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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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the payment of pension to soldiers, policemen and paramilitary officers who were dismissed from service because of their involvement in the Biafra war which lasted between 1967 and 1970. In a statement on Wednesday, the Pensions Transition Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) announced that payment will commence on Friday, October 20, in […]
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The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that its troops had rescued two soldiers kidnapped in the course escort duties while killing many of their abductors and destroying their shrine in Rivers State. The troops also destroyed three pump action guns, eight empty cartridges, a human skull and some bones in the shrines from where the […]
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A video showing men of the Nigerian army forcing believed to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to swim in dirty swamp water while flogging them with canes, has surfaced on social media. According to the person who brought out the video, the incident took place along Aba-Umuahia road. Watch below Meanwhile, the […]
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Following the invasion of the Abia state chapter of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) by some soldiers deployed to the state, some of the affected journalists have recounted how they were slapped and their valuables destroyed on Tuesday. The journalists said about 20 soldiers, who were on a show of force, invaded the NUJ hall […]
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Following repeated clashes between Nigerian Soldiers and Biafran agitators, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has declared a three-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in the state. The governor said the state will continue to subscribe to the supremacy of the Nigerian Constitution and work with the federal government to forestall seccessionist threats. The governor also noted that the […]
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The Nigerian Army has reacted to reports of killing Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members in Umuahaia, Abia state on Sunday. There had been reports that some soldiers from the 14 brigade of Nigerian army invaded Kanu’s residence and shot at pro-Biafra agitators. But the army refuted the claim, saying it was the IPOB supporters […]
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The Benin Command of the Nigerian Police Force, has arrested four “fake soldiers”; Iyoragie David, Emmanuel Musa, Kingsley Egharevba and Chibuike Nwabali, for posing as men of the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that the suspects wore uniforms of the Nigerian Army when they were arrested at Okhuaihe village, along Benin-Asaba Road by local vigilante […]
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Men of the Nigerian Army early Friday morning reportedly laid siege to the UN building in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, on the claim that illegal arms were being kept there. The said UN building is known as the Red Roof and believed to be housing humanitarian workers providing relief materials to Internally Displaced […]
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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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