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Panic As Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers In Abia

Gunmen
Residents of Owaza and Obibor communities in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State have deserted the villages after gunmen killed two soldiers in the area. The gunmen afterRead More

Coup In Guinea As Soldiers Oust President Condé

Coup in Guinea as Soldiers Oust President Condé
Nigeria, UN chief condemn development Democratic gains recorded on the continent, yesterday, suffered another tragic setback, when soldiers in Guinea, in an apparent coup d’etat, seized power from the country’sRead More

Army Cautions Sheikh Gumi, Says Troops Not Deployed On Religious Basis

Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army yesterday warned a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi and other opinion merchants to exercise restraint not to soil the reputation of the military by their unsavouryRead More

Dikwa: How Multiple Attacks By Insurgents Forced 101 Troops To Desert

Nigerian troops
Battle fatigue fueled desertion, say military sources Zulum visits location for on-the-spot assessment Multiple attacks by insurgents in Dikwa and Marte towns in Dikwa and Marte local government areas ofRead More

Presidency: How We Forced Bandits To Free Abducted Katsina Pupils

Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu
Says repentant outlaws helped in rescue operations Faults allegations FG stage-managed kidnapping The presidency yesterday shed more light on how the Katsina and Zamfara State governments, in collaboration with theRead More

#EndSARS Could Lead To Something Similar To Boko Haram – Zulum

From left: Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos; President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari going through the report on the #EndSARS protest presented by Gov Sanwo-Olu during his visit to the Presidential Villa in Abuja Friday, November 6th, 2020
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged Nigerians to be cautious in their agitation against police brutality to prevent it from degenerating into an insurgency. He urged the youthRead More

Inside Oyigbo’s Rain Of bullets, Soldiers Storm Town

First trucks loaded with goods set ablaze by suspected IPOB members
Following the killings of six soldiers by suspected IPOB members during the #EndSARS protests in Oyigbo, soldiers have stormed the town with reports of extrajudicial killings coming out. Our correspondentRead More

Lekki Shootings: Army Kicks As Judicial Panel Summons Officers, Soldiers

Lekki shootings: Army kicks as judicial panel summons officers, soldiers
…says only state government, not panel, can invite us Why we won’t reveal personnel deployed to Lekki tollgate – Army Summons duly signed by panel chair can’t be disregarded –Read More

Lekki Shootings: Untold Story Of Survivors

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State consoles a victim of the Lekki Tollate shooting at a hospital
Victims of the Lekki tollgate incident have narrated how they were shot allegedly by armed uniform men on the night of Tuesday, October 20. The survivors said many victims ofRead More

Soldiers Allegedly Beat Policeman To Death In Rivers

Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Mukan
The Rivers State Police Command has identified the inspector allegedly beaten to death by soldiers in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, identified the slain officerRead More