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Army: Video Of B/Haram Killing Soldiers Fabricated By IPOB

December 12, 2019 11:41 am

PRESS RELEASE

VIDEO CLIP PORTRAYING THE ALLEGE CAPTURE AND KILLING OF SOME NIGERIAN SOLDIERS BY BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ON 10 DECEMBER 2019 IS FALSE

The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a viral, unsubstantiated and apparently fabricated video clip circulating on the social media portraying the stage managed/so called capture and killing of some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists on the 10th of December 2019.

The Nigerian Army wishes to emphatically state that there was no incident that involved the “capture and killing of tens and tens of Nigerian soldiers on the 10th of December 2019” …

B’Haram Explosives Kill Army Commander, Soldiers In Borno

December 10, 2019 10:07 am
An army commander and two soldiers have been feared killed by explosives buried on a road by Boko Haram in the northern part of Borno.
The vehicle conveying the commander and two other soldiers on patrol at Marte a community around the Lake Chad shores ran over explosives buried on the way at the weekend.
An army officer, a major believed to be the commander of the 153 Task Force Battalion in Marte in the patrol vehicle was killed. Two other soldiers were also feared killed, two military sources said.
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Court Martial: Army Arraigns Over 80 Soldiers In Borno

November 8, 2019 11:53 am

The Nigerian Army has arraigned over 80 soldiers at a General Army Court Martial in Maiduguri over various offences.

Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Brig Gen Abdul Ibrahim while inaugurating the General Court Martial at Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, yesterday, said success of military operations was largely dependent on discipline of troops.

“Acts of cowardice, desertion, unsoldierly behaviour and other forms of undiscipline has no place n any army, more so am army executing war, “ the GOC said.

President of the Court, Brig Gen Wisdom Etuk has already commenced trial processes with the presence of …

Attack On Mali Military Post Kills 49 Soldiers

Attack On Mali Military Post Kills 49 Soldiers

November 2, 2019 10:35 am
A “terrorist attack” on a military post in strife-torn northeastern Mali has left 49 soldiers dead, the army said Saturday, revising downward an earlier death toll.
The assault on Friday at Indelimane, in the Menaka region, close to the border with Niger, was one of the deadliest strikes against Mali’s military in a region wracked by Islamist violence.

The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) “have recorded 49 dead, three wounded and material damage, and some 20 survivors have been recovered,” it said on its Facebook page on Saturday.

“The situation is under FAMa control.”

The government on Friday had

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Army Dares Ndume To Prove 847 Soldiers Lost To Insurgency

Army Dares Ndume To Prove 847 Soldiers Lost To Insurgency

October 16, 2019 3:13 am

•Masari, Tambuwal seek subvention for North-west govs to end banditry

The Nigerian Army yesterday asked Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, to prove his claim that 847 soldiers had been lost to Boko Haram insurgency in the last six years.

This is coming as Governor Bello Masari of Katsina State and his counterpart in Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday called on the federal government to provide a special security subvention to North-west states ravaged by banditry to adequately fund the peace deal and other security operations initiated by the governors.

Ndume, who spoke with reporters …

847 Nigerian Soldiers Lost To Boko Haram In Six Years

847 Nigerian Soldiers Lost To Boko Haram In Six Years

October 15, 2019 11:03 am
Chairman of the Senate committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday, disclosed that a total of 847 Nigerian soldiers had lost their lives to the Boko Haram insurgency in the last six years.
Ndume, who spoke on the recent visit of the National Assembly joint committee on Army to the war theatre in Borno state, said the Army high command gave the casualty figures to the committee last Thursday.
According to him, the Army commander was able to make available a breakdown of the military casualties to the Boko Haram insurgency since 2013.
He added that the committee
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COAS Buratai Tasks Soldiers On Professional Competence

COAS Buratai Tasks Soldiers On Professional Competence

October 14, 2019 7:21 am

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai has charged soldiers to prioritise requisite training to facilitate the attainment of the highest standards of professional competence.

This was contained in a statement by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot Nigerian Army, Maj. Sydney Nbaneme made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Monday.

Buratai discloses this at the presentation of prizes and beating retreat of 78th Regular Recruits Intake of the Depot Nigerian Army held at the institution in Zaria, Kaduna State.

The COAS, represented by Maj-Gen. Aminu Bichi-Maitama (Rtd), said: “You are to …

Army Conducts Promotion Examination For 141 Soldiers

Army Conducts Promotion Examination For 141 Soldiers

October 13, 2019 3:21 pm

The Nigerian Army on Sunday in Ibadan said that no fewer than 141 officers would sit for its 2019 Captain to Major Practical Promotion Examination.

The Commander, Training and Doctrine Command, Maj.-Gen. Abubakar Tarfa disclosed this during the flag-off ceremony of the week-long exercise at the Officers’ Mess of 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan.

He said that the candidates, including two female officers, were drawn from formations and units across the country.

“The objective of the test is to prepare candidates to attain the junior staff course and ascertain their improvement, knowledge, and standard in the military profession.

“It will …

How dismissed soldiers use uniforms to rob on highways

How dismissed soldiers use uniforms to rob on highways

September 24, 2019 1:19 am

Fresh facts have emerged on how some dismissed personnel of the Nigerian Army use their uniforms to rob innocent citizens on highways. The dismissed soldiers according to the police would hijack their victims at gunpoint under the guise of being members of ‘OP MESSA’.

It was gathered that the suspects would order their victims to drive to a lonely area where they would order them out of the car at gunpoint and later drive off with the car.

Seven suspected members of the gang who were paraded yesterday before newsmen at the command’s Officers Mess, GRA, Ikeja, admitted belonging to …

How soldiers helped me escape from police custody - Wadume

How soldiers helped me escape from police custody – Wadume

August 21, 2019 7:06 am

Fleeing suspected kidnap kingpin, whose rescue by soldiers led to the killing of three policemen and two civilians in Taraba State, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, is back in police custody.

The suspect, who has since been moved to Abuja, was tracked down in his hideout in Kano State, the police said in a statement yesterday.

Wadume, in a video that lasted 40 seconds posted on the Nigeria Police Force official tweeter handle, @PoliceNG, narrated how he was rescued after the soldiers shot and killed the policemen while others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

He said: “I am Hamisu Bala, …

Family of police inspector killed by soldiers wants justice

Family of police inspector killed by soldiers wants justice

August 14, 2019 10:09 am
Family of one of the police officers, who were murdered by soldiers of the 93 Battalion in Taraba State, has demanded justice over the gruesome murder of their son, Inspector Mark Edaile.The immediate elderly brother of the slain officer, Andrew Edaile, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, also called for an independent enquiry by local and international bodies to unravel the death of the officer who has served the nation for 16 years.

He warned that if the Nigerian government fails to carry out a thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice, the family

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Breaking: Army court-martial 14 soldiers in Port Harcourt

Breaking: Army court-martial 14 soldiers in Port Harcourt

June 15, 2019 7:22 am

The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, this morning court-martialed 14 soldiers, consisting of three officers and eleven men, for kidnapping, murder, attempted murder and other offences.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Maj.-Gen. Jamil Sarham, who is also the Land Component Commander of Operation Delta Safe, while inaugurating the General Court Martial, declared that the army would not condone indiscipline.

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President of the court martial, Brig.-Gen. Bassey Etuk, in his remarks, assured that he and six other members of the panel would do justice and they …

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