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The recent protest at the Maiduguri Airport by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole prosecuting the fight against insurgency in Borno State and the North-East is one reaction that should hardly be wished away by the Federal Government, nay the nation’s military high command. The aggrieved...

The theatre commander of Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj. Gen. Adeyemi Yekini, said the military and some armed herdsmen engaged in a gun battle that lasted for several hours in Guma local government area of Benue state. Yekini said no casualties was recorded as the army... Read more via...

The herdsmen reportedly ambushed the soldiers while they were patrolling the Gbajimba-Iyordye-Akaahena Road on Saturday Heavily armed herdsmen have killed one soldier attached to Operation Whirl Stroke in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. According to Punch, the herdsmen ambushed the...

UNICEF Saturday welcomed the release of 24 children aged 12 to 17 from Nigerian Army administrative custody after they were cleared of suspected ties with armed groups.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2L65Rze Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army Depot in Kaduna has warned residents of Kabama and Tohu villages along Zaria-Kano expressway to stay away from its shooting range. The Army gave the warning following the 77 Regular Recruits Intake Range Classification Exercise it is conducting from Monday, August 20 … Read...

Residents of Abia State in the South East have dared the Nigerian Army to stage Operation Python Dance 3 following the conclusion of the first and second phases of the exercise. Their rejection of the move … Read more via Newtelegraph – https://ift.tt/2wa72bD Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has urged officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army to remain loyal to constituted authority and be vigilant in the discharge of their duties..... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2w5wRta Get More Nigeria Metro News

The chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Tuesday, supported the posits of the minister of information, Mr. Lai Muhammed, saying that Nigerian soldiers have technically defeated Boko Haram terrorist group in the country. READ MORE HERE

The Nigeria Army on Tuesday, said it had uncovered a facebook and other social media accounts allegedly used by a faction of the Boko Haram group to recruit new members. Maj. Murtala Usman, Artillary Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, who disclosed this while speaking at the ongoing Nigerian...

Army Says Calm Now Restored In Maiduguri Airport The Nigerian Army has described some of its … Read more via nigeria – Google News – https://ift.tt/2OsW88i Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army said calm has been restored at Maiduguri Airport seized for two hours on Sunday by riotous troops, that it described as ‘unscrupulous”. In a statement on Monday, Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director Public Relations, Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command, said the protest by the...

Nigerian troops staging a protest at the airport in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday shot into the air for around four hours, soldiers and local people said. The soldiers were protesting their redeployment to a restive part of the Northeast to fight insurgents from the Islamist …...

Soldiers of the Special Strike Forces deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested against their posting to Marte, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Northern Borno State. The soldiers reacted to the news of the latest posting on Sunday evening by firing gunshots in the air … Read more...

The Nigerian Army says it has killed seven suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Garanda village in Borno State. The Deputy Director of Information, Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Clement Nwachukwu, confirmed this to Channels Television on Thursday... Read more via Channels Television –...

A Private with the Nigerian Army has been arrested during an alleged foiled attempt to snatch a motorcycle from its rider in Agboju area of Lagos..... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2OS6EHh Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army on Sunday paraded two suspected recruitment racketeers, who had been posing as personnel, extorting potential recruits under the pretext to get them enlisted into the Depot Nigerian Army as recruits. The suspects (names withheld), were paraded at the Depot Nigerian Army...

The Nigerian Army hase announced the arrest of a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan, at Banki, Borno. According to a statement by Texas Chukwu, the army spokesman, the suspect is believed to be number 96 on the wanted list earlier published by the army. … Read more via Premium Times...

In continuation with the ongoing Operation Sharan Daji, the troops of the Nigerian Army conducted several raids and ambush operations in major identified camps.... Read more via Topix News – https://ift.tt/2AJxX3C Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Saturday, assured Nigerians of the Army’s commitment toward unity and indivisibility of the country. He made this known at the 60th Passing .... Read more via Punch Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2Mi0Q8k Get More Nigeria Metro News

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