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Military killed 108 terrorists, rescues 214 hostages – DHQ
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Military killed 108 terrorists, rescues 214 hostages – DHQ

5 months ago2817 min

The Nigerian military said it eliminated in one week 108 terrorists and rescued 214 kidnapped hostages across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Buba said troops also apprehended 204 suspected terrorists and other criminal elements and recovered 66 assorted weapons and 4,087 assorted ammunition, comprising one Dushku, one MG, two GPMGs, one RPG launcher, one RPG bomb, one AK56 rifle...

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BREAKING: Nigerian Police Chief Says Military Will Intervene If #EndBadGovernance Protest ‘Gets Out Of Hand’

5 months ago1104 min

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disclosed that there are plans to involve the Armed Forces if things get out of control during the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.   Egbetokun disclosed this while hosting a Zoom meeting with concerned prominent human rights lawyers Femi Falana (SAN) and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), Take-It-Back Movement, representatives of the Nigerian Bar Association, and various civil society organisations on Tuesday afternoon, which was monitored by SaharaReporters.  ...

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Russia Sends Military Instructors To Niger To Train Local Forces

9 months ago1154 min

The Russian instructors arrived in the country on Wednesday night, public broadcaster Radio Television du Niger (RTN) reported on Thursday, airing footage of a military plane unloading cargo.     A Russian military cargo plane has transported a team of instructors and various equipment to assist the Nigerien army with counterterrorism training, Sputnik reports.   The Russian instructors arrived in the country on Wednesday night, public broadcaster Radio Television du Niger (RTN) reported on Thursday,...

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Military Sources Allege Bias, Injustice In Release Of Northern Soldiers Court-Martialled For Killing

9 months ago8019 min

  Some soldiers have berated the Nigerian Army spokesperson, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu for defending the ‘biased’ release of a soldier of Northern extraction facing murder charges before a Court Martial in 82 Division, Enugu.   SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that multiple military sources confirmed that two soldiers who were being court-martialled in the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army for murder were freed and re-absorbed into service.   The two soldiers said to be...

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EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Military Headquarters Fails To Pay Allowances Of Personnel On Anti-Banditry Operation For Three Months

9 months ago933 min

          Some personnel of the Nigerian Army have lamented the delay in the processing of the payment of their operational allowances for the months of January, February and March 2024.       One of the officers who spoke with SaharaReporters on Tuesday noted that soldiers, navy and the policemen in Operation Hadarin Daji in Zamfara had not been paid for three months.      The source also lamented they were being...

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BREAKING: Explosion At Nigerian Army’s Ikeja Cantonment As Military Begins Investigation

9 months ago1053 min

Nwachukwu explained that no casualty was recorded in the incident, even as he noted that there are concerns among the general public as a result of the historical antecedent of explosion within the Cantonment.  The Nigerian Army has called on residents and the general public not to panic over with it described as “minor explosion” that occurred within its Cantonment in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday.   A statement by the Director Army Public Relations,...

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Nigerian Air Force Confirms Detention Of Personnel For Several Weeks Over Social Media Post On US, African Military

9 months ago863 min

SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Garba was detained over his TikTok videos comparing US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has explained why one of its personnel, CPL AI Garba was arrested and subsequently detained.   SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how Garba was detained over his TikTok videos comparing US military officers with their counterparts in West African countries.   A relation of Garba had revealed...

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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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Ongoing Military Operation In Volatile Okuoma Area Of Delta Stopping Us From Accessing Community –Nigeria Police

9 months ago1035 min

The Nigeria Police Force has said its operatives cannot access the troubled Niger Delta community of Okuama because of the ongoing military operation in the area.   This was disclosed by the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda while speaking with Arise News on Wednesday on the reason for the absence of the police force in the community.   The commissioner said the police had not been able to get into Okuama because “it’s...

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Bandits Kill Two Security Operatives, Burn Nigerian Military Vehicles In Zamfara

9 months ago922 min

Bandits have relaunched another attack on Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State where they burnt two operational vehicles of the military and killed two members of the state security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG), in the area.   A source, Malam Usman Tsafe, said the the bandits had besieged the town wielding sophisticated weapons.   According to him, the bandits divided themselves into three different groups with the first...

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