Tag: Military
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Triumphant military wrestlers return home, promise to make Nigeria proud
The Nigerian Military Wrestlers who won Gold and Silver medals at the just concluded 36th World Military Wrestling Championship at Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday returned home, promising to continue to make Nigeria proud.
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Military commander reads riot act to criminals in Plateau
Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, military taskforce Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Saturday in Jos warned criminals in Plateau to turn a new leaf or be prepared to face the consequences of their actions. Abubakar, also the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the
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Former leader of Guinea’s military gov’t escaping from prison recaptured
Former leader of Guinea’s military government Moussa Dadis Camara, who escaped from the central prison in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, Saturday morning, has been recaptured, according to Guinean armed forces. Ibrahima Sory Bangoura, the chief of Staff and General of the Armed Forces of the
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Military destroys 96 illegal refining sites, arrests 57 suspects
Troops of “Operation Delta Safe’’ uncovered and destroyed 96 illegal refining sites and apprehended 57 suspected oil thieves in the Niger Delta in the last one week.
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Echoes of 1966 coup as Late Brig Gen Ademulegun’s daughter hails Tinubu for approving N18bn for families of fallen heroes
Precisely 57 years ago the army struck and took over government and one of the victims of the coupists was Late Brigadier General Samuel Ademulegun and his pretty wife, Latifat. President Bola Tinubu’s gesture, last week via the approval of N18billion for families of fallen heroes re-awakened the pains associated with the 1966 coup that…
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Recruitment: Army woos Delta, Rivers indigenes to join military
The Nigeria Army in Rivers say it has commenced its recruitment campaign to woo indigent youths from the state to join the army.
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Courtesy visit by Abuja Iyede Progress Union to CDS, Gen Musa, their son-in-law+Photos
The Iyede Progress Union branch in Abuja at the weekend paid a courtesy visit to the Chief of Staff, General Christopher Musa, their son-in-law to congratulate him. The union’s executive presented a portrait to the CDS who happily received it after exchange of pleasantries. SEE PHOTOS BELOW:
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Israeli military says it has full control of Gaza border
The Israeli military early on Tuesday said that it had retaken full control of the border with Gaza. This occurred after Hamas militants breached defences at the weekend and went on a rampage through nearby c
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Military arrest 8 suspected killers of catholic seminarian, others
The Special Military Taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have arrested suspected killers of Na’aman Stephen, a Catholic seminarian. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Jos.
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Military neutralises 191 terrorists, apprehends 184 – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the Nigerian armed forces have eliminated 191 terrorists, apprehended 184 and rescued 91 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country.