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Simon Ekpa: “No group can stop 2023 elections in S�East” � Military

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Military has assured Nigerians that the 2023 elections would hold peacefully in the Southeast states and every other part of the nation in spite of threats by criminal elements. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, gave the assurance in Abuja at the 25th edition of President Muhammadu Buhari Scorecard Series. Responding to a question on the threat by the Simon Ekpa-led faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), to stop this year�s general elections in the south-East States, Irabor said no person or group could…

2023 Elections: Armed Forces will not tolerate acts inimical to successful conduct of polls” � DHQ warns

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says troops are on red alert Ahead of the General Elections, the Military High Command yesterday warned that the Nigerian Armed Forces, in collaboration with other security forces in the country, would deal decisively with any act inimical to the successful conduct of the coming polls. Fielding questions during the bi-weekly briefing of Defence Correspondents in Abuja, on the troop activities and operational successes being recorded in the various operational theatres within the six geo-political zones of the country in the past two weeks, Director, Directorate of Defence Media Operations,…

Army orders 120 generals, others to proceed on compulsory leave � Report

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Aminu Imam

The high command of the Nigerian Army has directed more 120 Major-Generals, Brigadiers, Colonels, Lieutenants, Captains and others to proceed on compulsory retirement. According to a report, the affected officers, who include those who failed their Senior Staff Course Examinations, were ordered to submit their letters of voluntary retirement or face summary retrenchment. The exercise, it was gathered, was in accordance with the Revised Public Service Rules and the Armed Forces of Nigeria Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service, 2017 (HTACOS). It was also gathered that the number of senior…

Armed Forces set to promote 500 Generals, Admirals, AVMs, others

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 Aminu Imam

There is palpable tension in the Nigerian Armed Forces over plans to promote about 500 officers to the ranks of one star and two stars Generals this week, in Abuja, according to reports. Over 500 officers from the Army, Navy and the Air Force due for promotion to their next ranks have completed their interviews with the various Promotion Boards set up by the services. The affected officers are expected to wear their new ranks of Brigadier-Generals and Major-Generals in the Army, Commodores and Rear-Admirals in the Nigerian Navy, and…

Illegal abortion programme:�Military dismisses allegation of 12,000 terminated pregnancies in N/East

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters, (DHQ), says it has been jolted by a publication it called �demonic journalism�, expressing rage over an allegation that, since 2013, Nigeria�s military had run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the North-East, terminating at least 12,000 pregnancies among women and girls. The DHQ declared that the military had never contemplated such evil of running a systematic and illegal abortion programme anywhere and anytime, and surely not on the Nigeria soil. The Nigerian military will not also deliberately plan to target children during its counterinsurgency…

Terror kingpin, Turji, 18 others placed on ‘wanted’ list by military

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Aminu Imam

The military has published the names and pictures of 19 wanted terrorist commanders who have been terrorizing the country and placed N5m naira reward each to any person who has credible information that could lead to their arrest. The Defence Headquarters also released the names of the 19 terrorists declared wanted. The 19 wanted terrorists as listed are: Sani Dangote, from Dumburum Village, Zurmi LGA, Zamfara State, Bello Turji Gudda, from Fakai Village, Shinkafi LGA, Zamfara State, Alhaji Ado Aliero, Yankuzo Village, Tsafe LGA, Zamfara State, Monore, from Yantumaki village,…

Maritime Security:�Military destroys vessel arrested with stolen crude in Niger-Delta

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Aminu Imam

Operatives of the Nigerian military have destroyed a vessel seized with stolen crude by a private security company commanded by former militant, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo, in the Niger-Delta. The Navy personnel set the ill-fated vessel on fire along Warri River yesterday afternoon, following the confession of the ship’s captain, Temple Manasseh, that the vessel was carrying stolen crude. The vessel, which was loaded with 600 to 650 cubic metres of stolen crude oil in five compartments, was arrested alongside its seven-member crew along the creeks in the Niger-Delta…

Zamfara: Military foils Turji bandits� attack, as 26 villagers drown while fleeing from terrorists

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Aminu Imam

Nigerian troops on Wednesday repelled an attack by terrorists at Faru Village near their base in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. This is just as 21 children and five women have reportedly drowned in a river at Bukuyum local government area. According to the report, the deceased were fleeing an attack by terrorists, who invaded their communities, when the two boats conveying them across the river capsized. Meanwhile, the attack in Maradun, launched by bandits suspected to be loyal to the notorious bandit, Bello Turji, had caused panic…

Buhari charges military to halt crude oil theft in Niger-Delta

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 Aminu Imam

Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari gave a marching order to security agencies to take the battle to the hideouts of insurgents in the North-East and eliminate them, he has again directed the military to immediately put a stop to theft of the nation�s crude oil by criminals and vandals in the Niger-Delta region. The President, who gave the directive on Friday at the State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Central Working Committee of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), stressed that his administration…

Insecurity: “Account for security expenditure” – Osinbajo to military

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 Aminu Imam

…Challenges defence ministry on accountability, transparency Nigeria�s current security challenges and emerging threats require the country�s military and other relevant stakeholders to be several steps ahead of perpetrators while also stepping up local production of armaments. This was one of the highlights of the response of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo after receiving a presentation on: �Defence Transformation and National Security: Strategic Options for Nigeria of the Future�, by the National Defence College Course-30 participants, on Wednesday, during a virtual interaction. Prof. Osinbajo said Nigeria is facing a myriad of challenges like…