Tag: military
House Condemns Military’s Clampdown On Media
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly has slammed the Nigerian government and its military over the latter’s current…
Lagos, Democracy And Public Transportation
By Ayo Afuwape With the termination of military rule in Nigeria and the subsequent return to democratic rule in 1999,…
Military’s Transferred Aggression
The seizure last week of thousands of copies four major Nigerian newspapers by the military at the behest of the…
Editors condemn military seizure of newspapers
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), on Friday, condemned the seizure of Nigerian newspapers meant to be sold to the…
World Cup: Football fans should be vigilant – Military
Major General Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information, on Monday advised fans and owners of viewing centres to be vigilant…
Prominent politician sponsoring falsehood against the military – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters on Friday 30 May said that it had uncovered a plot by a prominent politician to embark…
More Soldiers Deployed To Troubled Borno Town
Nigeria’s military sent reinforcements Friday to the remote northeastern town of Benisheik after Boko Haram Islamists stormed the area, burnt…
Fashola Advocates True Federalism For Nigeria
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), at the weekend in the United States of America advocated a truer federal…
Fear Of Boko Haram: Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens
The Nigerian Immigration Service has commenced the mass deportation of illegal aliens arrested in different parts of Lagos State, southwest…
My Biafran War Reminiscences
By David Odey After reading Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country and the recent three-part series on the 30-month Nigerian…
Why I’m Bringing Playwrights Together
Renowned academic and dramatist, Professor Femi Osofisan tells NKRUMAH BANKONG-OBI about the problems impeding a flourishing playwriting culture in the…
Soldiers Kill 3 Boko Haram Members Arrest 31
Soldiers of the Joint Military Task Force have killed three Boko Haram Islamists and recovered arms and ammunition in a…
Army Officers Pledge To Obey, Enforce New Lagos Traffic Law
The implementation of the new Lagos Traffic Law has got the backing of the Military as the General Officer Commanding…
Boko Haram Shoots Imam, Muslims At Prayers
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members opened fire on Muslim worshippers outside the home of a controversial cleric in…
Anarchist Vows To Wage Warfare On Olympics
An anarchist group has vowed to wage “low level warfare” against Britain, sabotaging financial institutions, transport, and the military in…
Be Ready For Fire For Fire If Dialogue Fails, Gowon Tells Boko Haram
Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (GCFR) Wednesday urged terrorist group Boko Haram to embrace dialogue, else, the…
Senator Gives Up On Police
In what seems like a vote of no confidence on the Nigerian police, a Nigerian senator has appealed to military…
‘Civil Society Members Are Corrupt’ —Abiodun Aremu
The secretary of Joint Action Committee, JAC, Comrade Abiodun Aremu made a frank statement at the weekend in Lagos State,…
Police Arrest 45 Armed Robbery Suspects In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said that 45 suspected armed robbers, including a 62-year- old ex-military man, were…
3 Arrested Over Murder Of Mobile Cop
Members of the Military Special Task force (STF) in Jos have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of…
Police Advise Banks To Check Security Guards
The Lagos State Police Command has advised managers of the various banks to double check their security personnel and ensure…
Ex-Servicemen Appeal To Jonathan Over Pension
Ex-servicemen have once again appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to pay them the 53 percent of their pension arrears which…
Public Utilities And Reckless Residents
Every time government hands over a project to a community or commissions one, the government always urges the community to…
Ojukwu’s Ideals Unperishable –APGA
The Chairman of All Peoples Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, has said that the ideals of the late Chukwuemeka…
Kanu, Others Honour Beko
Human right activists, former Governor of Lagos State, Ndubuisi Kanu and others today paid glowing tributes to the late activist,…
IG Visits Chief Of Defence Staff, Solicits Military Support
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, on Wednesday solicited the support of the military in addressing the current security…
Ironsi And Jonathan: Faces Of The Same Coin? —Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema
In recent times I have been reflecting about Goodluck Ebele Jonathan; the manner of man he is and the position…
Nigerian Army: Lagos Government Deployed Soldiers
The Nigerian Army has disagreed with Bello Haliru Mohammed, the Minister of Defence over whose authority the controversial deployment of…
ACN Accuses Amaechi Of Militarization Of Civil Populace
The Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the over-militarization of the state by Governor…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Post-Election Violence: Police Arrest 109 Suspects In Kano
The Kano Police Command says 109 suspects were arrested during Monday’s post-election violence in various parts of the state. The…