By Ikechukwu Iweajunwa, Owerri The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Abutu Yaro, has ordered a probe into the extra-judicial killing by soldiers of Uguchi Unachukwu, a Germany-based Nigerian. Unachukwu was shot dead on 31 May near Sam Mbakwe Airport during a stop and search, as he was rushing to catch a flight back to […]
Army, DSS shoot seven ESN members dead, arrest five in Rivers Suspected ESN members arrested By Okafor Ofiebor, Port Harcourt The Nigerian army says it has carried out joint clearance operation with the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and killed seven operatives of the Eastern Security […]
20 Generals may go as Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya as new COAS …His appointment as Regular Course 37 officer wipes out Course 35, 36 intakes By Kingsley Omonobi President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff, with about 20 Generals of Regular Course 35 and 36 expected to […]
New chief of army staff Major General Farouk Yahaya By Abankula Major General Farouk Yahaya has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya succeeds Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died last Friday in an Air Force plane crash.. Yahaya’ s appointment was announced today by Brigadier General Onyema […]
(NNP) Nigeria Army Chief of Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, is reportedly among those killed in a plane crash today, May 21 near the Kaduna International Airport. The plane had eight passengers all of whom it was reported did not survive the crash. A tweet from the Nigeria Airforce confirmed the crash without saying if […]
By Udora Orizu The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday said the N100 billion proposed by the Armed Forces Support Trust Fund Bill would still be inadequate to combat the worsening insecurity bedevilling the country. The Director of Production, Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal M. A. Yakubu, said at the bill’s public hearing, organised by the House […]
Dogonyaro, who read the coup speech that ousted the General Muhammadu Buhari military junta and brought in the Ibrahim Babangida junta on August 27, 1985, was 80 years old. Details of the cause of death were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report but a source in the family confirmed to SaharaReporters […]
From Chijioke Agwu Abakaliki. Two soldiers and two gunmen were reportedly killed Monday night when gunmen attacked soldiers at a Military check point in Amasiri ,Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi state. Daily Sun gathered that the incident occurred at Amasiri Junction around 9pm . A source from the area who pleaded for anonymity […]
Arlene J. Schar Dr. David Leffler By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler | Iowa, USA | April 10, 2021 – Nigerian Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, stated his vision to rebuild the Nigerian Army into a formidable force to defeat all adversaries. He made this assertion at the opening […]
“The Nigerian military has been killing these innocent and hapless citizens, claiming they are the unknown gunmen behind the spate of attacks against security formations in these regions. “The Nigeria military has been using their aircraft to bomb the people of Essien as well as Benue people, claiming they are fighting the unknown gunmen purportedly […]
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