After 35 years of active service to the country, the military yesterday, retired 656 senior non-commissioned officers (SNCOs) after subjecting them to a six-month demilitarisation training. The retirees were disengaged from service at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi, amid fanfare, reports The Nation. Those retired...
•Investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo Investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo says he did not carry the Nigerian military along during his recent investigation into crude oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, claiming some security operatives collude with the bunkerers. Soyombo was recently detained by the Nigerian Army for three days, with th...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the arrest of human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the police, alerting that the action is a grim reminder of the dark days of the military. In a post on social media today, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in […]
•Donald Trump President-elect Donald Trump confirmed today that he plans to declare a national emergency on border security and use the US military to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented migrants. Immigration was a top issue in the election campaign, and Trump has promised to deport millions and stabilize the border with Mexico after ...
•Late Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja The Head of Lagbaja Family of Ilobu Kingdom in Osun State, Mr Demola Lagbaja, says it is regrettable that the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, did not enjoy life outside the military. The family head spoke yesterday while receiving the St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo, Old […]
•Terrorists The military says it has uncovered a desperate recruitment drive on social media by terrorists, particularly the ISWAP terrorist group, and vowed that troops will sustain the offensives to eliminate all threats by the terrorists. Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, affir...
•The panel The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) investigative panel has cleared the military of an alleged termination of approximately 10,000 pregnancies in the North-East. Headed by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Abdul Aboki, the seven-man panel, described as false, the allegation that was contained in a special report that w...
A national strike is looming over the alleged use of military personnel to eject workers from Oritsetimeyin oil rig as the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has given total support to the threat by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, to declare a nationwide strike over the issue. Specifically, NLC has threatened [&helli...
•Terrorists The military high command has confirmed the presence of a new terrorists’ group known as ‘Lukarawas’ in Sokoto and Kebbi states, which it says has been exacerbating the security challenges in the Northwest. It also declared no fewer than nine terrorists’ commanders wrecking havocs in the Northeast region wanted, adding that no matt...
•Nigerian soldiers and bandits No fewer than 20 passengers in 5 vehicles have been reportedly kidnapped on Mariga-Kontagora road in Niger State. The Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, who also represents Mariga Constituency, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkin-Daji made this known in an interview with journalists. He said the incident happe...
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