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Five civilians have been reportedly killed with several others injured following exchange of gunfire between security forces and members of the ISWAP, at Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State in the northeast region on Monday night at about 10:25 pm. … Read more via Naijaloaded |...

The Nigerian Army (NA) has again debunked the report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), a US-based news media, on alleged secret military graveyards in the Northeast (NE) aside the Maimalari Cantonment Cemetery of 7 Division in Maiduguri. In the two-minutes video produced by the Directorate of...

Brigade Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General Zakari Abubakar, has vowed to sanction officers who engage in rape and sexual harassment, saying such issues should be channeled to the Brigade Command in Akure for appropriate action. Abubakar, however, said … Read more via The...

At 101 years old, his faculties are intact, neither has his strength abated. Adama Aduku made history recently when the Nigerian Army honoured him as the only survival and veteran of the World War II from the country. For one year (1944 – 1945), he saw action in … Read more via Newtelegraph...

Troops of the Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) of the Nigerian Army on Saturday said they have arrested 10 suspected armed bandits and kidnappers in Benue and Nasarawa states. Commander of the OPWS covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states, Major- General Adeyemi Yekini, who paraded the...

The Nigerian army, in a wave of cleanup operation, has killed 78 armed men in the country's restive northwest region, the military said on Tuesday..... Read more via Xinhuanet News – https://ift.tt/2y9kZrL Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army on Monday, July 22, handed over 151 repentant Boko Haram members to the government of Borno state for rehabilitation and re-integration into the society. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Major-General Bamidele Shafa, coordinator of the Operation Safe Corridor...

A human rights organisation, Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), based in the United Kingdom, has begun to raise funds to provide food and medication for members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) injured in confrontations with the Nigerian Army and other security agencies. The...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have recorded a series of successes in their offensive against the remnants of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the North East zone..... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2X3G80r Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has denied saying that Boko Haram insurgency has continued to persist because soldiers under his command are no longer willing to fight. Mr Buratai, a lieutenant general, said he was “somehow” wrongly quoted by a section of the Nigerian media … Read...

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed four persons, including a soldier at Tanturon in Riyom local government area of Plateau state.... Read more via TheCable – http://bit.ly/2XX562S Get More Nigeria Metro News

Why we got into trouble in 2019 elections in Rivers – Army The Nigerian Army has said that it incurred the anger of politicians because it refused to compromise the integrity of the... Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2Rl0rFj Get More Nigeria Metro News

CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, CNL, whose most important operations are in oil-rich Delta state have had it rough in recent times with the people of Kokodiagbene, an Ijaw community in.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2WKMaTL Get more: Nigeria Business News

Troops of 121 Battalion in conjunction with hunters have neutralized one terrorist in an ambush and also rescued 2 women with 6 children in Borno State. In a statement released Tuesday by.... Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – http://bit.ly/2KdclRa Get More Nigeria Metro News

At least 20 have been injured in an armed bandit attack in Kuta in Shiroro local government area in Niger state on Monday night. The bandits, whose number could not … Read more via NaijaGists.com – http://bit.ly/2WADO5L Get More Nigeria Metro News

An Army commander and six soldiers are missing after two bases of the Nigerian military in Borno State came under Boko Haram attack on Saturday, with one soldier feared dead. There was also a loss of “unquantifiable” combat equipment in the wake of the terrorists’ offensive. 
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The Nigerian army has denied reports that 25 soldiers were killed in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State. This follows a Reuters report on how the insurgent group attacked the soldiers on..... Read more via Olisa.tv – http://bit.ly/2QqhTI4 Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigerian Army has denied media reports that 25 soldiers were killed in an attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.... Read more via Vanguard News – http://bit.ly/2EzOGWB Get More Nigeria Metro News

The insurgent group reportedly opened fire on soldiers who were escorting a group of people rescued from a village. The Boko Haram sect has reportedly killed 25 Nigerian soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in Borno on Saturday.... Read more via Pulse Nigeria –...

The Army commander also denied Wike’s allegation that he leaked proceedings of state security meetings to criminals.... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/30ISgam Get More Nigeria Metro News