Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta says it has destroyed two illegal oil refineries in Bayelsa State. Spokesman for JTF, Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said troops of 5 Battalion of the outfit deployed in Sector 2 area in the Niger Delta impounded two barges laden with illegally sourced crude oil along the Kasabobo creek. […]
The authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired some top generals of the Army. It was gathered that those retired were ten in number. Among those affected were the former Director of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Lawrence Ngugbane, the former Commander of Training, Doctrine and Command, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Mungonu, and the former Chief […]
Rreaching Sunday Tribune in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicated that at least 24 youth volunteers, popularly called ‘Civilian JTF,’ were killed in Monguno at the weekend by suspected members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, while many other members of the youth volunteer group have been declared missing. Monguno is about 170 kilometres […]
Establishes new formation in Adamawa From DAVID MOLOMO, Yola The battle to liberate communities in parts of the North-East from the hands of insurgents that have terrorised the people for years is being won by the security forces, so says the Nigerian Army. In Adamawa State, the army is establishing a new formation in an […]
There is confusion in high security circles over the reported killing of the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, by operatives of the Joint Task Force in Borno State. The spokesman of the JTF, Col. Sagir Musa, said in a statement on Monday that the Boko Haram leader died of gunshot […]
The Military Special Operation Unit in Mubi, Adamawa State, on Tuesday said it killed two Boko Haram commanders in a gun battle. The unit Commanding Officer, Operation, Lt. Col. Beyidi Martins, stated this in Mubi. Martins said the unit had made a successful progress in containing the activities of the sect and other miscreants in […]
– PUNCHThirty-five people, including two soldiers and a policeman, have been killed in two separate gunfights between security forces and members of the militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, in Borno State. The killings took place on Sunday when the sect members launched attacks on a riot police base in Bama, a town close to the […]
The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta code-named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’, said it has arrested 608 suspected oil thieves in 594 raids carried out between January and June. The JTF spokesman, Lt. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Yenagoa that oil theft was consequently on the decline. “So far, […]
A detachment of soldiers have invaded Galadimawa, a Gbagyi community in the Federal Capital Territory, demolishing classrooms and over 50 houses. The soldiers, who arrived at the village around 11am on Monday with three bulldozers, started the demolition in the community primary school, where they pulled down an uncompleted block of classrooms before moving to […]
Anxiety has enveloped Ajakurama in Ovia South West Local Government of Edo State as operatives of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta stormed the community demanding the whereabouts of a repentant militant, Ojuemi Perediseghabofa. The security operatives, who reportedly stormed the community at about 1am on July 18, 2013, took away Perediseghabofa’s wife […]
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