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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Navy, Sokoto, State News, Uncategorized
Monday, September 27th, 2021
By Onuminya Innocent Residents yesterday said gunmen suspected to be armed bandits attacked a joint military base codenamed “Burkusuma camp’ located in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State and killed unspecified number of military personnel. Villagers and security sources told THISDAY that the attack took place in the early hours of Friday. It was gathered that the […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Navy, Top Stories
Thursday, August 26th, 2021
By Kingsley Omonobi, Dapo Akinrefon, Evelyn Usman & Ibrahim Hassan …Fury as bandits attack NDA, Kill 2 officers …Kidnap one officer, injure another ….NDA vows bandits’ll be apprehended ….I suspect insider collaboration — CDS …NDA invasion worrisome — Col Agbede …This should be turning point in fight against banditry — Brig Gen Usman Shock, dis […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Navy
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
As the current insecurity challenge facing Nigeria continues unabated, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev. (Dr) Agustine Akubueze Sunday declared that the change of service chiefs by the Federal Government was yet to produce the desired effect. He spoke during the ongoing second plenary of their Conference taking place in […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Navy
Monday, March 15th, 2021
The Nigerian Navy has released major postings of its senior officers following the recent appointment of new Service Chiefs. The major postings involved a total of 257 senior officers. The postings affected 60 rear admirals, 123 commodores and 74 captains. In a statement yesterday, by Naval spokesperson, Sulemanterr Dahun, “Rear Admiral Francis Isaac, formerly the […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, Navy
Sunday, March 7th, 2021
President Buhari has decorated the new service chiefs with their new ranks with a charge for them to use the next few weeks to control the rising insecurity in parts of the country. He performed the ceremony inside the council chamber of the presidential villa, Abuja on Friday. The service chiefs and their new […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Navy, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, urged the Service Chiefs designates and the Inspector General of Police to intensify efforts in the rescue of the 27 abducted school children and three staff of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara – Niger State. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on the ‘Urgent […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, Legislature, Navy, Senate
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
From Fred Itua, Abuja The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Four former Service Chiefs and a former Director of Defence Intelligence as ambassador-designates following their nominations by President Muhammadu Buhari. This Senate urged the President to post the newly-confirmed ambassador-designates to neighbouring countries like Chad, Cameroon and Niger, where there is an ongoing insurgency war. […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, Navy, Presidency, South-East, Top Stories
Saturday, February 6th, 2021
0 From Okwe Obi, Abuja The Coalition of Northern Elders for Peace and Development (CONEPD) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being unfair for excluding the South-East in the recent appointments of the federal Service Chiefs, describing it as an ‘injustice being done to the Igbo nation.” CONEPD National Coordinator Engr Zana Goni, in a statement, […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Navy, Top Stories
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
ON a day the newly-appointed service chiefs paid their first official visit to Borno State to assess the security situation, members of the Boko Haram sect invaded Chabal and some communities in Magumeri Local Government Area of the state, killed two policemen and abducted two others. The terrorists, it was gathered, also seized two operational […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Governors, Headlines, Navy, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Don’t politicise security, Wike charges new service chiefs Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has commended president Buhari for appointing new service chiefs for the country even though the appointments came late. The governor, in a statement from the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, charged the new appointees to see their appointments as an […]
