Egypt’s restive northern Sinai. The officials said a mortar landed on Wednesday on a residential area south of Sheik Zweid, a town in northern Sinai, hitting a house and killing nine of its residents. Separately, officials said a missile landed […]
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, granted an order of perpetual injunction restraining President Goodluck Jonathan and the Service Chiefs from deploying soldiers for the forth-coming general elections. Justice Buba held that they cannot deploy soldiers without the approval of the National Assembly. A member of the House of Representatives,
The lives of 54 Nigerian soldiers may soon be terminated by firing squad. These soldiers were recently found guilty by a General Court Martial for mutiny and cowardice in the line of duty. The combatants, attached to the 7 Division, Nigerian Army in Maiduguri were convicted for failing to fight against the Boko Haram insurgents in […]
