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    Metro UNIMAID Lecturers Abducted By Boko Haram Have Spent Over Two Months In Captivity

    Four lecturers of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, who were abducted by Boko Haram in the Magumeri area of Borno State during an oil exploration have spent over 2 months in captivity. The lecturers were abducted on Tuesday, July 25 The Defence Headquarters in Abuja has however said...
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    Metro Nigerian Army To Launch Operation Crocodile Smile In Ogun State

    The Brigade Commander, 35 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Alamara, Abeokuta, Basil Adoke, has said ‘Operation Crocodile Smiles’ will be launched soon in Ogun State. Adoke made this known at the Government House in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in his remarks during the cutting of the 57th...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Set To Launch Operation Python Dance III In The South East

    Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division , Colonel Sagir Musa, has revealed that Operation Python Dance II will continue next year as Operation Python Dance III. While addressing newsmen, he maintained that no resistance against the exercise will succeed since it is a regular...
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    Metro Biafra: Army Denies Killing Anyone In The South East, Challenges Accusers To Present Evidence

    The Nigerian army has stated that there is no evidence that people were killed in the Southeast during the Operation Python Dance II. Speaking with newsmen, it said reports that its personnel murdered members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were just hearsays. According to him...
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    Metro Nnamdi Kanu Not In Our Custody – Army Sources

    Authoritative sources from the Nigerian Army have told The PUNCH that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not in military custody. The sources, from the army headquarters, Abuja, and the 82 Division headquarters, Enugu State, which coordinates Operation Python Dance...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Kills 2 Boko Haram Terrorists in Borno

    The Nigerian Army says it has killed two Boko Haram terrorists in an ambush in Borno State, Northeast of the country. A statement from the army says the Ambush happened at Feri-Feri and Tashan Goto axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State Two terrorists were killed while troops also...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Declares Victory Over IPOB

    The Nigerian Army on Friday claimed victory in its skirmish with secession agitators across the South-east. The announcement followed the conclusion of a one-day tour of the region by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, who inspected ongoing operations and participated in a military medical...
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    Metro Army Chief, Burutai, Identifies 13 Security Threats In Nigeria [See LIST]

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, said yesterday in Port Harcourt that Nigeria was confronted with series of threats. He also gave reasons for the Crocodile Smile and Python Dances military operations. In his address at the executive session of the 13th All Editors’...
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    Metro Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu Abducted – Lawyer Claim

    The Indigenous People of Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has alleged that his client was abducted by military operatives on September 14 and probably killed. Ejiofor made the allegation in a statement on Tuesday issued in reaction to insinuations that Kanu has gone into...
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    Metro Operation Python Dance Was Carefully Planned For South-easterners - Buratai

    Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai has said that the Operation Python Dance II exercise was designed to sharpen the skills of personnel to be able to deal with internal security issues. The army chief stated when he was received by the Ebonyi governor on Monday. Buratai stressed that Egwu Eke...
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    Metro We Are Ready To Confront Nigerian Army - Biafra National Guard

    The Biafra National Guard, BNG, says it is ready to engage the Nigerian army because it would defend people of the South East. BNG made the declaration while faulting the decision of the Nigerian Military to declare the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist group. In a statement...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Lists 5 Reasons For Declaring IPOB a Terrorists Organisation

    The Nigerian military has declared the pro-Biafra separatist group, IPOB, a “terrorist organisation.” In his statement tittled: "PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE STATE OF INDEPENDENT PEOPLE OF BIAFRA", Mr. Enenche, a major general, listed five reasons the military considered for labelling IPOB a terror...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Declares IPOB “Terrorist Organisation”

    The Nigerian military has declared the pro-Biafra separatist group, IPOB, a “terrorist organisation.” The military made the declaration in a statement on Friday by the Director of Defence Information, John Enenche. In his statement, Mr. Enenche, a major general, listed five reasons the...
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    Metro Politicians Caused Face-Off Between Us and IPOB in South East – Army

    The Nigerian Army has accused some unnamed politicians of attempting to cause crisis between its personnel and people in the South East for their selfish interest. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, stated this on Friday. Usman was reacting to the face-off between...
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    Metro Video Showing Captured IPOB Members Eating In Army Office Surfaces Online

    It appeared the Nigerian army is fighting back against claims of mistreatment of captured IPOB members. A video has surfaced online showing members of the group eating and drinking calmly while being served by army officers See video as exclusively released by handler:
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    Metro Biafra Crisis Escalates to 4 States

    Tension and pandemonium mount in four different states in different parts on Thursday evening as struggle by the Indigenous People Of Biafra escalated beyond Umuahia, the Abia state capital. Abia Trouble was said to have started when some members of IPOB who left Aba in the morning for Umuahia...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Faults Governor Ikpeazu's Statement, Begins Full Operation Today

    The Nigerian Army says it will go ahead with its planned military operation in the South-east. The army, in a statement issued at about 12:42 a.m on Friday, advised Nigerians to disregard the statement by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu which gave the impression that it was withdrawing its troops from...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Finally Agrees To Withdraw Troops From Abia

    Nigerian army has finally agreed with the Abia state government to withdrew it s troops from the State following tension as result of clash between the army and the Indigenous People of Biafra. The media adviser to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu stated this on Thursday.
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    Metro IPOB/Army Clash: Residents Flee Aba, Others Remain Indoors

    Some residents of Aba, the capital city of Abia state have remained indoors while others are leaving the city in fear following a resurgence of crisis in the state. In areas around Uratta Junction, Ariaria Junction, Tonimas Junction and Flyover Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, some people were...
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    Metro Tension as Nigerian Army Shoots 3 in Umuahia

    The residents of Umuahia, Abia State capital are now living under tension following the shooting of three people on Akanu Ibiam Road also known as Bank Road in the capital city. According to The Nation, the incident happened at about 9:30 am in the morning, and according to an eye witness who...
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