The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau now disguises as a woman to escape being captured. A counter-terrorism troop launched by the army had cleared the terrorists’ camps in Samibsa forest, rescuing civilians held hostages by the terrorists. The troop also recovered arms, ammunition, Improvised Explosives Devices, IED, factories and making […]
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Some men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen engaged men of the 707 special forces brigade of the Nigerian Army, Makurdi, Benue state in a gun battle on Tuesday. The spokesman of the brigade,Olabisi Ayeni, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. He said the suspects were plotting to attack a fish farm belonging to […]
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Rogers Nicholas, theatre commander, operation Lafiya Dole, says the Nigerian Army has completely defeated the Boko Haram insurgents. Nicholas said this during the inauguration of the Nigeria-Cameroun Military joint mission on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno capital. He disclosed that troops under the operation “DEEP PUNCH II” had on Friday dislodged and occupied the insurgents’ tactical […]
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The Nigerian Army has released a statement that one of the kidnapped Chibok girls has been released. It was reported that troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in Pulka, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno, on Thursday rescued one of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in 2014. A statement by Col. […]
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The Nigerian Army says it has commenced its online registration for the 77 Regular Recruit Intake for both trades, non-tradesmen and women from December 29 to February 9, 2018. The army spokesman, Sani Usman, a brigadier general, said in a statement on Saturday that the exercise was aimed at selecting able bodied Nigerians and would […]
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The Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising the Nigeria Navy, Air Force and Army, on Thursday, launched ‘Operation Jagunlabi’, to fight pipeline vandals around the creeks in Lagos. The Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Adm. Slyvanus Abbah, who flagged off the operation in Majidun, Ikorodu, told journalists that it was aimed at combating the […]
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Nigerian troops on Monday repelled an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a security checkpoint few kilometres away from Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 5: 30 PM, at Moloi area, on the outskirts of the city. The insurgents were said to have torched some houses […]
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Following fresh attacks on some communities in Shinkafi and Maradun local government areas of Zamfara state, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a military crackdown on bandits operating in rural communities. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. “To enable the army carry […]
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The Nigerian army, in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Brigadier-General Sani Usman, has ordered its personnel to learn the three basic Nigerian languages of Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. He said the army personnel are expected to have attained basic level standard of proficiency for the languages on or before December 2018, adding that […]
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Pandemonium is the word that aptly describes the scene in the Chibok local government area of Borno state on Sunday after a staff sergeant identified as Silas Ninyo killed one K. Mani, his superior, and injured four residents of the area before taking his own life. Mani was reportedly killed in the process of disarming […]
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