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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Headlines, State News
Saturday, January 31st, 2015
military authorities, on Friday, confirmed that its troops sacked the terrorists who had been occupying Michika and its environs in Adamawa State. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade in Abuja. The statement said that extensive mop-up operation and search for arms and stranded terrorists and […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines
Monday, January 26th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday disclosed that the Nigerian military would take delivery of some additional platforms between this week and next week, in his administration’s quest to end insurgency in parts of the country. Jonathan disclosed this during his courtesy visit to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari, in his palace. He was […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, January 26th, 2015
• (1&2) A Cobra Armoured Personnel Carrier and a rocket launcher captured by troops from fleeing insurgents in Konduga, Borno State… on Monday (3) A base used by the insurgents for treating wounded colleagues. Arrowed is a drip. | credits: PR Nigeria Gunshots boomed again in Monguno, Borno State on Monday as troops, backed […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Monday, January 19th, 2015
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: www.ynaija.com The Nigerian Army failed to begin the trial of the 22 officers who were scheduled to be arraigned before a General Court Martial in Lagos on Monday. The GCM was to hold at the 9 Brigade Officers’ Mess, Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos. The case was […]
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Armed Forces, Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists
Saturday, January 17th, 2015
Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi | NNP | Jan. 17, 2015 – Whether it is 150 or as many as 2,000 people who were killed in the town of Baga and within its surrounding areas, it matters not; one reality stands clear–these are our brothers and sisters. This latest attack by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, […]
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Armed Forces, Borno, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, January 12th, 2015
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: www.ynaija.com The Defence authorities have faulted the claim that over 2,000 people were killed in the Boko Haram attack on Baga, the headquarters of the Multi-National Joint Task Force on January 3. The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said this during a press […]
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Africa & World Politics, Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh | credits: http://www.mydailynewswatchng.com The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall, Alex Badeh, on Tuesday confirmed that Niger Republic and the Republic of Chad had withdrawn their troops from the Multinational Joint Task Force base following increase in the activities of the Boko Haram sect. The countries’ […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
99 The Nigerian Navy has acquired a warship as part of efforts to tackle insecurity in the country. After five weeks and three stops in Trinidad and Tobago, Senegal and Ghana, the warship named NNS Okpabana – an Igala word for thunder – finally berthed in Lagos. The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman […]
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Adewale T. Akande, Armed Forces, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyo, State News
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
By Adewale T. Akande | Barcelona, Spain | Jan. 2, 2014 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF OYO STATE Good day and compliment of the season to all sons and daughters of Oyo State. Precisely on the 3rd of February this year, Oyo State clocked 38 years. In 1976, our able State was […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Friday, January 2nd, 2015
The Nigerian Army has dismissed 203 soldiers after a secret court martial held in the dead of the night, for allegedly disobeying a direct order from their commanding officer According to an online journal, Premium Times, one of the sacked soldiers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the soldiers were dismissed for asking for […]
