Tag: Military
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Just In: Uduaghan loses father-in-law, Brig Gen Tuoyo
Retired Brigadier-General Sunny Esijolomi Tuoyo, the father-in-law of former governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, has passed on. The former Military Administrator of old Ondo State died Saturday December 17, 2022 in Lagos State at 84 years old. A statement issued on Monday by media assistant to the former governor, Monoyo Edon, reads;…
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CDS calls for investigation into alleged military abortion programme
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor has called on the National Human Rights Commission to launch an independent investigation into allegation by Reuters of illegal abortion programme by the military. Irabor made the call when he led principal staff officers
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Nigerian military bomb ISWAP leaders Ali Kwaya, Bukar Mainoka in Lake Chad
The leaders of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), Ali Kwaya and Bukar Mainoka, have been killed. According to monitored reports, they were killed during an operation by Nigerian military fighter jets at Lake Chad late Saturday. Influential members of the ISWAP Shura (Consultation) Council included Kwaya and Mainoka. They died after the…
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Terror Attack : Police, Military, Para-military on 24/7 red alert, activate counter measures
Impeccable security sources drawn from the Police, the Military and Para-military operatives in the country on Sunday night revealed that intelligence and other relevant surveillance measures designed at checkmating the activities of terrorists were on red alert to thwart any plot to attack any part of the FCT. The security sources who would not…
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Insecurity: Now there is evidence our security operatives cannot protect us – Gen Danjuma
Former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma,retd has said there’s abundant evidence on what he said that our security operatives cannot protect Nigerians. TheNewGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that few years back Gen Danjuma had call on Nigerians to arm themselves against insurgents.
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NEMA, military begin SAR operation to airlift trapped flood victims in Anambra
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the Disaster Response Unit (DRU) of the Military has commenced Aerial view operation to ascertain persons displaced or trapped by the rising floods in Anambra. Mr Thickman Tanimu, Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, South-East, told newsmen on Monday in Awka, that it would aid the airlifting of trapped persons…
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Finally, Burkina Junta leader Damiba bows, agrees to step down – Mediators
Burkina Faso’s junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has finally agreed to step down Sunday, two days after military officers announced he had been removed from power, religious and community leaders said. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) report following mediation between Damiba and the new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, “Damiba himself offered his resignation in order to…
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Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader says ‘situation under control
Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said on Sunday that the situation was under control, urging people to refrain from acts of vandalism targeting the French embassy, a statement read on national television said. The West African nation remained on edge after Traore accused President Paul-Henri Damiba on Saturday of staging a counter-offensive…
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22 confirmed dead as two military choppers crashed in Congo
Spokesperson for the Congo Army has confirmed the death of 22 people after two Ugandan military helicopters crashed in East DRC, on Wednesday. Uganda had sent troops to its central African neighbour in December to help fight a violent rebel group known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). “The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF)…
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Defence minister lauds military’s gallantry as 3,407 terrorists lay down arms
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has lauded the gallant performance of the military in the onslaught against criminal elements in the six geo-political zones of the country. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, Special Assistant to the Minister of Defence on Media and Publicity.