The Nigerian Army on Sunday arrested a suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ logistic supplier and seized a car stacked with motorcycle used tyres in Borno. Brig.-Gen. AK Ibrahim, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, made the disclosure while parading the suspect at the Gubio Super Camp in Maiduguri. Ibrahim disclosed that the suspect, Samuel […]
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The Nigerian Army has announced the redeployment of its top generals. Army spokesperson, Sagir Musa made the announcement in a statement on Sunday evening. Those affected include one lieutenant general, some major-generals and brigadier-generals. One of those affected is L.O. Adeosun who was promoted to a lieutenant general last week by President Muhammadu Buhari. FULL […]
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The Nigerian Army on Friday, decorated the newly promoted Lt.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, Maj.-Gen. Bulama Biu and Capt. Abubakar Danjibrin at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in Kaduna State. The officers were decorated by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Mrs Nuratu Batagarawa. The […]
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The Nigerian army has denied reports that 25 soldiers were killed in an attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno state. Reuters had reported how the insurgent group attacked the soldiers on Saturday morning while they were evacuating people from villages in the state. The fighters were said to have opened fire on the […]
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The Nigerian Army says it legally acquired its landed property in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and advised indigenes protesting alleged land grab to channel their complaints to the appropriate quarters. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai stated this on Tuesday in reaction to protest by some indigenes, who barricaded the […]
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says authorities have approved the establishment of a ‘Special Forces Battalion’ Barracks to be located in Okene, Kogi. Buratai disclosed this on Friday to journalists in Okene after inspecting the proposed site of the new barracks at Okene Secondary School in Okene Local Government Area. Represented […]
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Sani Usman, the spokesman of the Nigerian army, has retired from the service after 36 years of active service. In a farewell message on Thursday, the brigadier general who has served at different times as the image maker of the army said he was leaving highly fulfilled. “With utmost gratitude to God, I wish to […]
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The Nigerian Army on Sunday, said it had uncovered Boko Haram logistics supply syndicates among loggers and charcoal dealers in Borno. Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Biu was reacting to the ban imposed on […]
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The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said 13 of its soldiers and two police personnel died in a Boko Haram ambush on Monday. It said troops successfully repelled the insurgents in another attack at a military formation in Kukareta, Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe on Monday. A statement by Onyema Nwachukwu, the deputy director, Army […]
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The Nigerian Army on Friday said it had lifted a three-month suspension of UNICEF activities in the northeast. The twist happened hours after the army accused the UN agency’s staff of sabotage Earlier on Friday, the Nigerian military said UNICEF had been training people to sabotage troops’ counter-insurgency efforts by uncovering alleged human rights abuses […]
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