Tag: Army General
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Nigerian Army General bags Guinea Bissau National Award
President Umaro Embaló of the Republic of Guinea Bissau, has decorated Brig.-Gen. Al-hassan Grema of the Nigerian Army, with the National Order of Merit, Cooperation and Development Medal of his country. Brig.-Gen. Grema was the pioneer Force Commander, ECOWAS
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Fake Army General bags 7 years imprisonment
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a fake Army General to seven years in prison.
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War: Ukrainian forces kill another top Russian Army general
Russian has confirmed the death of one of its top general, Vladimir Petrovich Frolov, who was killed in the Ukraine-Russia war. Frolov, who was the Deputy Commander of the 8th army of Russia’s armed forces, died in the war in Ukraine, the Russian news agency TASS reported on Sunday.
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Buhari mourns Army General, others killed during face-off with ISWAP terrorists
President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the Commander of the Special Forces, Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers
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BREAKING: More details emerge on how gunmen killed Army General on Abuja-Lokoja highway
More details have emerged about how a General and Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army was brutally killed by yet to be apprehended Gunmen. The Nigerian Army gave the details when it announced the death of Maj.-Gen. Hassan Ahmed, who was killed by gunmen on Thursday. In a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations,…
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Ex-Army General demands N8.1bn compensation from Lagos govt
A former General in the Nigerian Army, Alhaji Abdul-Rauf Tijjani, on Tuesday, sued the Lagos Government and seven others at the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged injustice meted out to him by officials of the state government. Tijjani, who filed the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/690/2020 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, challenged the alleged sabotage of…
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Mobile Court convicts Army General, Islamic cleric in Kaduna
A Kaduna Mobile Court has convicted a renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Sambo Rigachukun and his son for violating the Quarantine Order, which spells out measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. A statement by Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of Kaduna State, Aisha Dikko on Monday, said the duo was arrested at…
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BREAKING: Appeal Court reverses conviction of Army General
…Says he was denied fair hearing by Court Martial The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the conviction of a former Chief of Transformation and Innovation at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major General Ibrahim Sani, by a Special Military Court Martial. The appellate court, in a unanimous judgment of a three-man panel, led…
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FRAUD: Supreme Court orders name of dead Army General be replaced with widow’s
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the name of Late Brig.Gen. James Abdullahi be replaced with his wife, Elizabeth, in an appeal the deceased earlier brought against the Nigerian Army. The other respondents are listed as Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Defence Staff and the Minister of Defence. Justice Kumai Akaas while reading…