Tag: Nigerian Army

Pay Roll Racket: Nigerian Army clarifies alleged corruption against top officers

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, dismissed allegations of corruption against some of its top officers. According to an issued statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, in Abuja, some aggrieved personnel wrote an open letter to the president, accusing top army officers of corruption. An online report had emerged on Monday that some aggrieved personnel had, in an impersonal letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, accused top army officers of corruption. Nwachukwu said more worrisome was the insinuation that soldiers had threatened to embark on strike, saying such an…

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Insurgency may not last beyond May 2023, Says Military

Aminu Imam

Authorities of the Nigerian military are optimistic that the raging insurgency may be over before May 29, next year. The optimism is fuelled by the increasing number of mass surrenders by terrorists, intense air raids and ground attacks by troops, and other measures taken by the federal government to end the decade-long menace. The Theatre Commander of “Operation Hadin Kai”, Major General Chris Musa, who spoke on the progress the military is making in the anti-insurgency war, however, blamed the setbacks recorded in the war in the North-East on bad…

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War on Terrorism: 900 captives rescued, as troops kill top terrorist commander, others

Aminu Imam

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued no fewer than 900 captives during an extreme intrusion into the insurgents’ enclaves in Sambisa Forest, in the North-East region, killing a top Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist, Adamu Ngulde, and 23 other terrorists, top military sources have said. The sources said in a major boost, troops of the 402 Special Forces Brigade, comprising 134,198 and 199 Special Forces Battallions, under the ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ second phase of Desert Sanity, cleared the terrorists camps in the axis of Bama local government area of Borno State.…

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Borno: Troops rescue 550 women, children in Sambisa forest

Aminu Imam

…Destroys 13 Boko Haram/ISWAP enclaves Nigerian Army Special Forces of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’ have killed scores of Boko Haram and the Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, following the storming of 13 camps of the terrorists in Sambisa Forest in the North-East of Borno State. Source disclosed that the terrorists were eliminated after a crushing intrusion into their enclaves in a week-long operation by the troops of 402 Special Forces Brigade under the second phase of ‘Operation Desert Sanity’. A competent military source said the troops successfully cleared the…

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Insecurity: British military trains 150 Nigerian Special Forces named Panthers

Aminu Imam

…Set for deployment against terrorists A British Military Advisory Training Team, in partnership with the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), has trained 150 Advanced Special Forces operatives to be deployed to troubled areas to help in tackling security challenges in the country. The Special Forces, known as Nigerian Air Force Panthers, graduated on Friday, at the Regiment Training Centre Annex, NAF Special Operations Command, Bauchi. Speaking during the graduation ceremony, after the Advanced Special Operations Course 1/2022, the Air Officer Commanding, Ground Training Command, Air Vice-Marshal Ibukunle Daramola, said 285 personnel…

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Kaduna: Nigerian military intercepts N60m ransom, nabs security personnel involved

Aminu Imam

Nigerian troops have intercepted a ‘huge’ amount of ransom for the freedom of some captives in the custody of armed bandits in Kaduna State. It was gathered that some of the couriers of the ransom payment are suspected to be security personnel. The troops in the intelligence-driven military operations also rescued kidnapped victims including some women and children. The operations, simultaneously undertaken by ground troops of the Nigerian Army, as well as special forces of the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF), resulted in the elimination of some bandit terrorists. An intelligence…

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Military has no plan for coup, Says Irabor

Aminu Imam

…Warns politicians against tempting officers The Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, says the personnel of the Nigerian armed forces are not contemplating undertaking a coup. Irabor, who spoke yesterday at a virtual media chat, tagged: ‘Open Ears Dialogue’, said the armed forces will continue to educate its personnel that coups do “more harm than good”. “The armed forces of Nigeria have nothing whatsoever to do with anything that has to do with coup. We have learned our lessons over the years and we have come to our conclusion that…

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Military eliminates 49 terrorists, 863 others surrender – Defence HQ

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian military has said troops killed 49 terrorists and bandits across theaters of operations, while 863 terrorists surrendered in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known while giving an update on operations of the armed forces on Thursday, in Abuja. He added that four gun trucks were captured from the terrorists while 16 abducted civilians were rescued within the period. The Director of Media Operation of the Defence Headquarters explained that troops of ”Operation Hadin Kai”, neutralised 37 terrorists, arrested 17…

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IPOB ‘militants’ gunned down in Anambra forest

Aminu Imam

Nigerian troops on a special operation in the South-East region have raided some identified camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network, (ESN), killing many at Lilu Forest, in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State. Lilu, a border town between Imo and Anambra States, is known to be the operational base of the IPOB/ESN. According to an issued statement, the Nigerian Army’s Director, Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the troops conducted early hours operations on January 17, 2022, and neutralised…

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Borno: ISWAP fighters reportedly retreat after soldiers, local hunters kill over 30 in Biu

Aminu Imam

Over 30 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province, (ISWAP), were reportedly killed after a combined team of soldiers and local hunters led by Yohanna Sarkin Yaki on Saturday ambushed them in Biu local government area of Borno State. The ISWAP fighters, who were attempting to infiltrate Biu through ‘Manda Fuma’ one of the hot gates of the ancient city met their waterloo when local hunters and Nigerian soldiers laying in wait resisted their attempt to proceed. The ISWAP fighters reportedly retreated after about three hours of fighting with…

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