Tag: Onyema Nwachukwu

  • Army confirms ambush, death of personnel in Niger

    Army confirms ambush, death of personnel in Niger

    The Nigerian Army has confirmed that its troops deployed in Shiroro area of Niger were ambushed while on a mission to deal with bandits’ attack on miners in the area. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday said the a number of personnel paid the supreme price in the…

  • Nigerian Army reacts to complicity of soldiers in kidnap of Methodist Prelate

    The Nigerian Army has dismissed the social media reports alleging complicity of its troops in the recent kidnapping of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

  • Suspected Boko Haram terrorists kill soldier in Borno

    Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Friday killed a soldier of the Nigerian Army (NA), with another left wounded, after the terrorists infiltrated army formation at Gudumbali in northern Borno state. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, as saying the Boko Haram terrorists disguised as civilian Internally Displaced Persons, who…