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Soldier shoots police corporal in Aba during argument

Posted by admin Abia, Armed Forces, State News Monday, May 14th, 2012

An army captain has allegedly shot and wounded a police corporal while another sustained bruises over an argument. The incident happened in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. Daily Sun gathered that one Corporal Sunday Adamu of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Base 4, Mgboko, near Aba, who was in mufti had gone to a […]

JTF arrests suspected Yoruba Boko Haram leader

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Friday, May 11th, 2012

15 Comments The Joint Security Task Force, on Friday, arrested a middle-aged man suspected to be a leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect at Farawa Babban Layi, Maiduguri Road, Kano. A source close to the JTF gave the suspect’s name as Mohammed Sulaiman. He is believed to be a native of Ogbomoso Oyo State. […]

Boko Haram: JTF discovers bomb factory in Kano

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Members of the Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in Kano State yesterday announced the discovery of a bomb-making facility believed to belong to members of the Boko Haram sect. Spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Ikedichi Iweha, disclosed this while conducting reporters round the said facility situated at Haye Hotoro Arewa, a suburb of the state […]

Navy raids beach, recovers hard drugs from hoodlums

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Monday, April 23rd, 2012

In a bid to safeguard the nation’s waterways, the Nigerian Navy on Saturday raided the Marine Beach and its environs, arresting over 20 hoodlums and impounding hard drugs from them. Other places raided were the Leventis Road, Dockyard Road, and places around rail crossing line behind the beach. The naval authorities said all sorts of […]

Police say Airforce jet accidentally fires missile at a Port Harcourt building

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Friday, April 20th, 2012

By SaharaReporters, New York The Rivers State police command said a loud blast heard in Port Harcourt earlier today was that of a missile accidentally fired from an airforce jet on routine maintenance at the Airforce mechanic hangar in Port Harcourt. Commissioner of Police Mohammed Indabawa told Saharareporters that the missile hit an uncompleted building […]

Army uncovers plot to bomb Kano during Easter

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, April 5th, 2012

April 5, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack in Kano during the Easter. The warning by the General Officer Commanding 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab, came after the Joint Military Taskforce killed three suspected members of Boko Haram in a gunfight in […]

Army raids Boko Haram hideouts in Kaduna, arrests 65

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, March 30th, 2012

March 30, 2012 by Agency Reporter 230 Comments Nigerian Army has arrested no fewer than 65 suspects in Kaduna between Wednesday and Thursday in a renewed onslaught against the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram. While the soldiers arrested 33 suspected sect’s members on Wednesday at the Barnawa Complex of the city, 32 more suspects were picked […]

JTF kills 4 in manhunt for Boko Haram •US seeks Nigeria’s support over Al-Qaeda’s presence in Sahel region

Posted by admin American Politics, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

NIGERIAN forces swept through the North-East on Wednesday, searching houses for suspected Boko Haram militants after killing four in a gun battle, the military said. The crackdown on the group in its heartland of Maiduguri followed a spate of attacks in the past few days, including the killing of a prison official and a retired […]

SSS, Army Arrest Six Over DPO’s Murder

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Latest Politics Saturday, March 24th, 2012

SIX people have been arrested in Bauchi State in connection with the murder of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Tafawa Balewa Council, Mr. Adeleke, who was killed in his hotel room in Tafawa Balewa town following an attack by gunmen in January. An army lance corporal and eight civilians were also killed in the […]

Soldiers Intercept Pastor, Policeman, Others, With Rifles, Uniforms

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Monday, March 19th, 2012

MEN of the Nigeria Army 23 Armoured Brigade at the weekend in Adamawa State intercepted a pastor with the Deeper Life Church, a police corporal and three others including a middle aged woman with five rifles, nine pairs of police uniforms and 12 pairs of police shoes. Briefing journalists at Brigade Headquarters in Yola, Public […]