Showing posts with label Nigerian military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigerian military. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 February 2015


Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it was not aware of plans to foist an interim government on the country.

Monday, 2 February 2015


The Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information has commended Ecobank Nigeria’s donation of N2.5 million towards the completion of a building project at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information.

Sunday, 1 February 2015


The government of Nigeria is buying Soviet-made tanks, amphibious vehicles and rocket launchers from Czech republic to combat the terrorist group, Boko Haram, according to a Thursday report by Czech daily, Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD).

Wednesday, 28 January 2015


Troops in Maiduguri, Borno State, ‘mistakenly’ opened fire on the convoy of Governor Kashim Shettima   as it approached a military garrison near the airport.

Tuesday, 27 January 2015


New evidence shows that the Nigerian military were repeatedly warned of impending Boko Haram attacks on Baga and Monguno which claimed hundreds of lives, and failed to take adequate action to protect civilians, Amnesty International claimed today.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday that it had so far registered 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) following last Sunday’s insurgents’ attack on Monguno, in Borno state.


Coordinated ground and air mop up activities by military personnel in the aftermath of diversionary terrorists attacks on Maiduguri and Konduga in Borno led to the destruction of dozens of more terrorists.

Saturday, 17 January 2015

Court Marshalled soldiers


(SAHARA-REPORTER) The soldiers, from 213 battalion, 234 battalion, Army headquarters Team A and Task Force Mike, were deployed at the Adamawa axis of Operation Zamani Lafiya during a two-day attack by Islamist insurgents on Mubi town, Adamawa State on October 28 and 29. Military authorities felt that the soldiers, numbering about 2,000, had abandoned orders to fight. Our sources said the soldiers’ respective commanding officers had been instructed to dismiss them.