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…