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Boko Haram Attacks: Security Beefed Up In Abuja
Sola Adeola/Abuja Security surveillance over the nation’s capital, Abuja, has increased following recent bomb attacks in the city. Soldiers this…
Soldiers arrest three with loads of Ekiti election materials
Soldiers on Thursday arrested three men conveying a truck load of election materials meant for the gubernatorial elections in Ekiti…
Boko Haram attack soldiers, church
Suspected Boko Haram militants Thursday 5 June in a fresh raid on a town in the restive northeast of Nigeria,…
Soldiers Did Not Attack Commander – Olukolade
The military on Friday said there was no mutiny at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, but admitted that there were complaints…
Soldiers kill 2 Boko Haram members in Katsina
Soldiers on Friday confirmed the killing of two suspected Boko Haram members in Katsina State. The Commanding Officer of the…
Soldiers Attack Commander Again In Maiduguri
Soldiers have again attacked the newly posted General Officer Commanding the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army located at Maimalari…
Nyanya Blasts: No Relief Yet For Commuters
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja One week after the Nyanya, Abuja bomb blasts that left scores of people dead, commuters on the axis…
15 Out Of 100 Kidnapped Girls Escape
Reports say 15 out the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped Monday evening by heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists from a school in…
Obanikoro Denies Invading Lagos Housing Scheme
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Yisa Jamiu The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has denied invading the Ilubirin Housing…
Stop Soldiers From Invading Lagos
The use of soldiers to stall housing projects in Lagos State is a dangerous development that could undermine our democracy…
4 Boko Haram suicide bombers killed in failed attack
Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station in Maiduguri, Borno state have been killed by soldiers…
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Tight Security, Tension As PDP NEC Decides Tukur’s Fate
Hundreds of well armed police officers, soldiers and officers of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, have been deployed in and around…
Uganda recalls Somali peacekeepers over food scam
Uganda has recalled the commander of its peacekeeping force in Somalia and almost two dozen other officers suspected of involvement…
Boko Haram: Army Arrests Orange Seller Spy With N600m
An orange seller who acts as a spy for Boko Haram has been arrested in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria. He was…
6,700 South African soldiers have AIDS
The South African army Tuesday said 8.5 percent of the country’s 79,200 soldiers have HIV/AIDS, angrily dismissing claims of a…