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

Tuesday 14 August 2018

Nigerian Army Uncovers Boko Haram's Social Media Recruitment Platforms


The Nigeria Army on Tuesday said it had uncovered a Facebook and other social media accounts, allegedly used by a faction of the Boko Haram group to recruit new members.

Friday 27 January 2017

Nigerian Army Foils Boko Haram’s Attempt To Capture Military Base

There was intense exchange of gunfire in Yobe State on Wednesday night as a huge number of suspected Boko Haram terrorists descended on a military base there with the intention of dislodging the troops and taking over the location.

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Nigerian Army To Give N500, 000 Reward For Information on Boko Haram Suicide Bombers

Male Suicide Bomber
According to Daily Trust Newspaper, the Nigerian Army has announced a N500 thousand cash reward to anybody who provides information that brings about the arrest of would be suicide bombers.

Wednesday 7 December 2016

South-East Nigeria "Operation Python Dance" Dedicated Emergency Telephone Numbers

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday released telephone numbers for information relating to its Operation Python Dance in the South-East region.

Thursday 27 October 2016

Nigerian Army Arrest Major, Captain, Others For Sabotage, Leaking Information To Boko Haram 

The Nigerian Army is holding two officers – a major and a captain – in connection with alleged sabotage of the ongoing counter-terrorism operations in the North-East, Nigeria.

Thursday 7 January 2016

Boko Haram: United States Donates 24 Mine Resistant, Armor-Protected Vehicles To Nigerian Army

Daily Post Newspaper reports that in fulfillment of its promise to assist Nigeria fight the Boko Haram insurgency, the United States today, Thursday 7, 2016 donated 24 mine-resistant and armor-protected vehicles to the Nigerian Army.

Friday 16 October 2015

Boko Haram: Nigeria Army Court-martial Sentences Brig. General Ransome-kuti To Six Month



Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti, the son of the late human rights activist, Beko Ransome Kuti, has been sentenced to six months in prison for offenses committed during the war against Boko Haram.

Friday 21 August 2015

Nigerian Army Screens, Recalls Soldiers Dismissed For Cowardice

Many soldiers who were earlier dismissed from the Nigerian Army for refusing to fight have been recalled and are currently being screened at the Jaji military cantonment in Kaduna State, our correspondent gathered yesterday.

Thursday 28 May 2015

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army Dismiss 200 Soldiers for ‘Cowardice’

The Nigerian Army has sacked at least 200 soldiers for cowardice and failure to fight against Boko Haram militants, several soldiers have told the BBC.
Up to 4,500 other rank and file soldiers could be dismissed, they say.

A Nigerian military source confirmed the dismissals to the BBC, but would not give an exact figure.

The army was widely criticised when the Islamist group Boko Haram captured vast areas in the country's North-east last year, despite a military emergency.

Nigerian troops, with military backing from Chad, Cameroun and Niger, has now recaptured most of the areas in the North-east which the group had seized, but sporadic attacks and violence have continued.

Many of the dismissals are thought to be connected to the fall of Mubi, the second largest town in Adamawa State, one of three states worst hit by the insurgency.

Boko Haram insurgents captured the town in October after clashes with government forces.

One of the soldiers who has been dismissed, and was present at the fall of Mubi, told the BBC Hausa service that soldiers were simply following orders from their commanders, who had told them to retreat from the town because they lacked adequate weapons to take on the militants.

“We weren't given an opportunity to defend ourselves. I've spent 20 years in the service of the Nigerian Army, I've never been accused of any offence,” said the soldier, who did not want to be named.

It is expected that the soldiers who have been dismissed will not receive any extra payment or pensions because of their low rank and are not entitled to defend themselves in a military court, reported the BBC.

A military official, who did not want to be named, said that video footage taken during the fall of Mubi showed soldiers fleeing Boko Haram, providing proof of their cowardice.

Nigeria's incoming President, Muhammadu Buhari, may review the death sentences of the 66 soldiers separately convicted for refusing to fight Boko Haram, according to their lawyer.

About 1.5 million people have been displaced and hundreds more abducted since the group launched their violent uprising in 2009. More than 15,500 people have been killed in the fighting.

The group is still holding many women, girls and children captives including 219 schools girls it kidnapped from a school in Chibok in April last year.

Source:
ThisDay Newspaper

Saturday 23 May 2015

Nigerian Army “Pulls out” 34 Generals From Service

The Nigerian Army on Friday held the traditional “pull out” ceremony for 34 infantry generals who retired between 2005 and 2015.

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Nigerian Army Denies Plotting An Interim Government

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it was not aware of any plan for an interim government in the country.
This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman.

Friday 26 December 2014

Boko Haram: Nigerian Army Exonerates Commanding Officer For Petitioning President Jonathan

The Nigerian Army on Thursday distanced the Commanding Officer of the 103 Battalion, Lt. Col Anthony Wende, from a petition purportedly written to President Goodluck Jonathan, on why the counter insurgency operations in the North-East had not yielded the desired results.

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Lt. Col., 15 Others Jailed Over Chibok Girls’ Abduction

Chibok School Girls
The  Nigerian Army has sentenced three officers and 13 other soldiers to two years’ imprisonment each   over the April 14, 2014 abduction of over 200 schoolchildren from their hostel in Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.

Thursday 18 December 2014

Mutiny: Nigerian Army Sentences 54 Soldiers to Death, Five Discharged and Acquitted

In another solemn end to a General Court Martial, the Nigeria military has sentenced 54 soldiers of the Nigerian Army to death, having found them guilty of mutiny and refusal to fight Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, while five others were discharged and acquitted.

Friday 7 November 2014

Extra-Judicial Killing: Nigerian Soldiers Shoot Dead 16 People Moments After Their Arrest

Victims of Extra-Judicial Killing In Potiskum
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in Potiskum, Yobe state in the country’s northeast on Wednesday were found dead just hours later with bullet wounds.

Fallout Of Soldiers Running Away From Battle: Nigerian Govt Reviews Recruitment Process Into Armed Forces

The Federal Government has taken a decision to review the strategy for recruitment into the Nigerian Armed Forces, security sources indicated on Thursday.

Saturday 1 November 2014

Nigerian Army Retires 15 Generals

The Nigerian Army has retired 15 generals from the Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (NASEME) Auchi, Edo State, from active service.

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Reps Approve $1bn Loan For Jonathan To Fight Insurgency

Aminu Tambuwal
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the $1 billion loan requested by President Goodluck Jonathan to tackle security challenges in the country.