For some weeks, the media has credited comments on the use of inferior weapons in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgents to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed. It was alleged he claimed the previous administration subjected the military to the use of inferior weapons in the fight against the Boko […]
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The Nigerian Army has said soldiers have retaken Gomboru Ngala in Borno State from terrorists, who had recaptured the town from the military after the community was initially liberated by troops. Gamboru has for some time now remain a major camp and hub of the Boko Haram terrorists. Two weeks ago, the Nigeria Chief of […]
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By Dr. David Leffler There is a science-based approach to create societal coherence in Nigeria that can protect it from both internal and external threats. Militaries in Latin America and Asia, as well as in African countries like Mozambique, have already applied this non-lethal and non-destructive approach to prevent terrorism and war. It is called […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Thursday, has once more restated his conviction that the end of the Boko Haram insurgency is in sight, given the added vigour with which the war against the terrorist sect is now being prosecuted by Nigeria and its allies. Speaking with Mr Mousa Faki Mahamat, Chadian Minister of Foreign […]
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Colonel Rabe Abubakar on Monday August 3 took over from Major General Chris Olukolade as the new Director of Information for the Defence Headquarters. Major General Chris Olukolade is proceeding on retirement after 35 years of service in the Military though he will still remain in active service till September 2015.
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BY AYO OLOWO The military in Nigeria says it has rescued 178 people held by the Boko Haram group in Nigeria’s Borno state in raids that destroyed several camps in the country’s northeast. Colonel Tukur Gusau who is the Army’s spokesperson said in a statement on Sunday that 101 of the those freed were children, […]
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Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has confessed that when he assumed office as the CDS, he headed a armed forces that lacked the relevant equipment and motivation to fight an enemy (Boko Haram terrorists) that was invisible and embedded with the local populace. Badeh made the confession just as […]
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