Tag: army

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 18, 2016

Interview: ‘Chibok girl was not rescued by Nigerian Army’- Aisha Yesufu of BBOG

In April, 2014, 276 girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno state. Of ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 18, 2016

Mazi Emeka: Something doesn’t smell right about this Chibok girl story

After more than two years in captivity, one Chibok girl, out of the 273 kidnapped girls, was found today. Reportedly. ...

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YWriterMay 18, 2016

PHOTO: Army says rescued Chibok girl was married to this man

by Chi Ibe The Nigerian army today released photos of Amina Ali Mkeki, whom it says is one of the ...

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YWriterMay 18, 2016

Army confirms that Chibok girl was found

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the news tweeted by #BringBackOurGirls activists that one out of the 219 Girls of Government ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 18, 2016

41 women and children rescued as Army clears out B’Haram camp in Sambisa

Despite the current tensions in the country, the Nigerian Army has recorded another victory in its fight against Boko Haram ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 13, 2016

Why the FG is probing the Navy, Army and Airforce

The Federal Government has revealed its decision to probe the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. According to the Federal ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 12, 2016

Army confirms attack in Maiduguri – and it was a suicide bomb

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the suicide bomb attack earlier reported at the entrance of Musa Usman Secretariat, Maiduguri, Borno ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 11, 2016

Army says it has arrested 17 cultists and armed robbers in Rivers

On the backdrop of the violent attack at the Rivers state High Court premises on Tuesday, the Nigerian army has ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 10, 2016

The army says it’s a lie, it hasn’t granted amnesty to Boko Haram terrorists

The Nigerian Army has issued a statement saying that, contrary to media reports, the army didn’t grant amnesty to 800 ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 10, 2016

The Nigerian army is finally acting against armed cattle rustlers – in Zamfara

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday announced that its troops, in the process of clearing armed bandits and cattle rustlers, had ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 8, 2016

Army to deal with ‘terrorists, oil thieves, cattle rustlers’, other criminals

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom ...

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Mallam YeroMay 7, 2016

‘One day’, the Army will catch Niger Delta Avengers, who are ‘definitely not Nigerians’

The Defence authorities has said that ‘one day’, the ‘law will catch up with’ the Niger Delta Avangers – a ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 5, 2016

Army recovers 150 sim cards, 41 persons from Boko Haram insurgents

The Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, May 4, recorded another victory in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the North-Eastern ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 2, 2016

Arms deal: ‘Enormous’ $15bn fraud discovered in the Nigerian Army

More fraud has been discovered by the presidential panel setup by President Muhammadu Buhari through the Office of the National ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 1, 2016

Opinion: An encounter with General Buratai, a soldiers’ soldier

On December 12, 2015, my phone displayed missed calls from the Army Spokesperson, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman. Such missed calls ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 30, 2016

‘El-Zakzaky’s teachings caused Zaria massacre’ – Shi’a Muslims

A Shi’a Islamic organization, the Rasulul A’Azam Foundation (RAAF), has described as untrue the insinuation in some quarters that all ...

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Dele BenjaminApril 28, 2016

Army planning to ‘secretly exhume’ Shiite corpses from mass grave

The Nigerian army is reportedly trying to secretly extract from a mass grave in Zaria, Kaduna, the bodies of hundreds ...

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Mallam YeroApril 26, 2016

Boko Haram kingpin, ‘Albani of Monguno’ arrested by Nigerian troops

Nigerian troops on Monday, arrested a Boko Haram kingpin – Albani of Monguno – in Kukawa Local Government Area of ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 26, 2016

Confusion: Army, police disagree on whereabouts of arrested Fulani herdsmen

The Nigerian army and police made contrary claims on the location of the 56 Fulani herdsmen that were last week, ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 26, 2016

‘We buried 347 corpses’ | ‘Only a few were buried’ – Between Army and Kaduna state govt

The Kaduna state government and the Nigerian Army, on Monday, gave different figures of corpses that were buried during the ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 21, 2016

‘Sentence 50 Shiite Muslims to death’ – Kaduna govt tells court

Following the brutal clash between the Nigerian army and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiite sect) in December 2015, the ...

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Mallam YeroApril 19, 2016

Shiite sect brought ‘hardship on the people for 40 years’

It was revealed on Monday, April 18, at the Kaduna Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Army/Shi’ites clash – that ...

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James SamboApril 18, 2016

‘The area is now cool and calm’ | Army claims victory over Boko Haram in Kareto

Troops of the Nigerian Army ‘successfully repelled’ the attack launched on Monday morning, by Boko Haram insurgents in Kareto, Borno ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 17, 2016

Nigerian troops, Civilian JTF discover large cache of Boko Haram weapons (PHOTOS)

The Nigerian Army has ‘successfully dislodged’ Boko Haram insurgents from their hideouts in several locations within Borno state and also ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 17, 2016

Nigerian troops push out Boko Haram insurgents from 3 villages

In furtherance of its resolve to win the war against Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Army, on Saturday, announced that ...

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Mallam YeroApril 15, 2016

ICC begins probe of Nigerian Army, Boko Haram on human rights abuses

The International Criminal Court, has commenced the process of investigating human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the Nigerian Army. The ...

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Mallam YeroApril 12, 2016

Boko Haram ‘cowards’ are fleeing from Sambisa forest – Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army says members of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram are fleeing from their stronghold – Sambisa Forest – ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 12, 2016

3 Boko Haram commanders arrested, 1,275 hostages rescued in Borno

The Nigerian army, on Tuesday, disclosed that it has rescued 1,275 Boko Haram hostages in a joint operation with the ...

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James SamboApril 9, 2016

Army releases 20 photos from ‘operation’ at Boko Haram spiritual headquarters (VIEWER DISCRETION)

The Nigerian Army on Saturday, released photos from the ‘clearance operation’ carried out at the spiritual headquarters of Islamic terrorist ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 7, 2016

‘Shiite attack more violent than Liberian, Sierra-Leone wars’ – Army official

The judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI), instituted by the Kaduna State government to investigate the bloody face-off between the Nigerian ...

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