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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
DECEMBER 31, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU Bishop of Bomadi Catholic Diocese, Vicarage Hyacinth Egbebor, in his homily on Saturday, blamed the helicopter crash that killed the former National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi; former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, and four others, on corruption. At the state funeral of Azazi in Peace Park, Yenagoa, attended by […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have retired several senior officers of the service. SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigation on Saturday evening showed that the exercise affected mostly generals, colonels and other middle level officers. The retirement came in the wake of the approval of 150 top officers for promotion by the Army Council on Tuesday. The Director […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
Soldiers were out on Kaduna streets yesterday to prevent any outbreak of violence, following the death of Governor Yakowa. Army spokesperson in Kaduna, Colonel Sani Usman, confirmed the deployment of troops on the streets of the city, which has witnessed a spate of clashes between Christian and Muslim residents that have left scores of people […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
WHY did the helicopter carrying former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser Andrew Azazi crash? The question remained unanswered yesterday but in military circles sabotage is seen as one of the “strong possibilities” being considered– according to sources who pleaded not to be named “because of the sensitivity of the matter.” […]
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Armed Forces, Kaduna, Latest Politics
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI & Luka Binniyat ABUJA — The Nigerian Navy disclosed, yesterday, that it had commenced investigation into the cause of the crash even as bodies of the victims have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. A statement signed by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Kabiru Aliyu reads: “The […]
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Armed Forces, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
*`Explosives made in US, some components from Brazil’ By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja, Luka Binniyat, Kaduna In what is apparently a fallout of the suicide bombings of a church in the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), yesterday, removed two top military officials from their posts. The DHQ announced […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI ABUJA — IN the wake of terrorists attacks on army cantonments in parts of the country, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Azubuike Ihejirika, has directed that all civilians and non-military personnel residing in all army barracks be flushed out. His words: “All illegal civilians and those above 18 years should […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Sunday, November 25th, 2012
• 30 others injured, vehicles destroyed IT was presumed an unlikely victim of bombing. It was supposed to be a security hub that is immune to the recurrent violence outside it. Yet suicide bombers Sunday penetrated the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji in Kaduna and attacked the St. Andrews Military Protestant Church. […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Breaking News, Headlines
Sunday, November 25th, 2012
(Reuters) – A car bomb was detonated at a church inside military barracks in Jaji in Nigeria’s Kaduna state on Sunday, two military sources said. “A car drove into the church premises … then detonated the bomb,” one of the military officers told Reuters, asking not to be named. The National Emergency Agency confirmed there […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
-Punch Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika | credits: Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has said inter-agency collaboration helped security agencies to foil a terror attack in the country recently. The COAS, who stated that the Joint Task Force thwarted the planned attack, did not, however, elaborate on the incident. Speaking […]
