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Retired soldiers protest non payment of entitlements in Kaduna

Dailyblast — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 14:16:14 +0000

Ex-servicemen of the Nigerian military on Monday in Kaduna, staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of their entitlements by the Federal Government. They stormed some major streets in Kaduna metropolis, holding placards with messages about their plight and worries in recent years. A retired Colonel who did not want his name in print, said [...]

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(Photos) Identities of four Nigerian soldiers killed alongside army commander, Brig Gen Zirkusu by ISWAP terrorists in Borno

Dailyblast — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 20:48:03 +0000

Four soldiers and a commander, Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu, were killed by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Saturday and not four as claimed by the Nigerian Army, military sources have told SaharaReporters. The Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, had in a statement said a Brigadier General and three [...]

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Tension in Abuja over reports of terrorists’ attack, Nigerian Army barricades major roads

Dailyblast — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:08:57 +0000

Security measures have been beefed up in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, following intelligence reports of a planned attack on the Nigerian capital by bandits and terrorists. According to Daily Sun, it was gathered that the military obtained security reports late Tuesday which indicated that attackers were planning to enter the FCT through the Abuja-Keffi [...]

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Highly unprofessional and unacceptable – Nigerian Army reacts to video of army officer assaulting a female corper in Calabar

Dailyblast — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 21:05:34 +0000

The Nigerian Army has described as ”Highly unprofessional and unacceptable” the attitude of one of its officers who was caught in a now-viral video assaulting a corps member. The Female officer could be seen in the video pouring water on the corper after mandating her to kneel before her. According to reports, the officer decided to [...]

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Army Major abducted from NDA regains freedom

Dailyblast — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 10:45:32 +0000

Army officer, Major Christopher Datong, has regained his freedom after 25 days in the captivity of bandits who invaded the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna State. The Nigerian military in a release on Saturday morning claimed that security forces rescued Datong, although military sources said the rescue was not without payment of ransom to the dare-devil [...]

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Major General Hassan Ahmed Murdered in Abuja, wife abducted

Dailyblast — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 00:19:43 +0000

Major General Hassan Ahmed, former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, has been assassinated in Abuja. He was murdered Thursday night in the Abaji area. The assailants also kidnapped his wife. It was learnt that the couple were coming from Okene when they were attacked. The gunmen opened fire on his vehicle, whisked away the [...]

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Buhari appoints Farouk Yahaya as Chief of Army Staff

Dailyblast — Thu, 27 May 2021 14:08:23 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to replace the recently demised, General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a fatal plane crash en-route Kaduna State along with other senior officers and crew members. Until Major General Farouk’s appointment, he was GOC Div. 1 and the [...]

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Boko Haram attacks will end soon – Chief of Army Staff

Dailyblast — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:24:38 +0000

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, on Sunday, assured that the ongoing war against Boko Haram will soon be over. Attahiru, who was in Yobe to play morale boosting visit on the troops of Sector 2 Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army in Damaturu, told the soldiers that he came [...]

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Secure Nigeria before rainy season – Buhari tells new service chiefs

Dailyblast — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 14:07:53 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, told the nation’s new service chiefs that they only a few weeks to secure the country. Buhari said he expected that before the rainy season, they would have secured the country to the level that farmers who had fled their farms in different parts of Nigeria would have developed enough [...]

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Nigerian soldier tortures 10-year-old boy to death for plucking mangoes

Dailyblast — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 10:16:00 +0000

A 10-year-old boy has been tortured to death by a soldier at Hayin Banki, Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the boy went into the Kotoko Barracks which shares a boundary with the community to pluck mangos from a tree, according to Daily Trust. The soldier was said to [...]

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