Tag: Nigerian Army

Troops kill 10 bandits, destroy camps in Kaduna villages

Aminu Imam

Nigerian Army Troops of Operation Forest Sanity killed eight bandits and seized six motorcycles during ambush patrols in the Chikun/Birnin Gwari general areas of Kaduna State. While confirming the development yesterday, the State’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said according to feedback to the Kaduna State Government, the troops set up ambush positions at bandits’ crossing points in the Buruku/Birnin Gwari areas. According to him, ”The troops thus made contact with bandits and neutralized eight, while recovering four motorcycles and three mobile phones in the first…

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

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…

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‘Investigate mass abortion report’ – UN Secretary-General urges FG

Aminu Imam

The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has urged the federal government to investigate allegations of systemic abortions reportedly perpetrated by the Nigerian Army. Guterres made this appeal, in an email to Reuters news agency, through the UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric. The UN chief called on the federal government to thoroughly investigate the allegations and punish those involved. Dujarric, while briefing reporters during the weekend, said, “We call on the Nigerian authorities to fully investigate these allegations and make sure there’s accountability.” A US State Department spokesperson was also reported to have said…

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Civil Authority: Army ready with robust contingency plans for 2023 elections – COAS Yahaya

Aminu Imam

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has said the Nigerian Army formations and units have developed robust contingency plans to assist the civil authority in the provision of an enabling environment for the conduct of 2023 elections. Yahaya spoke during the closing of the 2022 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference on Friday, in Sokoto. The conference, with the theme: “Building a Professional Nigerian Army for the 21st Century Security Environment”, was declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. Yahaya added that the conference was used…

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Senate threatens to cut budget of Army, Police, INEC, NIA, NSA, 95 others

Aminu Imam

The Senate, yesterday, threatened to withdraw allocation to about 100 Ministries, Department, and Agencies, (MDAs). The Upper Chamber’s resolution was on the heels of observations made at its plenary session by Senator Mathew Urhoghide. The Senator representing Edo-South, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has accused the chief executives of the agencies of failure to honour his Committee’s invitation, based on queries against their finances by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation. Senator Urhoghide, during the plenary, said, “The agencies that have vehemently refused to…

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

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…

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Terror alert: “We don’t need US prompting to defend Nigeria” – DHQ

Aminu Imam

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ said the Armed Forces and other sister security agencies do not need any prompting from the US or any other country to carry out their constitutional responsibility of securing the country. It said men of the Armed Forces; especially the Intelligence Community, have been working round the clock to ensure that Nigerians and foreigners alike are secured and live their dream. The Director, Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, said most of the achievements recorded by the military in recent clampdown on terror elements across the…

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Kaduna-Abuja Road: Troops eliminate scores of terrorists, rescue kidnapped victims

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The Nigerian Army’s ‘Operation Whirl Punch’ says it has killed scores of armed bandits in a location off the Kaduna-Abuja highway. In an issued statement by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said, “The troops, acting on credible intelligence, carried out aggressive fighting patrols to the Abasiya-Amale area, situated east of Polewire, in Kachia LGA, where they engaged the bandits. The statement noted that in a fierce battle, the troops overpowered the bandits and subsequently destroyed their hideouts. “Troops are still combing the general area at…

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“We’re now involved in kidnapping, arms deal, others because of poor salaries, welfare” – Army personnel writes Buhari

Aminu Imam

…Demands improved conditions A soldier of the Nigerian Army, who identified himself as Sergeant Isma’ila Ukwuhcodu, has lamented the poor salaries of junior army personnel in the country, disclosing that to meet financial needs, soldiers now got “involved in illegal duties, sabotage, arms and ammunition deal, armed robbery and kidnapping” while calling on the Federal Government to attend to their plight. The soldier, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, alleged that they pay for essential items, which the military ought to provide, out of their meagre…

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‘Terrorists release 23 remaining Abuja-Kaduna-bound train passengers’ – Military

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The military has announced the release of all the 23 remaining passengers held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists following the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna -bound train. In an issued statement by the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee, (CDSAC), Prof. Usman Yusuf, disclosed that the hostages’ release was secured yesterday, at about 4p.m. The statement said, “The nation owes a debt of gratitude to the Nigerian military under the leadership of the Chief of Defense Staff, (CDS), who conceived and guided the operation from start to finish. All sister security…

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