Tag: Soldier
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BREAKING: Gunmen kill army officer, leave soldier wounded in Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa said suspected armed robbers have shot dead an army officer, Maj. M.S. Isma’il and wounded a soldier, Pte. Harisu Aliyu. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Tuesday in Dutse, said that the shooting occurred on the Kano-Maiduguri Expressway on July 4. According…
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ABSU clears air on video of alleged beating of soldier
The Abia State University, Uturu, has dissociated itself from a video that went viral showing a soldier being beaten by a mob. The ABSU’s Public Relations Officer, Chijioke Nwogu, in a press release, said the attention of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Onyemachi Ogbulu, and management of the varsity was drawn to the “online video allegedly showing…
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No soldier killed in Abia – Army
The director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said the troops carried out routine operations in the State in line with rules of engagement. He stated this while reacting to a report alleging clash between soldiers and members of Eastern Security Network (ESN). “The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a…
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Soldier goes berserk at Seme border, shoots Customs officer dead, commits suicide
A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday. According to reports, the incident occurred when the team leader was trying to retrieve the gun from Sulaiman following his strange behavior. “In the process of…
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Soldier shoots truck driver for refusing to pay N200 bribe in Rivers
There was pandemonium on Saturday at the Airport Junction, Omuagwa Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State, following the shooting of a trailer driver by a yet-to-be-identified soldier. According to reports, the incident happened at an Army Checkpoint along Port Harcourt-Airport-Owerri Road, Omagwa, at about 9 pm on Friday. It was learnt that the soldier…
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Court sentences fake soldier to 1 month imprisonment
A Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a 22-year-old man, Ali Mohammed, to one month imprisonment for impersonating a military officer. The Magistrate, Mr Aminu Eri, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N10,000. Eri said that the prosecution had proven his case beyond the reasonable doubt…
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Gunmen kill police officer, soldier in Delta
The Nigeria Police, Delta Command, has confirmed the alleged killing of a soldier and a policeman by gunmen at Oton community in Sapele. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, gave the confirmation by telephone on Monday in Warri. “Two operatives were killed, we are investigating the incident and no one…
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Mob lynches soldier for killing five civilians in Borno
There was pandemonium on Saturday in Borno after a soldier allegedly killed five civilians at Barka da Zuwa, a well known hideout for criminals along Baga road in Maiduguri. According to reports, the killing angered residents who gathered in their numbers to lynch the soldier. An eyewitness, who identified himself as Musa, said the incident…
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Soldier kills own mother, calls her a witch who turns serpent at night
An Army Corporal, Charles Thomson who ran away from the theatre of operation in the North-eastern part of the country, has confessed to killing his own mother. Corporal Thomson was among the 82 suspects paraded by the Kaduna State Police Command for various criminal acts in Kaduna on Thursday. The 30-year-old suspect, who confessed to…
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Midnight attack: Terrorists open fire on Gov Zulum’s convoy; kill 8 policemen, 3 soldiers, 4 others
Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed several security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the Borno State governor. According to reports eight policemen, three soldiers, and four members of a government-backed militia were killed in the attack on vehicles carrying Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum near the…