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Two weeks ago, Thursday, March 14, 2024, soldiers of the 181 Amphibious Battalion of Nigerian Army went on patrol in Okuama community of Delta State, where the people had been pitched in a communal conflict with their Okoloba neighbours.
2 days ago
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, appreciated “the enormous responsibility on the shoulders of the Nigerian Army, who are burdened with so much internal security issues” but warned that if his death...
Boko haram terrorist
3 days ago
The Nigerian Army military has released 230 suspected Boko Haram terrorists made up of two hundred and nineteen males and eleven females after profiling them. The Guardian gathered that the suspected Boko Haram members are made up of 219 males and 11 females after profiling them. A source within the military disclosed that the suspects…
24 Mar
A former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, has condemned the killing of 17 officers of the Nigerian Army in Delta, describing the incident as very sad and unfortunate.
23 Mar
The Ijaw Youths Network yesterday faulted a former Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olarenwaju, on the grisly murder of 16 personnel of the Nigerian Army by Okuama youths on March 14, 2024, over land dispute.
22 Mar
Minister of Defence, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar has tasked troops of the Nigerian Army to respond proactively to security threats in the country.
22 Mar
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, has said troops conducting operations, following the gruesome murder of 17 personnel at Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Council, would be firm, decisive, and professional.
20 Mar
The Nigerian Army has blamed low fences and the absence of Closed-circuit television (CCTV), cameras as largely responsible for inmates who escaped from the Kuje Medium Security Custodian Centre in 2022. The revelation is coming against the backdrop of the probe instituted by the House of Representatives Joint Committees on Reformatory Institutions, Justice, Police Affairs,…
20 Mar
The aftermath of the recent killing of 17 Nigerian Army personnel took a disturbing twist yesterday, as the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) raised the alarm over an alleged invasion of Igbomotoru community in South Ijaw Local Council of Bayelsa State.
19 Mar
The pan Igbo socio-political organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned in totality the killing of 17 soldiers from the 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Delta State who were on a peace mission to Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area. In a statement on Tuesday titled: Ohanaeze Ndigbo's unleashed wrath: A stern…
19 Mar
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday confirmed that its operatives foiled multiple kidnap attempts in Plateau and Zamfara States. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement disclosed that troops deployed in the Jos South Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State rescued one Mrs Rosemary Jekpe. Nwachukwu said Jekpe was kidnapped…
19 Mar
The Senate has mandated its committees on Army, Defence, Air Force and Navy to investigate the March 14 killing of 16 Nigerian Army personnel in Okuama Community of Delta. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua (APC- Katsina) during Tuesday’s plenary. The motion was tagged “The killing of Nigerian Army Personnel…

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