•Terrorists Unspecified numbers of Nigerian military personnel have been missing in a recent ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Baga, at the fringes of the Lake Chad. Personnel of the armed forces, who spoke to our correspondent in anonymity, said soldiers were ambushed while trying to recover dead bodies of 40 residents killed by the [&hellip...
Russian units said it has eliminated more than 290 Ukrainian military in the border areas of the Kursk region within the past 24 hours. Russian Defence ministry said today, that, they destroyed one tank, an armored personnel carrier and four armored combat vehicles, reports NAN. “During the day, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces [&helli...
•Soldiers The military high command, today, provided an insight into what transpired between terrorists and personnel attached to Forward Operating Base, Sabon Gari Area in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. Specifically, it confirmed that 6 soldiers lost their lives during the encounter while 34 terrorists, who had attempted to surp...
•Scenes of the attack Four days after Boko Haram terrorists overran a military base in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, many soldiers are still unaccounted for, credible security sources have revealed. Terrorists, in their large numbers, carried out the attack around 4pm on Saturday at the Forward Operating Base, Sabon Gari area, r...
•Terrorists Terrorists linked to the Islamic State group have reportedly killed six soldiers in a raid on a military base in northeastern Nigeria. The report quoted two military officers, saying that the fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) reportedly launched a pre-dawn attack in trucks and on motorcycles yesterday on the ...
•Brutalised welder, Lukmon Bisiriyu in hospital A Lagos based welder and metal fabricator collapsed and was rushed to the hospital shortly after he was brutalised by soldiers at the instance of an Ogun factory owner who allegedly defaulted payment for welding work executed at the factory and seized the artisan’s tools box and welding equipment...
•French troops boarding a transport plane in Ndjamena, Chad France began withdrawing soldiers from Chad yesterday, the country’s defence ministry said, after N’Djamena last month abruptly ended military cooperation with the former colonial power. A contingent of 120 soldiers left for France from a military airport in the capital, the ministry ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the Chief of Defense Staff, the Chief of Army Staff and the commanding officer of the 177 battalion over an alleged unlawful arrest and detention of a community leader in Nasarawa State. Honourable Mansur Soro who moved the motion during today’s plenary, explained th...
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 ...
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