Tag: soldiers
Bombing of pipelines: Soldiers invade Tompolo’s community
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sequel to the renewed bombings of oil installations in Warri axis of Delta State by militants suspected…
Open Letter To President Buhari
Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, President & Commander-in-chief, of the Armed Forces, Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja. Request for presidential pardon for…
Soldiers storm homes of ex-militants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigerian Army personnel from 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, have raided the home of an ex-militant…
Re-engaged soldiers not on hunger strike – DHQ
Nigeria Defence Headquarters on Saturday denied a recent media report that over 3000 soldiers dismissed by the Nigerian Army and…
#BayelsaDecides: Soldiers arrest ballot box-snatching suspects
Two persons suspected to be agents of one of the political parties involved in Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa…
FG to introduce death insurance for soldiers fighting insurgency
The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Friday that the Federal Government would introduce insurance package for…
Lawmakers condemn soldiers’ attack on LASTMA
Eromosele Ebhomele Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday decided to write a letter of protest to…
Buhari honours soldiers with medals for gallantry
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Yola, honoured three soldiers who sustained serious injuries in ongoing operations against Boko Haram with…
BRT Lane Violation: Soldiers beat up LASTMA officer
Kazeem Ugbodaga Irate soldiermen beat up an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA for daring to take…
Rivers Guber: Soldiers, policemen lied on oath, INEC witnesses claim
Eight witnesses for the INEC on Monday told the Rivers Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that the security…
Army promotes 5,000 soldiers fighting Boko Haram
The Nigeria Army has approved the promotion of 5,000 soldiers fighting insurgents in the North-East and others involved in other…
Gory sights as soldiers rescue amputated, emaciated victims of Boko Haram insurgency
As the military push to defeat whatever is left of Boko Haram terrorists and as the fight gains successful momentum…
7 soldiers executed for killing businessmen
Seven Somali soldiers, were executed in the port city of Kismayo on Friday after a court found them guilty of…
Soldiers crush protests as military seizes power in Burkina Faso
(Reuters) – Heavily armed troops crushed protests in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou after a former spy chief seized power in…
Four Libyan soldiers killed by Islamist fighters in Benghazi
Reuters – Four Libyan soldiers were killed and six wounded in fresh fighting with Islamist groups in the eastern city…
A Pardon Well Deserved
The decision of the Nigerian Army to re-instate 2,500 soldiers and 102 officers who were dismissed and put on trial…
2 soldiers killed as military liberates Gudumbali
As part of its continued offensive operations against the Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Military has liberated Gudumbali town in…
Army identifies soldiers who tortured civilian in Nasarawa
Authorities of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, said it had identified the soldiers who violated the rights of a member…
Nigerian Army vows to punish soldiers for maltreating robber
The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it will punish soldiers involved in maltreatment of an armed robbery suspect in…
Dickson condemns killing of soldiers, vows to fish out killers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson has condoled with the Chief of Army Staff. Major General Tukur…
Nigerian military hunt for killers of its men in Bayelsa
The military has commenced a massive manhunt for the gunmen who killed four soldiers and a policeman at Nembe military…
Pirates kill soldiers, policeman in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Police Command said on Saturday that four soldiers and a policeman were killed in an attack on Nembe…
Pregnant woman, 14 others injured as policemen, soldiers clash in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 15 persons, including a pregnant woman, sustained various degree of injuries on Friday evening during…
Boko Haram: Gov. Gaidam pledges enhanced welfare for soldiers
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe, on Saturday assured security personnel involved in the war against Boko Haram insurgents in the…
Soldiers stop APC Reps-elect from leaving his home
The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate representing Apapa Constituency 1 Ayodeji Joseph has been stopped from leaving…
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting
Two soldiers and a pro-Russian rebel were killed in the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where isolated clashes continue…
Polls: Oshiomhole petitions army over illegal deployment of soldiers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has threatened to drag authorities of the Nigerian Army before the International…
Soldiers intercept ballot snatching in Sagamu
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Soldiers in and around Sagamu stopped political thugs from snatching a ballot box on Saturday 28 March during…
PDP Tactics Alarm Opposition Leaders
The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed alarm about the various moves by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
BREAKING: Court bars soldiers from polling stations
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Monday, restrained the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government…