The threat posed by Boko Haram to lives and property in the North has forced the General Officer Commanding the 3 Armourd Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Adamu Marwa, to relocate to Gombe, Gombe State. The division has jurisdiction over Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Borno, Plateau and Taraba states. Our correspondent learnt […]
Abuja — IN Continuation of its plan to Islamize Northern Nigeria, the Boko Haram Islamic Sect on Monday night invaded the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, barracks as well as a police station in Maiduguri, Borno State, killing five persons including a soldier, two policemen and two civilians. Also, two other civilians were reportedly injured, as […]
The Military-led Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno has killed another Boko Haram sect member barely a week after it gunned down 11 suspected members of the sect during an attack in Maiduguri, the state capital. Daily Sun gathered that some sect members had attacked the task force outpost located around the London Chiki in […]
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has sued President Goodluck Jonathan and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, for N500m over an alleged violation of his rights by soldiers deployed in Lagos. The soldiers were depolyed in the state to quell protests against the removal of subsidy […]
Three suspected armed robbers on Wednesday said they got military uniforms they used in their operations in Warri, Delta State, from men of the Joint Taskforce in the Niger Delta. The suspects, according to the Police authorities, also claimed responsibility for the recent murder of some military men and policemen in Warri. More than […]
Security agents on Tuesday killed Uzairu Abba Abdullahi, a textile merchant suspected to be a leader of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, during a five-hour gun duel. His pregnant wife, who was at his residence in Hotoro, Nassarawa Local Government Area when the team stormed the building, was also shot dead. After the battle, […]
THE Federal Government, on Tuesday, ordered the withdrawal of soldiers from the streets of Lagos. The soldiers were deployed last week to prevent further protests against the removal of fuel subsidy, a move which generated strong criticisms from the state government and some residents. Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, denied claim that the soldiers were […]
Fresh facts emerged yesterday on what led to the killing of three members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) by soldiers in the commercial city of Onitsha on Sunday evening. Addressing journalists yesterday on the development, the MASSOB Director of Information, Mr. Uchenna Madu, said the major cause […]
Thursday, January 19, 2012 • East Marine Diving Academy administrative block. Inset: Udokwu PHOTOS: Sun news Publishing More Stories on This Section Ordinarily, it would be expected that when officers of the Navy visit a marine academy, the students would be enthralled. And memories of the visit would linger in the hearts of such students […]
Hackers operating under the identity of NaijaCyberHactivists on Monday morning defaced the website of the Nigerian Army Education Corps. The website, www.hqnaec.org, was defaced amid the lingering logjam over the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy on January 1, 2012. They said it was in response to the government’s deployment of soldiers in parts […]
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