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Again, Bandits Storm Taraba Kill Seven Soldiers

Again, Bandits Storm Taraba Kill Seven Soldiers

July 2, 2022 4:45 am

At least seven soldiers were on Friday killed by armed bandits in Karim-Lamido Local Government Council of Taraba State following hours of heavy shootout.

The killing was coming less than after six soldiers were killed in Takum council in an ambush by bandits.

The soldiers were alleged to have been killed in a forest around Amdami area in Karim Lamido Friday night.

Sources told reporters that the slain soldiers were on patrol when they ran into an ambush laid by the bandits.

The killing was confirmed the council of chairman of Karim Lamido, Markus Hamidu on Saturday.

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Over Seven Indian Troops Die In Accident At Disputed Border

Over Seven Indian Troops Die In Accident At Disputed Border

May 29, 2022 2:24 am

At least seven Indian soldiers were killed and 19 others injured following a horrible road accident in the remote Ladakh region, near the country’s disputed border with China, police have confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that in June 2020 left at least 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers were killed when the world’s two most populous nations redirected tens of thousands of additional troops into the high-altitude Himalayan region after a deadly hand-to-hand battle

‘Seven soldiers killed, 19 injured in the remote Nubra area,’ a senior police officer in Ladakh told reporters on Saturday evening.

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Nigerian Soldiers And Amotekun Fought Over Seized Cows

Nigerian Soldiers And Amotekun Fought Over Seized Cows

April 6, 2022 1:38 am

As a result of the seizure of 100 cows in Akure by the Ondo State Security Network, collectively called the Amotekun Corps, there was some sort of conflict between the 32 Artillery Brigade and the Ondo State Security Network on Tuesday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports, that the cows were taken because of a state law that prohibits open grazing.

Read Also: Tension As Amotekun Arrests 400 Cows In Ondo

The cows were seized after Amotekun’s operatives responded to farmers’  distress signals.

Farmers from Akure’s Oke Aro area reported that the cows had nibbled on their crops and …

Tension In Abia As Soldiers ‘Gun Down’ IPOB Members

Tension As Soldiers ‘Beat Taxi Driver To Death’ In Jos

September 12, 2021 1:22 pm
There is palpable tension in Plateau State following reports that Soldiers attached to Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi-security taskforce, maintaining peace in Plateau, allegedly beat a taxi driver, Sadik Abdullahi Karafa, to death.

According to reports, the deceased was reportedly beaten by the soldiers stationed at Paringada Market while returning from Mangu before the curfew hour.

The curfew is from 10 pm to 6 am but Sadik was said to have returned around 9:20 pm.

Abdullahi Karafa, an elder brother of the deceased, narrated how his brother was killed by the soldiers.

He said: ‘We were at home

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Train, Equip Soldiers With Modern Weapons, IBB Tells FG

Train, Equip Soldiers With Modern Weapons, IBB Tells FG

May 17, 2021 7:45 am

Former head of state, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has advised the Federal Government to train and equip soldiers with modern weapons in order to tackle insecurity.

IBB, who expressed concern over the state of insecurity, said he has been engaging and advising the government without making it public.

He said it is imperative for the citizens to support government and the military in order to bring an end to the security crisis.

When asked if those at the helms of affairs are playing the desired role in bringing an end to insecurity, he said, ‘There are many things they …

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‘FG Is Setting Our Killers Free’– Soldiers Cry Out

February 13, 2020 3:26 am

Some soldiers at the war front in the north-east have expressed disappointment over the release of 1,400 ”repentant” Boko Haram suspects.  

Babakura Jato, commissioner of information in Borno state, on Monday said that 1,400 had been released in three tranches since Operation Safe Corridor programme was launched.

Operation Safe Corridor is an initiative for the deradicalisation and rehabilitation of all ex-Boko Haram members.

Jato said the majority of them are cleared suspects.

Read Also: Boko Haram: What Buhari Said In Borno On Wednesday

“These were people who were suspected of being members of Boko Haram and it was discovered that …

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Widows Of Soldiers Protest Release Of B’Haram Terrorists

January 31, 2020 4:34 am

Widows of slain military officers and soldiers particularly those fighting the war against terrorism have protested the continuous release of murderous Boko Haram terrorists on the grounds that they have repented.

National Vice President of Military Widows Association, Mrs Edith Opesanmi who spoke on their behalf during the seminar by the ‘Support Our Troops Foundation’ in Abuja, faulted the decision of the federal government in releasing the so-called repentant criminals who are responsible for the death of so many gallant officers and soldiers as well as helpless innocent Nigerians.

Opesanmi said this during an interview with The on the sidelines …

Army Speaks On ‘Killing, Abduction Of Soldiers’ In Borno

January 22, 2020 7:17 am
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of killing and abduction of soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists along Gwoza-Bama road in Borno.

The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Tuesday, dismissed claim that 17 soldiers were killed and others kidnapped in a confrontation with the terrorists around Banki Junction, along Gwoza-Bama road.

He said some international organisations had equally fallen prey to the Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province propaganda antics.

“It is pertinent to add that the Army Headquarters has keenly observed that fake news, particularly on security-related issues have become rampant from

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We Are Dying In Penury – Ex-Soldiers

January 15, 2020 2:08 pm
Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in Cross River State, Comrade Michael Ekok has said that members of the legion are dying in penury.

Speaking with newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday during the celebration of the 2020 edition of the Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Ekok lamented what the ex-soldiers are passing through.

He said many of his members are now very weak and well beaten and afflicted by serious hunger, hence cannot feed themselves. He said ailments, inability to pay bills were characteristically what they go through. “We are weak. We need supports from well-meaning members of the public and

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Military Aircraft With UN Soldiers Onboard Crash Lands

January 10, 2020 6:47 am
South African military transport aircraft with UN peacekeeping soldiers on board on Thursday was severely damaged in a crash landing in Eastern Congo, a UN spokesman reported.

Matthias Gillman, a spokesman for the UN stabilisation mission in Congo (MONUSCO) confirmed the incident.

He said that the four-engine turboprop C-130 Hercules aircraft overshot the runway while landing in Goma and burst into flames.

Read Also: Amotekun: FFK React, Tells N-Delta, Igbo Govs What To Do

However, the fire was quickly put out by firefighters at the airport and the 59 passengers and eight crew members escaped unharmed, NAN reports.

The passengers

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Iran Reveals Why It Didn’t Kill US Soldiers In Attacks

January 10, 2020 6:43 am
Iran has claimed that the Wednesday’s missile attacks on American bases in Iraq were not targeted to kill any soldier.

A senior Iranian commander, Amirali Hajizadeh, said the attacks in Iraq did not aim to kill American soldiers but sought to damage Washington’s “military machine.”

He also declared that the attacks were the start of a series of attacks across the region, Al Jazeera reports.

Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, also said the “appropriate revenge” for the US killing of Qassem Soleimani was to expel US forces from the Middle East.

Read Also: Amotekun: FFK React,

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Lives Of S/East Soldiers Still Nigerian Army Are Worthless

December 16, 2019 9:22 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu addressed South Eastern soldiers whom are still members of the Nigerian Army in his last Radio broadcast on Saturday evening.

He minced no words while describing their involvement in the Nigerian/British security as foolhardy.

Read Also: We’ll Point Out Corrupt Leaders From Other Zones – Kanu

“If You Are From SouthEast Remaining In Nigeria Army, your lives are worthless because you’ll die For nothing defending the British Empire.”

 

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.…

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