Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has alleged that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has been contracted with the mind of assassinating him.In a statement by his media aide, Ikechukwu eze, on Sunday, Jonathan denied claims that he had something to do with Reformed Niger Delta Avengers as alleged in a […]
Continue ReadingThe office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), in an audit of explosive magazines and quarries in the Niger Delta region discovered the diversion of weapons for illegal use, leading to the arrest of five security operatives.Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday. “Let me also use this […]
Continue ReadingThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has presented food and non-food items to the military for Operation Safe Corridor Programme meant to de-radicalize, rehabilitate and re-integrate eight hundred (800) repented and surrendered Boko Haram insurgents to fast track peace process in the North east. Presenting the items in Gombe, the Director General of NEMA, Muhammad […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army on Monday announced that its troops blocked an attempt by the extremist Boko Haram sect to attack a village in the North Eastern state of Borno.The spokesperson for the Army, Col. Sani Usman, said in a statement; “Today, Monday 1st August 2016, at about 8.00pm, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE accompanied by […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Colonel Muhammad Dole, Chief Military Public Information Officer, Multinational Joint Task Force Headquarters, following the capture and subsequent occupation of Damasak town and surrounding villages by Sector 4, MNJTF, the troops of OP LAFIYA DOLE (Nigeria) have successfully linked up and are currently consolidating their defences in the cleared town and stabilising the […]
Continue ReadingLeaders of Ijaw ethnic nationality in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, on Saturday, warned Ijaw militants against their decision to declare a Republic of Niger-Delta on August 1, saying that what Ijaw nation wants is true federalism.Ijaw leaders at a consultative meeting in Warri, Delta State, hosted by Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, […]
Continue ReadingThe Multi-National Joint Task force (MNJTF), finally captured and occupied Damasak town on Thursday July 28, 2016. Damasak is a boundary town between Nigeria and Niger Republic which is located in northern Borno. It is one of the last frontiers of Boko Haram terrorists. The Chief Military Public Information Officer and spokesperson of MNJTF, Colonel […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged every Combat Unit in the Nigerian Army to remain focused “until insurgency in the North-East is crushed”. Buratai gave the charge on Wednesday while declaring close, the three-day “Combat Support Arms Training Week 2016″, held at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri. He also charged the units […]
Continue ReadingThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken exception to the statement made on Monday by Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, describing it as “provocative”.Recall that while speaking at the inauguration of the newly built ultra-modern 2 brigade headquarters complex and Olympic-sized swimming pool in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state, Buratai who was […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, said there are no more Boko Haram camps in the Northeast. Col. Usman spoke with reporters at the inauguration of Strategic Communication Course for senior officers at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information, Bonny Camp, Lagos. Usman, while assuring Nigerians that the military […]
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