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Air Force, Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Friday, February 12th, 2016
By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North & Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA—The Nigerian Airforce High Command stepped up its anti-corruption war, yesterday, with the removal of officers, including Air Officers Commanding, AOCs, fingered in the $2.1billion arms scandal and appointed new officers to replace them. As a result, Vanguard gathered that about four senior officers, Air Vice […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, EFCC Politics, Latest Politics, Navy
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
-Punch The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has seized houses and other properties belonging to the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), and other senior military officers worth N5bn. Our correspondent learnt on Wednesday that the properties, which were seized in the Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Badagry areas of […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Navy
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
•Says Obasanjo wrong on Chibok schoolgirls By Chris Iwarah The military has denied the claim by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that troops combating Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East were doing so with substandard weapons purchased by the Jonathan administration. This is even as the authorities said hopes of rescuing the […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has said the army cannot investigate roles played by ex-army chiefs and other senior officers in the ongoing $2.1billion arms deal scandal because, as retired personnel, they fall beyond the purview of the army. Buratai, who responded to questions from the House of Representatives Committee on Army […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines
Friday, February 5th, 2016
Nigeria’s brutal, deadly, ugly officer cadets At a time when the Nigerian military is struggling with relentless accusations of human rights violations both from home and from international human rights groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, a group of the military’s officer cadet in training somewhere in Nigeria might have dealt the […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Navy
Friday, February 5th, 2016
Say FG failed to release 2015 budget votes From Fred Itua, Abuja Against the backdrop of recent deadly attacks carried out in some towns in Borno State by Boko Haram, the nation’s Service Chiefs have opened up to the leadership of the Senate why they have been unable to successfully prosecute the insurgency war. They […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Navy
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.) Roll call: Ex-defence chief, Badeh, ex-NAF chief, Obanikoro’s sons, 14 others The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will this week interrogate at least 16 military officers as part of its investigations into $2.1bn arms scandal. It was learnt on Saturday that among those to be […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Several people have been reportedly killed as the military engaged militants suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect in a fierce gun battle that reportedly lasted for hours on Saturday. The insurgents were said to have attacked Dalori and Walori villages, on outskirts of Maiduguri, at around some minutes past 7pm on Saturday night. […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
By PHILIP NWOSU on January 26, 2016 The military court martial constituted to try soldiers and officers who allegedly violated military rules of engagement resumed sitting for the trial of seven officers, including a brigadier, and a soldier at the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos. Competent military source told Daily Sun that only eight personnel of the […]
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Armed Forces, Cross River, Headlines, Navy, State News
Sunday, January 24th, 2016
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Calabar has repatriated 24 illegal immigrants from Gabon to their country. The immigrants were among the 41 foreigners on board intercepted at Shore line jetty in Calabar last Thursday by men of the Navy that were on routine sea patrol. Besides, other people on board the […]
