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 threatened to sue purveyors of fake videos and other images, in connection with the recent Boko Haram attack on troops at Metele in Borno State. It was the second response by the army in 24 hours since the attack on 18 November. The army in a Facebook post expressed concern over […]
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The Nigerian Army on Sunday announced that its soldiers successfully repelled a Boko Haram ambush in Borno State. In a post on its official Twitter handle, the army said the ambush occurred “along Maiduguri Bama Axis.” It said the troops successfully repelled the ambush after “serious exchange of gunfire.” “Reports just reaching us confirmed that […]
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Some members of the Boko Haram sect and men of Nigerian Army were on Wednesday night engaged in a gun battle at a military location in Damasak, Borno state. The insurgents reportedly launched an attack on a military base in the area around 5pm on Wednesday. A military source said the insurgents stormed the town […]
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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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The Nigerian Army has announced the promotion of 45 brigadier generals to major generals, while 92 colonels were promoted to brigadier generals, bringing the number of officers promoted to 136. A statement from the army spokesperson, Sani Usman, confirmed the promotions. Read the full statement from Mr. Usman, a brigadier general, below as edited for style. […]
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A soldier who would rather stay anonymous has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to complain about the alleged corruption in the army. The officer on the frontline of the war against insurgency wrote the letter in reaction to the army’s dismissal of the complaints of Abdulrauf Aliyu, a private of the Nigerian army. […]
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An aged woman, Margaret Okere, on Thursday regained her sight after undergoing examination at the ongoing Nigerian Army medical outreach at Umuokwa Community, Igboh-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian Army is conducting educational and medical outreach programme in host communities where the ‘Exercise Crocodile […]
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The Depot Nigerian Army has warned the public of the activities of fraudsters claiming to be recruitment applicants on its behalf. Capt. Hussaini Sani, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot NA/Nigerian Military School, said this in a statement on Friday. Sani said the “criminally minded individuals are parading themselves as relatives to the Depot Commandant, […]
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Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Tukur Buratai, has ordered investigation into alleged misconduct by soldiers at an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Bama, Borno state. This is coming after some women in the camp accused some soldiers and members of civilian JTF, a local vigilance group, of demanding sex in exchange for favours. They also […]
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