The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed the claims that 21 soldiers were killed by gunmen in the state. There have been reports across social media since Tuesday saying that 21 soldiers who were on their way to Enugu State were rounded up and killed in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Monday evening. But while reacting […]
•Arrested soldiers with Military police The Nigerian Army, today, said it has dismissed two soldiers, Corporal Innocent Joseph, and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani, accused of stealing armoured cables at the Dangote refinery on April 14, 2024. It was earlier reported how the soldiers entered the facility in an Acura jeep but were caught at the [&hel...
•Troops The Nigerian Army has vowed to avenge the killing at the weekend, of two officers and four soldiers in an ambush in Niger State. It confirmed yesterday that the bodies had been found and remains of the Muslims among them buried, reports The Nation. Two injured soldiers in the ambush are receiving treatment at […]
•Bandits Bandits have reportedly ambushed and gunned down six soldiers at Roro, Karaga and Rumace communities, Bassa Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. A captain was also said to have been abducted during the incident, reports Daily Trust. It was gathered that the soldiers had left their camps at Allawa and Erena to […]...
•Clement Ikolo The Nigerian Army has released the traditional ruler, Clement Ikolo, earlier declared wanted and arrested over the gruesome murder of 17 soldiers in Delta State on March 14, 2024. The monarch was declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters alongside seven others for alleged involvement in the act, reports The PUNCH. He was relea...
•Troops The Coalition of Bokkos Ethnic Youth Nationalities in Plateau State has accused the military of compounding their woes during last Friday’s attack on them by suspected Fulani herdsmen shooting at residents. No fewer than 10 people were killed when the gunmen carried out simultaneous attacks in two communities of Kopnanle in Mangu and M...
•Troops Three persons have been killed while an unspecified others were injured after a Nigerian Army patrol vehicle hit a Keke Napep rider, causing injuries on the driver and his passengers. An eyewitness, Adamu Hassan, told our correspondent, that the incident happened yesterday afternoon at the popular Garin Alkali market via Gashua, the he...
•Terrorists The Defence Headquarters today said a lieutenant of the Nigerian Army was killed while four other military personnel were wounded during a terrorists ambush in Borno State on Friday, April 5. It, however, said six of the terrorists were also killed during the bloody encounter, reports Sunday PUNCH. The ambush by the terrorists was ...
A group, Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders, has promised to assist in finding the killers of 17 soldiers in Okuama community in Delta State. Spokesperson of the group, Collins Idowu, who addressed journalists yesterday, in Abuja, sympathised with the victims’ families. “Firstly, we express our deepest condolences to the families, ...
•Clement Ikolo The King of Ewu Kingdom in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, who is one of the eight persons declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in connection with the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community has turned himself in to the Delta State Police Command. The […]