•Gunmen The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the death of five persons, including a soldier, during an attack in Magbon Etido, Mowé, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, adding that it was “an isolated criminal at...
•Bandits At least five residents and a soldier were killed in an attack yesterday by suspected bandits in Zurak community, Bashar district of Plateau State. Residents said three soldiers are currently missing following a gun battle with the attackers, reports Daily Trust. The soldiers were reportedly deployed to provide security in the area am...
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a soldier, who was attacked by a mentally unstable man on Sunday, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. A video that went viral on social media showed the lifeless body of the soldier lying in a pool of blood, reports Vanguard. The body […]
The Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into the circumstances that led a soldier, Lance Corporal Akinyele Femi, serving at 221 Battalion, Wawa Cantonment, Niger State, to kill his wife and commit suicide on October 11. Capt. Stephen Nwankwo, the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, explained ...
•Private Lukman Musa to die by hanging Private Lukman Musa, who is serving with the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau State, has been sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence came from the general Court Martial that sat in the Maxwell Khobe Cantoment, after which he was indicted of killing a […]
•A newborn baby The Cross River Police Force have arrested two nurses and a soldier over allegations and theft of a newborn baby in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. Zagazola Makama, a security expert reports that the suspects were apprehended after the baby’s mother, 19-year-old Justina Valentine Boniface of Aningeje village...
•IPOB A Nigerian Army soldier attached to Operation Udoka has been killed by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra after sneaking out of his duty post to attend a party in Anambra State. The incident was said to have occurred on the evening of Saturday, May 18, 2025, at the Forward Operating […]
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging and another, Private Abubakar Yusuf, to 10 years’ imprisonment. The sentences were handed down after due consideration for the offences of murder and robbery for which the soldiers s...
A soldier attached to 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba Barracks, Jos, has reportedly stabbed a Keke (tricycle) rider, Abdullahi Muhammad, who was also a Fulani herdsman, to death. The Chairman of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN), Garba Abdullahi, told journalists in Jos that the soldier killed Muhammad, a 26-year-old, a...
•The beer parlour A Rwandan soldier today opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting, reports AFP. However, the Rwandan Defence Forces identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant. “RDF has arrested the […]...
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