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Appointment of new service chiefs imminent

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA – There is tension within the military and security formations nationwide, following what presidency sources say are impending reorganisation in the hierarchy of the defence and services headquarters. Vanguard was told that a new Chief of Defence Staff will soon be appointed, which simultaneously will lead to the retirement and appointment […]

Pictures: ‘My soldier husband brutalised me, took my kids away’

-Punch A woman, Maryrose Onuigbo, has urged the Nigerian Army authorities to prevail on her soldier husband, Kenneth Onuigbo, to reunite her with her children. “I don’t want any other thing on earth apart from being reunited with my three children,” Maryrose said. Maryrose told PUNCH Metro that Kenneth, an army sergeant attached to 81 […]

We killed, arrested Boko Haram leaders – JTF

Soldiers manning a checkpoint in Kano shot to death two suspected Boko Haram leaders, AP reports. The dead reportedly included the spokesman for the sect, as well as a commander who operates in Kogi State, a military official said. It is unclear what happened next, though the official said soldiers shot dead both the commander […]

NDA honours Mark, Liberia President, Johnson, Anyaoku today

By Henry Umoru ABUJA- SENATE President David Mark will today, Saturday be honoured by the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA at its 59th convocation ceremony in Kaduna. Also to be conferred with honorary Doctorate Degrees by the Military Institution are president of Liberia Mrs. Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku. In […]

  Worried by violations of the rules of engagement by security operatives in dealing with civilian population during disturbances, the Federal Government has sent a bill to the National Assembly for a law that will punish offenders in concert with international law. The bill forbids unjustifiable attacks against civilian population. Offences punishable include rape, torture, […]

FG asks airforce to patrol borders

THE Federal Government has tasked the Nigerian Airforce with additional responsibility of patrolling and surveilling the country’s border.  The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar, who announced this on Wednesday while declaring open a two-day retreat for unit commanders and directors, said already, the operational bases were active with over 65 per cent […]

Picture: Tears as man brutalised by soldiers is buried

Adewale Olupitan-Hassan, who died after being allegedly brutalised by soldiers attached to the Flag Staff House, Force Road, Lagos, has been buried. At a prayer session held at his Opebi residence before his remains were interred at the Atan Cemetery, Lagos, on Saturday, friends, associates and family members paid tribute to the retired director of […]

Kogi: Okene residents accuse soldiers of brutality

Residents of Okene in Kogi State on Sunday  alleged that soldiers deployed to maintain peace, law and order in  the area were brutalising them. They also alleged that some of them had been maimed and some of their belongings destroyed by the soldiers. Some of the complainants said they came out for their legitimate businesses […]

JTF kills 20 suspected terrorists in Borno

Joint Task Force said on Sunday it  killed 20 suspected  Boko Haram members in a shootout  as they raided an Islamist hideout in Maiduguri. One soldier was also killed in the attack. Security forces had intelligence that some members of the group were holding a gathering at a location in Maiduguri, said Colonel Victor Ebhaleme, […]

Soldiers, others killed in fresh Kogi attack

WHILE the Deeper Life Bible Church was still counting its heavy losses to the ruthless Monday night attack on its church in Otite, Okene, Kogi State, four persons again died in an attack on the Central Mosque in the city on Tuesday. Reports from Kogi on Tuesday indicated that the death toll in the attack […]