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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: twitter.com [UPDATED] The Nigerian Army on Friday temporarily relaxed the curfew imposed on Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno State. It is believed that this is done in order to allow the Muslim faithful in the town to attend the Friday Islamic congregational prayer. Though the […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Sahara Reporters has learnt of a covert plan to ‘kill’ a group of soldiers who were arrested late last year on charges of mutiny and attempted murder. The soldiers who have been held since September last year managed to reach out to the outside world via text messages, using the opportunity to reveal the conditions […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines
Friday, April 24th, 2015
As troops continued their mop operations to rid the Sambisa Forest of the remaining Boko Haram terrorists in the forest, the insurgents are said to have run out of arms and ammunitions, an escapee and military sources have revealed. This is even as the Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade confirmed to newsmen in […]
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Aloy Ejimakor, Armed Forces, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
By Aloy Ejimakor | NNP | April 4, 2015 – On January 16, through it’s top lawyer, Chukwuma Machukwu-Umeh (SAN), APC had, relying on two court orders, written the President, stating that ‘until there is an enabling Act of the National Assembly, the court orders are obeyed and armed forces personnel are never again deployed […]
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Armed Forces, Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Soldiers in a show of strength on Oyemekun Road in Akure, Ondo State … on Thursday. | credits: Goke Famadewa Preparations for tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly elections heightened across the states and the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday with more sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials sent to Local Government Areas by state offices of […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
A coordinated attack is set to be carried out by the military to liberate Gwoza, Borno State, from Boko Haram captivity as the defence authorities have deployed four attack helicopters and two air force fighter jets to flush out the terrorists in the areas. A reliable source in the military told our correspondent on Thursday […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday warned against handing over the reins of government to the military. Obasanjo said the speculation that the government was planning an Interim Government had been substituted by speculations that President Goodluck Jonathan was plotting to hand over to the military. He said that doing so […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Minimah Nigeria is bearing the financial burden of the operations by multinational forces against Boko Haram insurgents, findings by The PUNCH on Sunday have revealed. The troops from Nigeria’s neighbours – Chad and Niger – it was learnt in Abuja, receive N146.25m monthly as pocket and feeding allowances […]
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Adamawa, Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015
Chadian and Nigerien troops fighting Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East are reportedly begging their Nigerian counterparts to take over towns recaptured from the sect. Nigerian authorities had announced that troops had recaptured all towns occupied by members of the terrorist group in Adamawa and Yobe states, remaining Borno, the last of the three north-eastern […]
