An Open Letter to the Good People of Oyo State – By Adewale T. Akande

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 […]

Nigerian Army dismisses 203 soldiers after secret night trial

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 […]

APC backs Gov. Amaechi on soldiers’ right to welfare

By Levinus Nwabughiogu All Progressives Congress, APC, has thrown its weight behind the comment credited to Governor of Rivers State and the Director General of the Campaign Organisation of General Muhammadu Buhari that the military has a right to good welfare packages while fighting for Nigeria. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed […]

We asked for better weapons, got death sentence – Condemned soldier

One of the 54 soldiers sentenced to death by a Nigerian Army court martial for mutiny and conspiracy to commit mutiny has taken to the social media to express his frustration. The soldier, who bears the name Fahat Fahat, posted on his Facebook page on Friday that all the soldiers asked for were better weapons. […]

Soldiers nab Fulani herdsmen robbing on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Lagos State Police Command has detained two Fulani herdsmen, Mohammed Umar and Manu Hassan, for allegedly robbing motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Our correspondent learnt that Umar and Hassan, who were herdsmen from the Ngaski area of Kebbi State, were arrested by soldiers attached to the OP MESA while they were robbing some people. […]

B’Haram: Army uncovers plot to invade five states

The Nigerian Army has discovered a plan by the Boko Haram insurgents to attack 25 communities and villages spread across five states in the troubled North-East zone. A credible security source, who confided in our correspondent on Thursday, said that the Boko Haram hit list was recovered by Special Forces during an operation at the […]

B’Haram: ‘100 ex-soldiers killed in N’East’

The National Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Col. Micah Gaiya (retd.), on Monday said that 100 ex-servicemen had been killed in the North-East part of the country, being ravaged by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The legion caters for the welfare of ex-servicemen and persons who have distinguished themselves in the wars in which […]

10 soldiers die in battle as army repels Boko Haram from Ashaka town

Over 70 terrorists killed *Fashola commends armed forcesBy Kingsley Omonobi & Bashir AdefakaTHE Nigerian Military, yesterday, put up a brave fight against hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists who attacked the dynamite-manufacturing town of Ashaka in Gombe State.Their plan was to overrun the town. After several hours of fighting, the Nigerian Army lost 10 soldiers while […]

What if the Commander is a Saboteur? – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Dec. 4, 2014 – I was recently a guest on a radio talk show. I was to discuss the Nigerian government’s inability, thus far, to contain and defeat the Boko Haram. At one point, the talk show host asked my opinion on the court marshal of mutinous Nigerian […]

Five soldiers, 35 others feared killed in Adamawa explosion

By Umar Yusuf.No fewer than 35 people including five military personnel and a local hunter were reported to have been killed by a bomb explosion Thursday morning around Mararaba-Mubi area of Adamawa State.Eyewitness told Newsmen in Yola, the state capital that a combined team of the military and local hunters on routine patrol of the […]

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