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Abia, Armed Forces, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Abia State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate Paul Ikonne has called for the resignation of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.Gen Azubike Ihejirika, over the role of soldiers in last month’s polls. Ikonne spoke in Aba, last weekend. He said the soldiers were not above board. Ikonne alleged that the military […]
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Armed Forces, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
There were indications on Monday that soldiers would join policemen in escorting election materials and National Youth Corps members to the 120,000 polling units across the country for today’s governorship and state assembly elections. A top source in the Independent National Electoral Commission said many state governors had approached the Army high command to assist […]
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Armed Forces, Elections 2011
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The Nigerian Army has threatened to deal decisively with any group or individuals who are out to truncate the electoral process irrespective of whose ox is gored. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Muhammadu Abubakar, while addressing newsmen on the internal security operations for the governorship […]
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Armed Forces, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Kaduna-The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has assured Kaduna residents of effective security. The army chief gave the assurance, Wednesday, in Kaduna while conducting an on-the-spot assessment of the security arrangement in the affected areas. Ihejirika pledged to deploy additional personnel to areas of need to curb violence. He appealed to parents and […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Monday, April 11th, 2011
A former Officer of the Nigerian Navy and one other person have been charged to court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over attempt to smuggle substances suspected to be hard drugs into the United States of America (USA). The suspect, who served with the Nigerian Navy for 12 years before he retired […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Friday, April 8th, 2011
Navy declares no movement on high seas SSS combs streets for weapons, others Kaduna awaits polls materials SECURITY yesterday topped preparations for tomorrow’s National Assembly elections as the various agencies of the Federal Government unveiled measures to ensure law and order during the exercise. The military, whose men are to patrol the streets but keep […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
A widow, Mrs. Fumilayo Jato, has told the Osun State Truth and Reconciliation Commission sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, how soldiers invited to the state by ousted Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola killed her husband, Abraham Jato. Testifying before the commission in petition NO 87/ OSTRC/ 2011 against Oyinlola and ex-Commissioner of Police Sulaiman Fakai, Mrs. […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Tragedy again struck at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, yesterday as a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet crash-landed at the airport, killing the pilot, Group Captain Saleh Abubakar. The ill-fated jet had taken off from nearby 303 Nigeria Air force Flying School, Kano, situated a few kilometres from the airport only to […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, effected a major shake-up in its hierarchy with the redeployment of nine Rear Admirals, eight Navy Commodores and appointment of new Flag Officers Commanding, FOCs. The new FOCs are Rear Admiral Austin Oyagha, formerly Chief Staff Officer, Eastern Naval Command, now Flag Officer Commanding Logistics Command. He takes over from Rear […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
There seems to be a battle for supremacy between the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Merchant Navy with the former accusing the latter of impersonating the naval personnel by wearing its uniform. The cold war which has lingered for some years reached its peak last week, when the Nigerian Navy clamped down on the commandant […]
