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FG sets up military highway patrol

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Latest Politics Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika File copy The Federal Government has taken more measures to confront head-on the threat to peace and security in the country by Boko Haram, the militant Islamic sect that has been waging a terror campaign on Nigeria since 2009. SATURDAY PUNCH learnt on Friday in […]

Army establishes special squad to combat Boko Haram

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika The Nigerian Army has established a special squad to combat the menace of Boko Haram. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, who spoke at a two-day security awareness workshop organised by the Nigerian army on Wednesday, said the suicide attacks […]

Against all odds: Celebrating Aki’s wedding – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Dec. 20, 2011 – The ‘white wedding’ between Chinedu Ikedieze, (a.k.a Aki), and his heartthrob Nneoma Nwajah on December 9, 2011 was front page news for a number of newspapers, including the Sun and the Vanguard. True, some newspapers made it front page news for the wrong reason: to […]

My husband’s generosity backfired – Wife of slain ex-General

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Saratu (Inset: Uwagbe and Saratu) Saratu, the wife of a retired Brigadier-General, Umar Uwagbe, who was allegedly murdered by men he leased a piece of land to, has regretted that her husband’s generosity “backfired”. Uwagbe had leased the land to his neighbour, Samuel Sosu, for commercial farming but due to breach […]

One wounded in airforce, robbers’ shoot-out

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Thursday, December 15th, 2011

By EVELYN USMAN ABEOKUTA—Nigerian Air Force personnel from Logistics Command, Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, engaged a 12-man robbery gang operating on Ota/Idiriko Road, Ogun State, in a shoot-out and foiled the gang’s attempt to snatch vehicles. The bandits reportedly stormed the ever-busy road in two unmarked vehicles which they used to block the road. Thereafter, they […]

Killing of Boko Haram members legitimate, Army Col tells court

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Friday, December 9th, 2011

A prosecution witness in the on-going trial of the six police officers suspected to have killed the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Mohammed Yusuf, Colonel Benjamin Ahamotu yesterday told the Federal High Court that killing of members of the sect was a legitimate duty. Ahamotu who led the army troop that arrested Yusuf […]

3 soldiers, 11 others die in separate accidents

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Uncategorized Sunday, December 4th, 2011

By Dayo Johnson and Gabriel Enogholase No fewer than 14 persons including three soldiers were killed in two separate accidents yesterday. The soldiers were trapped and burnt to death in an auto crash at Aiyegunle, Oka-Akoko, near Owo, Ondo State alongside five students of a military school and two others. In the other accident which […]

Boko Haram: 140 killed in 138 attacks –Army chief

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

The Army High Command yesterday disclosed that the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic fundamentalists group killed 140 people in 138 attacks carried out between the year 2010 and 2011. This is coming at a time the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, said that the sect was a product of bad governance and […]

Soldiers take over Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta •As ex-militants threaten to bomb oil facilities

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers Monday, November 21st, 2011

THERE was security alert in the Niger Delta, on Monday, following a threat by a group of ex-militants to bomb oil facilities in the region in response to the Federal Government’s alleged failure to address some issues that border on their welfare. Heavily armed security agents posted to oil facilities were positioned to ward off […]

Soldiers take over power stations nationwide

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

BY VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG & NAOMI MGBAKOR LAGOS — ARMED soldiers, yesterday, took over most of the nation’s power stations, including Egbin Power Station, as Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, workers threatened to withdraw their services. This came as the State Security Service, SSS, invited the President and General Secretary of the National Union of […]