Tag: Court martial
Army inaugurates court martial to try personnel for murder, other crimes
Maj. Aminu Mairuwa, the Chief Prosecutor, said that the essence of court martial was to ensure that army personnel would…
Army arraigns six soldiers before court martial
The GOC said that court martial was meant to punish erring personnel as well as act as a deterrent for…
Boko Haram war: 70 cowardly soldiers face court martial
The Nigeria Army on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial to prosecute 70 erring personnel found defaulting in the counter…
Army court-martials Major, 13 soldiers for kidnapping, murder
The Nigerian Army on Saturday began the trial, by a Court Martial, of an army major, two captains and 11…
Air Force officer sentenced to death for killing lover
A 10-man Nigeria Air Force (NAF) General Court Martial, which tried Air Craftsman Kalu Bernard over the alleged killing of…
20 soldiers face Army court-martial
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday constituted a General Court Martial to try 20 soldiers of different ranks for offences ranging…
Special court martial to try two Nigerian Army generals
The Nigerian Army on Thursday inaugurated a Special Court Martial to try two of its officers for undisclosed offences. The…
Nigeria: Army commutes death sentence on 66 soldiers
There is some reprieve for 66 Nigerian soldiers condemned to death earlier this year for mutiny by court martial. The…
Boko Haram: Beko Ransome-Kuti’s son jailed
The Nigerian Army, on Thursday, sent Beko Ransome-Kuti’s son, Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, to six months in prison. It was…
Army ponders more court-martial to check indiscipline
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-.Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Sunday said the Nigerian Army would continue to set up court-martial…
579 officers, soldiers for court martial – Army
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that 579 of its officers and men had been court martialed for sundry offences.…
Brig-general, 14 colonels, 6 others face court martial in Lagos
Nigeria has ordered a brigadier general and 21 other army officers to face a court martial over alleged sabotage in…
54 soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad
Fifty-four Nigerian soldiers were sentenced to death by firing squad on Wednesday by a Military Court-Martial sitting in Abuja. A…
59 soldiers arraigned for mutiny plead not guilty
Fifty-nine soldiers on Wednesday in Abuja appeared in an Army General Court Martial on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy…
Army court martials 60 for refusing to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria’s army says it will on Thursday begin court martials of soldiers balking at taking part in a stepped-up campaign…
Trial of alleged mutinous soldiers postponed
Nigeria’s military authorities have postponed till Thursday the General Court Martial of some 60 soldiers charged with alleged mutiny. The…
12 Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny
Twelve Nigerian soldiers were on Tuesday sentenced to death for mutiny after shots were fired at their commanding officer in…
Army denies court-martialling general
The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday, said no general in the Nigerian Army was under court-martial. This information was contained in…