Tag: soldiers
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Nigerian Soldiers Attack Borno COVID-19 Committee Members, Kill 1, Injure 4
There was pandemonium on Saturday in Borno after armed soldiers attacked the State’s COVID-19 Committee enforcing inter-state restriction at a checkpoint in the state. A driver attached to the Rapid Response Squad in the state was killed during the incident. Four other persons were injured. The soldiers, attached to the 7 Division of the Army…
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Nigerians either surrender to soldiers or control them – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. Dodan Barracks, which was the seat of military regimes, is in Obalende, Lagos; the area I grew up. There were three gates I knew; the State House, Keffi and Obalende gates with the last being the general entrance. In those days, the guards at the Obalende Gate in the evenings could be…
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Army arrests soldiers in viral video threatening Delta women
The Delta State Government has commended Nigerian Army high command for arresting two soldiers who were caught on video unleashing mayhem on women and residents of Warri. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who gave the commendation in a statement on Saturday in Asaba, said the soldiers were caught in an online video.…
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Okowa, Omo-Agege, others condemn killing of civilian by soldiers
The Delta State Government has called for an investigation into the circumstances which led to the killing 28 years old Joseph Pessu, allegedly shot dead by armed soldiers who were out to enforce the ‘sit at home’ order issued by the State Government as part of the effort towards containing the spread of coronavirus pandemic.…
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Banditry: Kebbi govt. to sustain welfare of soldiers families
Kebbi Government says it will continue to support families of soldiers engaged in various security operations including fight against banditry and insurgency in the state. Gov. Atiku Bagudu made this known while addressing Muslim faithful at the Duku Barrack’s Juma’at Mosque, Birnin Kebbi on Friday. The governor observed the Friday prayer at the mosque along…
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Gunmen kill four soldiers, two civilians in Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be pirates have attacked an oil barge along the waterways of Lutegbene, Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa State It was gathered that they killed four soldiers escorting the barge and two civilians. Others in the vessel were said to have escaped with gunshot wounds by diving into the water and swimming…
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Soldiers backed herdsmen in killing of eight persons in Delta – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has condemnerd the fresh attacks by suspected herdsmen in Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror, and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to Okowa, suspected herdsmen accompanied by unidentified armed personnel attacked the communities in what has become an annual routine, killing over eight…
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Army clears air on killing, abduction of soldiers by Boko Haram
The Nigerian Army has dismissed the report of killing and abduction of soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists along Gwoza-Bama road in Borno. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Tuesday, condemned a section of the media for such report. Some media platforms had reported on Sunday that 17 soldiers…
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Boko Haram terrorists disguise, kidnap soldiers, policemen
Two policemen and four soldiers have reportedly been kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents along Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The security officers were reported to have been attacked in an ambush near Auno village on Damaturu-Maiduguri road. The insurgents who disguised in military uniforms were said to have mounted a roadblock on the highway with three Hilux vans…
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Military plane crashes, judges, soldiers, others on board all dead
A Russian Antonov military plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, with all those on board killed, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent. The plane was travelling from the city of El Geneina – located in the west of Sudan, near the border with Chad –…