The Nigerian military has lost at least three commanding officers in charge of forward operations bases following attacks by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) at different locations within a seven-day period in Borno State. The latest casualties bring to seven the number of commanding officers and one brigadier gene...
•Nigerian soldiers and Osajie Security analyst, Dickson Osajie, has accused the Nigerian military of playing politics in its fight against terrorism in the country. Osajie said this today during an interview on Channels Television. According to him, it is demoralising to the Nigerian people that the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Air Force could not...
•Service chiefs A member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Kanmi Ajibola, has dragged the Nigerian military to court over the recent allegation of a coup attempt to sack the current democratic government and forcefully remove elected officials, including President Bola Tinubu. •Kanmi Ajibola Ajibola, a lawyer and a former Chairman of the Ni...
Amnesty International says it possesses concrete evidence including names and addresses of individuals allegedly killed extrajudicially by the Nigerian military in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country. “We have our evidence and we are very glad to present those evidence. We are always in touch with families of victims and believe th...
•Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, says the recent withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali from ECOWAS has placed more burden on the Nigerian military. Abubakar said this at the opening of the First Quarter Meeting with Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, and Commanders yesterday ...
•Nigerian soldiers The Defence Headquarters has rejected claims by Amnesty International that 10, 000 persons died in its custody since the Boko Haram conflict began in the northeast. The international human rights organisation’s Country Director, Isa Sanusi, at a briefing in Maiduguri, accused Boko Haram and the military of many abuses, repor...
•Killed bandits Northern Nigeria especially North-West has become increasingly violent. This is due to the activities of militias, known locally as “bandits.” The origins of the conflict in north-western Nigeria can be traced back to 2011 following disagreements between Hausa farmers and Fulani herdsmen, reports The Nation. Banditry in the nor...
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