After 35 years of active service to the country, the military yesterday, retired 656 senior non-commissioned officers (SNCOs) after subjecting them to a six-month demilitarisation training. The retirees were disengaged from service at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC), Oshodi, amid fanfare, reports The Nation. Those retired...
•Customs operatives Security operatives from the Nigerian Customs Service and soldiers manning checkpoints along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, weekend, allegedly brutalised two residents, Taofeek Olatunbosun and Rafiu Abdelmalik, for making a video. The officers suspected the duo of being informants supplying journalists with information about ...
•Soldiers A fierce gun battle has been reported between personnel of the Nigerian Army’s 14 Brigade, Ohafia, and unidentified gunmen in Mbata, Umuchima village, Isiala Ngwa North LGA, Abia state. Unconfirmed reports indicated that over 15 Hilux vehicles and armored personnel carriers arrived at Umuchima village around 6 a.m., targeting suspect...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Eastern Security Network and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have attacked an army checkpoint in Abia State. It was gathered that two soldiers on duty were killed in a fierce gun battle between the gunmen and soldiers of the 14 Brigade headquarters, Ohafia at the checkpoint. […...
•Scene of the accident Three people, including a lawyer, were reported dead and several others severely injured when a flour-loaded truck, pursued by soldiers, crashed into shops in Utu Etim Ekpo, the headquarters of Etim Ekpo Local Government Area (LGA), Akwa Ibom State. Residents recounted that the tragedy occurred around 8 p.m. yesterday wh...
•Armed soldiers and policemen The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, is full of criticism for policemen and soldiers stealing and selling arms and ammunition from their formation to criminal elements. Ribadu stated this in Abuja yesterday during the destruction of arms by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms And Light W...
•Soldiers and bandits A fierce gun battle erupted between soldiers and bandits in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, leaving scores dead and many injured. Sources confirmed to our correspondent that the attack occurred at Aba branch in Ehime Mbano last night, reports The Nation. “Some non-state actors attacked and killed some sold...
•Nigerian soldiers The Lagos State Government has condemned the “unprovoked attack” on officers of the Environmental Sanitation Corps also known as KAI by personnel of the Nigerian Army in the Yaba area of the state, reports The PUNCH. The State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in a statement today, revealed...
September 7, 2024 was a black Saturday for the family of Mr David Achinya in Taraku, a community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. It was particularly so for Mrs Doosuur Achinya, a 20-year-old widow whose husband, Terhile Timothy Achinya, was cut down in his prime, reports The Nation. On that day, […]
•Gunmen Suspected armed herders yesterday launched a deadly attack on the Egwuma community in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State, killing six people, including two soldiers. A local resident, identified simply as Anthony, said the gunmen invaded the community around 5 p.m., unleashing terror on residents, reports The PUNCH. The attack ...
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