Tag: army
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Okuama killings: Falana writes Army, demands to meet with detained Delta monarch
Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana has written to the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa to have presence with HRM Clement Oghenerukevwe Ikolo, the traditional ruler of Ewu kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State.
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Finally, army confirms explosion at Ikeja Cantonment
The Nigerian Army says a minor explosion occurred in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos on Monday. This is contained in a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the explosion was suspected to have been triggered by the burning of refuse…
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Explosion rocks Army farmland in Ikeja Cantonment
The Nigerian Army says a minor explosion occurred in a farmland near the Mammy Market within the Ikeja Cantonment in Lagos on Monday.
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Army will ensure total defeat of insurgents, others – Lagbaja
T he Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has reiterated the commitment and determination of the Nigerian Army to ensure the total defeat of insurgents, marauding bandits, and all other forms of external and internal aggression disturbing the peace of the country. Lagbaja gave the assurance in his Easter Message to troops and…
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Delta 17: We must fish out 8 wanted persons – Army
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday declared eight persons wanted in connection with the gruesome murder of 17 officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army on March 14 in Okuama community, Delta State.
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Pa Edwin Clark fumes, raises alarm as military men raid his house
In a statement Clark recounted how he was inundated with calls on the raid of his country home by military men in search of a suspect linked to the killing of 17 soldiers in Okuama.
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INSECURITY! CDS confesses, says we’re too stretched, forests too vast, informants are deceitful
Nigeria’s Defence Chief, Chris Musa, has said the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country. The military announced on Sunday that it had rescued 137 students abducted by gunmen earlier this month in northwestern…
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Okuoma: Killing of 17 soldiers highly abominable – Comedian, Ali Baba
Nigerian comedian, Atunyota Akpobome, popularly called Ali Baba, has condemned the recent killing of 17 officers of the Nigerian Army in Delta, describing it as highly abominable. Akpobome, who condemned the act in an interview with NAN in Lagos, said that the gruesome murder of the soldiers smacked of eroding societal values.
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BREAKING: Gov Oborevwori sends strong warning to traditional rulers over soldiers killed in Delta
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, cautioned traditional rulers in the State against shielding suspects involved in the killing of four military officers and thirteen soldiers in Okuama community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of the State.
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Army talks tough in new update on killing of soldiers in Delta
The Nigerian Army has said troops of Operation Delta Safe will not rest nor leave the creeks until those involved in the gruesome murder of officers and soldiers at Okuama community in Ughelli South local government area of Delta State are arrested.