•Gunman A soldier celebrating his birthday has allegedly killed a villager in the Marish Community of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Bokkos Cultural Development Council Vanguard in a statement by its chairman Farmasum Fuddang said the soldier accidentally pulled the trigger at a relaxation centre in the community which alle...
•A soldier Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a Lance Corporal in the Nigeria army over alleged attempt to murder a commercial motorcycle ride in the Ikorodu area of the state. The soldier, who is currently attached to 159 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Yobe State, was arrested after he allegedly […]
The Nigerian Army says it is investigating the alleged killing of a lady, Hauwakulu Tabra, by a soldier, Private Adamu Muhammad at one of the barracks in Enugu State. The incident occurred on April 11, 2024 and the corpse of the lady was discovered within the barracks the following day. In a statement yesterday, Director […]
•Francis Waive and troops In this interview with Hon Francis Ejiroghene Waive, member representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu federal constituency of Delta State, who also doubles as the Chairman of House Committee on Rules and Business, speaks about the killing of seventeen soldiers including a civilian in Okuama community of Ughelli Sou...
•Philomena Nnamoko A female soldier attached to Ilese Sappers Barracks, Division 2, Ogun State, Lance Corporal Philomena Nnamoko, who alleged that her senior colleagues had been bullying and harassing her following her refusal to give in to their sexual advances, was allegedly beaten and sent to the Yaba Psychiatric Hospital following her inte...
72-year-old Francis Dooga said to be a retired soldier has reportedly hung himself on a tree in his Makurdi residence near Saint Joseph Catholic Church Nyiniongun, in the ourskirts of the state capital. It was gathered that the septuagenarian fondly called ‘old soldier’ allegedly committed suicide yesterday evening when members of his family w...
•Nigerian Armed Forces The Nigerian Army (NA) 81 Division, today, denied that its operative, Boyi ThankGod attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, shot himself dead but rather died of negligence having mishandled his firearms. ThankGod was said to be on barracks’ standby duty at the 35 brigade headquarters, Alamala, Ab...
•Nigerian soldiers An operative of the Nigerian Army, attached to 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Boyi ThankGod, has allegedly shot himself in the head and died immediately. A source in the Army, who pleaded for anonymity, said the soldier killed himself while on standby duty on Monday, the day Nigeria marked Armed Forces ...
•Sanwo-Olu arrests soldier, okada rider for driving against traffic The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that a soldier who criticised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State in a viral video has been arrested. He emphasised that the conduct of the soldier caught driving against traffic does not represent the entire Nigerian A...
•The yet-to-be-identified soldier A soldier has slammed the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for ordering the arrest of his colleague alongside three other motorcyclists for driving against traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The yet-to-be-identified soldier, who appeared to be defending his colleague in a viral video today, faul...