PERSPECTIVE – 2023 polls and challenge of security
By Ehichioya Ezomon When one finger takes the oil, it soils the rest four fingers. When one part of the body is sick, the whole body will be sick. This is a metaphor for the…
Category: Nigerian Army
Obasanjo decorates son, Adeboye, shot by Boko Haram with Brigadier General rank
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is now a proud father of a Brigadier General in the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). According to a report posted by Ochei Kennedy Foundation on its Facebook page, the retired …
Delta Govt donates 5 amoured carriers to army, police
Delta Government on Wednesday handed over 5 armoured personnel carriers to the 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army and the state police command to strengthen their operations. [caption id="attachment_17582" align="alignleft" width="300"] some of the purchased Amoured Personnel…
PERSPECTIVE – How we roll in Nigeria.
By Owei Lakemfa Daurans. That is, people from President Muhammadu Buhari’s home town of Daura in Katsina State, are a lucky people. Their son, on December 17, while marking his 79th birthday in Erdogan’s Turkey,…
Phone blackout imposed on Zamfara State amid crackdown on kidnappers
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents said on Monday, after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed forces tackle…
INSECURITY: Terrorists named current Govs, Senators, Aso Rock officials as sponsors during interrogation, says Ex-Naval Officer
A former Navy Commodore, Kunle Olawunmi, has disclosed that Boko Haram terrorists mentioned names of current governors, senators and Aso Rock officials as sponsors during interrogation but the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), has…
Col. Ibrahim Sakaba died gallantly in fight against terrorism, Nigerian Army clarifies
The Nigeria Army has clarified that its late gallant officer, Col. Ibrahim Sakaba died fighting in the war against terrorism, and that he was not assassinated. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema…