Tag: soldiers
Borno to build heroes estate for slain soldiers, vigilantes
The Borno State Government said on Saturday that it planned to build Borno Heroes Estate for the families of soldiers,…
Convicted soldiers must be released – Falana
Nigeria human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has called on the Nigerian government to release the 70 convicted soldiers with the…
Special promotion for soldiers fighting Boko Haram – Minimah
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday announced a special promotion for all soldiers involved in liberating Baga in Borno from Boko…
No Role For Soldiers In Polls —Falana
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has declared that soldiers have no role to play in elections. Falana in…
Real reasons APC don’t want soldiers during election – Fani-Kayode
*says Ekiti audio tape leak not enough evidence evidence against use of soldiers The Presidential Campaign Organisation of PDP on…
Fashola condemns soldier’s siege on Tinubu’s residence
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has condemned soldiers’ siege on the Bourdillon residence of the All Progressive Congress,…
Combat Ready Soldiers Invade Bola Tinubu’s Residence
Combat ready soldiers have invaded the residence of former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos his…
Fears over latest Boko Haram town, military base seizure
Boko Haram’s seizure of a key town and military base in Nigeria’s far northeast has tightened its grip on the…
Boko Haram kills 11 soldiers, many civilians in captured Baga
Boko Haram killed dozens of civilians and at least 11 soldiers when the militants took control of a Nigerian town…
Police Foil Kidnap Attempt By Fake Soldiers
Cyriacus Izuekwe A team of police have foiled a kidnap attempt by four men suspected to be fake soldiers at…
Mutiny: Anglican Primate appeals to FG to spare soldiers
The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has appealed to the Federal Government to spare…
Four soldiers hurt in Boko Haram ambush in Kogi
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on a military convoy at the weekend in Kogi state, injuring four soldiers, a…
Lawyers disagree on ‘Death Sentence’ on mutinous soldiers
By Akin Kuponiyi&Henry Ojelu The death sentence passed on 12 soldiers by a military tribunal over their alleged in mutiny…
Jonathan calls for 100% loyalty from soldiers
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday called on soldiers to demonstrate 100 per cent loyalty to the nation. The president made…
Deploy soldiers against Boko Haram not elections, Tambuwal Tells FG
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday added his voice to the condemnation…
IS executes ‘dozens’ of captured Syrian soldiers
Islamic State fighters have executed “dozens” of Syrian soldiers it captured during its storming of a key northern air base…
Military commences inquiry into Zaria shooting
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday said that it had commenced inquiry into the shooting incident that occurred in Zaria…
Soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims Clash in Zaria leaves Four Dead
At least four persons have been reported dead after the clash between soldiers and adherents of the Islamic Shiite Movement…
Jonathan Must Learn From History
By using the military to intimidate his perceived opponents, President Goodluck Jonathan is making the same mistake many African leaders…
BRT Crisis: Army pledges continuous cordial relationship with civilians
The Nigerian Army on Thursday in Lagos said it would continue to ensure a cordial relationship with civilians in the…
18 Soldiers Face Trial Over Maiduguri Mutiny
Eighteen soldiers have been court–martialed by the Nigerian Army for attempted murder and mutiny in Maimalari cantonment, Maiduguri. An online…
NCC Declares NITEL, Starcomms, Others Inactive
Daniels Ekugo Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and 13 other telecoms companies in Nigeria have been declared “inactive operators” by the…
Lagos, Soldiers And Social Disorder
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The peace of Lagos was recently threatened as some obviously aggrieved soldiers went on the rampage along…
Fashola condemns soldiers for burning BRT buses
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has condemned Friday’s mayhem at Palmgrove area on Ikorodu Road in which irate…
Soldiers go berserk, set BRT buses on fire on Ikorodu Road
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Tunde Adekeye & Simon Ateba Irate soldiers went on the rampage on Friday morning at Palmgroove area of…
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…