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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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, […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
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 […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
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 […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
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 […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Monday, January 16th, 2012
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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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
By Henry Umoru ABUJA—AS part of moves to halt the activities of Boko Haram sect, the Nigerian Army have concluded arrangements to intensify training in counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations. Addressing journalists, yesterday, on the current security situation in the country, Director, Army Public Relations, Major-General Ralph Isa, disclosed that troops were now patrolling major highways […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Friday, January 6th, 2012
A young man, Niyi Ehindero, was on Thursday allegedly shot dead by soldiers attached to Operation MESA Unit on Bada Street in Mushin area of Lagos. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the soldiers shot Ehindero at close range in his car, when they went to the area to disperse hoodlums who were engaged in a […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Niger Delta
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Niger Delta ex-militants on Tuesday blocked the Bomadi Junction, a section of the East-West Road in Delta State to protest against President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to remove fuel subsidy. The ex-militants allegedly armed were said to have engaged the Joint Task Force in a gun battle that lasted for over an hour. The protesters numbering […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Azazi, yesterday admitted that it was absolutely difficult to man every point in the country when there are security problems. The NSA spoke in Abuja after the President met with Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, at a closed doors meeting to proffer solution to the Boko Haram […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
THE Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen O. A. Ihejirika, on Friday gave details of the exchange of fire between soldiers and members of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying the army killed about 50 members of the sect while three soldiers died in the exchange of gun fire. The police authorities also confirmed that Boko Haram […]
