The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt-Gen. Farouk Yahaya is to engage retired military personnel to fight Boko Haram terrorism in the Northeast. The 13-year insurgency has also killed over 35, 000 people with $9.3 billion (N3.42 trillion) property destroyed in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. According to Yahaya, the engagement of military retirees was […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has directed troops to capture Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ weapons and neutralize them to secure the nation. According to him, the capture of terrorists’ weapons before neutralising them are the Sallah gifts to the nation. Yahaya gave the directives, yesterday (Monday), […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to improve surveillance on the Abuja-Kaduna highway. The highway has been a target for bandits, with gunmen abducting or killing travellers plying the route. In the latest incident which occurred on Sunday, Sagir Hamida, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Zamfara governorship aspirant in the 2019 […]
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Troops of the Nigerian Army are currently in a gunfight with Boko Haram insurgents at Tamsukawu village in Kaga LGA of Borno state. A military source told TheCable that soldiers and insurgents are currently engaged in a heavy gun battle. He said the insurgents invaded the town to attack a military formation in the evening, […]
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Nigerian Army said it’s troops at 82 Division has killed four gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Anambra state. This was contain in a statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations Major General Onyema Nwachukwu He said the military arm of the proscribed group Eastern Security Network […]
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Scores of bandits have been reportedly killed and their camps destroyed by the troops of the Nigerian Military in a clearance operation carried out in Igabi and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The troops also reported that the wife of a notorious bandit was arrested together with their spiritual leader in a Chikun […]
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The Chief of Army staff Lt. General Faruk Yahaya has flagged off Exercise Golden Dawn military operation for the South East region of Nigeria. The COAS also launched operation ‘Still Water for states within the coastal areas of the South South and South West regions as well as exerciseEnduring Peace for North Central and FCT […]
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The Nigeria Defence Headquarters said Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in conjunction with other security agencies, have successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. A statement signed by Director […]
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Residents in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state said gunmen suspected to be armed Bandits have allegedly attacked a joint military base codenamed “Burkusuma camp’ located in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state and in the process killed unspecified number of military personnel. Villagers and security sources told TVCNEWS that the […]
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