•Troops Residents of Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where 16 military personnel were killed have opened up on the alleged reprisal. It was earlier reported that troops attached to 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta were killed while on a peace mission, reports Daily Trust...
•Godswill Akpabio The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, today hinted that the 16 soldiers who lost their lives in Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, may have been killed by mercenaries. The Senate President made the assertion during a debate at plenary over the ‘gruesome’ murder of the service [&he...
•Troops Igbomotoru community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has been deserted by the people following alleged attack on the community by several armed soldiers yesterday. Though the reason for the alleged military invasion of the community could not be confirmed, it was gathered today that the soldiers were reporte...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu and the Senate, yesterday, ordered the military to apprehend the killers of 16 Nigerian Army personnel who were on a peace mission to the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. In carrying out the order, it was gathered yesterday that the military combed the warring […]...
•Burning houses in Okuama community Delta State The Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State where sixteen soldiers were killed have been razed. There are strong allegations that some angry soldiers may have perpetrated the act after their colleagues were killed, reports Channels TV. Meanwhile, manhunt for the kil...
•Top Army brass The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has inaugurated a special military court for the trial of one officer and 16 soldiers for alleged criminal offences. The general court-martial sitting at the Rhino officers’ mess, Maxwell Khobe cantonment, Rukuba Barracks, Jos wil...
•Army boss and female soldier Godfrey George writes about the allegations of sexual harassment in Nigeria’s military, reports Saturday PUNCH. As a child, Toochi (surname withheld) had a masculine gait that made heads turn whenever she walked. At 14, an aunt who had recently retired from the Nigerian Air Force advised her to join the […]...
•Bandits There was palpable fear in the Katapka community of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State following the alleged killing of three soldiers and two vigilante group members by bandits who invaded the local government yesterday. Unidentified gunmen had on February 1, 2024, murdered three persons and destroyed properties worth milli...
•Fulani herdsmen Four people, including two soldiers have been reportedly killed by gunmen who invaded some communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State today. The armed men were said to have attacked some communities in the local government leading to the death of two people, reports The PUNCH. Some of the villages attacked [&hel...
•Lagbaja and Tinubu A public interest and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, requesting him to fish out and punish a group of Army personnel whom he claimed assaulted a police officer, ASP Edet Inyang. Effiong made this known in a statement on his X […]