Tag: soldiers
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BREAKING: Soldiers invade Police station, arrest DPO over murder of colleague
There was pandemonium along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt on Thursday morning as soldiers sacked the Rumukpakani Police Station, allegedly over the killing of their colleague by a policeman. The murdered soldier, who was in mufti, was said to have been shot near the Police station by one of the policemen on duty. It…
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Several dead as soldiers, bandits clash in Zamfara
There was pandemonium in a village in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State as soldiers and bandits reportedly clash in gun battle. The incidence reportedly lead to the death of two soldiers. The chairman of Anka Local Government Area, Mustapha Gado, who confirmed the death of the two soldiers said many bandits were also…
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Nigerian military give befitting burial to 11 soldiers killed by bandits in Kaduna
…as Gov El-Rufai donates N5.5m to grieving families The Nigerian Army on Thursday buried the 11 soldiers killed by bandits at Kampanin Doka Village in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The soldiers were said to be a special force executing the Nigerian Army’s Exercise Aya Akpatuma (Rat race). With full military honour, the…
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Nigerian Army to give befitting burial to 11 soldiers killed by bandits on Thursday
The Nigerian Army has concluded plans for the burial of eleven of its soldiers killed by suspected bandits at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State last week. The army said a beffiting burial will be given to the slain soldiers at Commonwealth Cemetery Kaduna on Thursday. This was contained in a short statement…
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Bandits attack Nigerian military base, reportedly kill 11 soldiers
Some armed bandits on Tuesday nights attacked a Nigerian military detachment at Kamfanin Doka, along Funtua road in Birnin Gwari Local government Area of Kaduna State. According to a report by Premium Times, eleven soldiers were reportedly killed in the attack. A former chairman of the local government who pleaded not to be identified because…
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Boko Haram: Five soldiers dead, 30 missing in Yobe attack
There was pandemonium on Saturday evening in Yobe State as fleeing members of the deadly Boko Haram sect struck at Kanama, headquarters of Yunusari Local Government killing about five soldiers. Thirty soldiers are also allegedly missing in the dastardly attack launched on Nigeria troops at the remote northern town in Yobe State. The Army have…
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Soldiers clash with police officers in Ekiti over alleged bribe
A clash broke out between soldiers and police officers in Ekiti State on Thursday after a policeman reportedly challenged for allegedly extorting money from motorist and causing traffic in the process. The soldiers stabbed a policeman, Corporal Abdulkadir Yakub, with a jack-knife. The Punch reportds that Yakub, a Traffic Police Officer, was attacked after he…
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Panic in Ekiti as soldiers, police clash over alleged extortion
There was pandemonium in Ekiti State on Thursday as a group of soldiers from the state who had just completed their recruitment training attacked policemen. In the attack, the soldiers stabbed a policeman, Cpl. Abdulkadir Yakub, with a jack-knife. An eyewitness said Yakubu, a Traffic Police Officer, was attacked after he challenged the soldiers for…
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403 soldiers to retire next week – Official
A total of 403 military personnel would retire from the armed forces next week, Austine Jekenu, an air vice marshal, Commandant, Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, NAFRC, has said. He told journalists on Thursday in Lagos that the retiring soldiers were drawn from the Army, the Air Force and the Navy. “A total of 403…
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No clash between Corps members and Soldiers in Kano– NYSC Coordinator
Alhaji Ladan Baba, the Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano has debunked media reports that there was a clash between soldiers and some corps members in the orientation camp at Karaye Local Government Area of the state. A statement by Aliyu Ahmed,the NYSC public relations officer and made available to the…