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Borno CJTF Brutalises Nigerian Youth With Gun Barrel, Machete, Sticks For Wearing Afro Hairstyle, Forcibly Cuts His Hair And Detains Victim For Refusing To Pay For ‘Service’

9 months ago5077 min

A youth identified as Titus Durkwa David has narrated how he was assaulted, brutalised, humiliated, and detained by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Maiduguri, Borno State for wearing an Afro. Afro is a hairstyle popular with black people in the 1970s in which the hair is cut into a large round shape. David said he was tagged a criminal for wearing the hairstyle and brutalised by 10 members of...

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Nigerian Military Arrests Suspected Killers Of 17 Personnel In Port Harcourt, Detains Them In Army Headquarters

9 months ago1115 min

The Nigerian military has arrested at least three suspected killers of 17 officers and men of 181 Amphibious Battalion, Nigerian Army in Otuama, Delta State, last Thursday. The suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday and moved to Army headquarters, Asaba, where they are currently being held, Vanguard learnt. The Senate has begun a probe into the killing of the soldiers as it asked its committees on defence, army, navy and air...

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Nigerian Military Detains Security Operative Who Assisted Notorious Bandits Kingpin, Dogo Gide To Hospital Before His Death

9 months ago964 min

A notorious bandits kingpin, Dogo Gide, who was involved with ANSARU and other significant terrorist organisations, was assisted to a hospital by a security operative before he eventually died, it has been learnt. SaharaReporters had reported that Dogo Gide passed away as a result of gunshot injuries sustained during a clash with Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) forces. Imran Muhammad, in a statement posted on his X platform on Wednesday,...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Air Force Detains Airman Since February For Comparing US Military Officers With West African Colleagues On Social Media

9 months ago2584 min

The Nigerian Air Force has detained one of its personnel over his TikTok videos. SaharaReporters gathered that the personnel, CPL AI Garba was known for posting video content comparing how US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries. A relation of Garba revealed that he had been locked up at an underground cell in Abuja since his arrest in February. “It’s been over six weeks now that he has been...