Tag: Nigerian Army
Fake Army Colonel Arrested
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested a middle aged colonel over impersonation. The…
N45m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Female Architect
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, March 29, 2012 arraigned Architect Nwanne Okengwu Emeh of Dunnel World…
Security Agencies Keep Tab On Alien Influx Into Lagos
Security agencies in Lagos State may soon clamp down on illegal aliens in the tate just as the State Police…
Army Barracks Bombed In Kaduna
Bomb explosions rocked the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria at about 11.15 a.m. today. The…
Army Threatens To Demolish More Houses
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday warned encroachers on its cantonment at Ojo, Lagos to vacate the premises fast or face…
15 Suspects In EFCC Net Over Illegal Bunkering
Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are…
Attempt To Bomb Army Barracks Foiled
Commander of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig-General Tukur Y. Buratai has disclosed the arrest of suspects with links with the…
Lagos Govt: We Didn’t Ask For Soldiers
Lagos State Government has debunked the claim by Nigeria’s military authorities that the deployment of soldiers on the streets of…
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…
Boko Haram: Army Acquires Bomb Detectors
The Nigeria Army on Tuesday stated that it has acquired modern explosive detectors and other Hi- Tech equipment in an…
Fake Soldier Arraigned
A suspected fake soldier has been arraigned in the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a one-count charge of impersonating the Nigerian…
Army Parades 19 Cult Suspects
The 82 Division Garrison Anti-kidnapping unit of the Nigerian Army Friday paraded 19 suspected cult members arrested from Enugu State…
‘Soldier Deserves Punishment’
Erstwhile ‘Ewi’ exponent turned businessman, Mr. Olusesan James Adewusi, a.k.a. Tantolorun, has observed that the errant soldier who caused commotion…
Traffic Jam: Mild Relief For Abuja Residents
There was mild relief for commuters in Abuja this morning as men of the Nigerian Army relaxed the rigorous security…
Lagos ACN Condemns Army, Police Clash
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has described as shameful and disgraceful the latest bloody clash…
Soldiers Did Not Kill DPO, DCO In Badagry, Says Army Spokesman
The Nigerian Army has denied media reports that soldiers were involved in the killing of the DPO of Badagry police…
Army Destroys Weapons Surrendered By Ex-Militants
The General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Sarki Yarki Bello along with the Special Adviser to…
Army, Customs Seek To Foster Working Relationship
As part of inter agency cooperation, commanding officer 192 battalion, Owode of the Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Adamu Umaru Watanafa,…
Army Detains Journalist
A journalist with Next newspaper was detained for four hours by authorities of the Nigerian Army for a military cantonment…
Jonathan Warns Politicians Against Inciting Utterances
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared in strong terms that no politician or political group can threaten the sovereignty of…
Army Council Converts Imprisonment Of Jailed Akure 27 Officers To Retirement
The Nigerian Army Council has granted pardon to the 27 soldiers who were court martialled and jailed over demonstrations on…
Family Holds Fidau For Father
The late Alhaji Sanni Oshofowoke Sonaike has been described as a hardworking, industrious and religious man, who worshipped Allah up…
Fake Soldier Charged With Stealing
A fake soldier who claimed to be a private in the Nigerian Army, Francis Erebulu, 41, has been arraigned on…
Missing N100m Army Money, Traced To Sterling Bank
Contrary to the deposition of a Lagos oil company, Origin Oil and Gas Limited, that a commercial bank, Sterling Bank,…
NYSC Sports Festival Hots Up
The 2010 zonal preliminaries of the Director General’s competition, otherwise known as NYSC Sports Festival are heating up at the…
Please, Return My Vehicle, Danfo Driver Begs Soldier
A commuter bus driver, Tajudeen Durodola, driving a Faragon bus with registration number LAGOS XX 488 BDG, has appealed to…
Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme: Lucky Athletes Know Fate Soon
The Central Working Committee of Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme has informed the coaches attached to the talent discovery programme to submit…
Kidnapper Nabbed With Four Human Skulls
A suspected kidnapper, Paul Etim Udoka was on Sunday arrested by soldiers in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Nigeria.…
Applause For Adopt-A-Talent
Renowned Nigerian boxing coach, Joe Mensah, has commended the Lagos State Government led by Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola on its…
Victor Eyes Bolt’s Record
If there is one thing Victor Ojobor would like, it is his wish that someday he would smash the athletics…