Tag: army
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Armed Forces Commission: CSOs unanimously reject bill being considered by Senate as invitation to anarchy
No fewer than 200 civil society organizations, on Tuesday, unanimously rejected the proposed Armed Forces Commission Bill, describing it as an “invitation to anarchy”. Led by Comrade Ogenyi Okpokwu, the double century CSOs, under the aegis of Parliament Watch, made its stand known at the end of a one-day Town Hall meeting at the Confereence…
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Boko Haram war: Nigerian Air Force opens aircraft hangar in Maiduguri
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has opened an aircraft hangar at the 105 Composite Command, Maiduguri, to enhance its operations in the counter insurgency campaign in the northeast. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal, Sadique Abubakar, inaugurated the hangar on Sunday. Abubakar said the hanger was designed to enhance aircraft maintenance, provide enabling…
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Boko Haram: Nigerians will soon have cause to celebrate Army again, says Archbishop Ediwe
The Archbishop of the South-South Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria, Archbishop Julius Ediwe has stated that Nigerians would have a cause to celebrate the efforts of the Nigerian Army in the fight against terrorism in the country in no distant time. The clergy, who is known for his many predictions on the state of affairs in…
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Boko Haram: We’re winning terror war despite propaganda – Army
The Nigerian Army has said that troops have continued to sustain the ongoing counter terrorism operations and making life unbearable for the terrorists despite heightened propaganda that suggests the contrary. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Colonel Aminu iliyasu, in a statement that gave detailed encounters between the troops and the terror groups at various…
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Insecurity: Army insist Boko Haram insurgents downgraded to ‘mere criminals’
Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), says the Boko Haram insurgents will never get hold of any part of Nigeria again. Adeniyi stated this while reviewing the progress of the ongoing counter-insurgency operation of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the northeast on Friday in Maiduguri. He said the military had succeeded…
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Insurgency: Borno indigenes laud Buratai, Army for re-opening Damboa- Maiduguri road
Some indigenes of Borno State, under the aegis of Borno Peace Ambassadors Forum (BPAF) has heaped praises on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai and his gallant troops on the frontline for ensuring the reopening of Damboa-Maiduguri road in Borno State. This singular act, according to the Borno natives, has earned the…
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Boko Haram: ‘It is uncharitable for anyone to diminish the sacrifices of our military’ says group
The Progressive Yoruba Youth Congress (PYYC) has reasoned that it is uncharitable for any individual or group to diminish the Nigerian Armed Forces’ leadership as well as the enormous sacrifices of officers and soldiers in the war against terrorism. According to the Southwest socio-political group, the Nigerian Military has turned the tide against the Boko…
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I wonder why people think we can’t defeat Boko Haram – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Above was a statement of lamentation made by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, January 24, 2020, when he met with the European Union [EU] Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, in Abuja, according to a statement signed and released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. Yes, the…