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Troops nab 25 bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto

Soldiers allegedly beat policeman to death in Rivers

Olusegun Kugbayi

August 24, 2020

A police inspector, identified as Hosea Yakubu, has been reportedly beaten to death by soldiers at Eleme Petrochemical gate, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Yakubu was said to have incurred the wrath of the soldiers when ...

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Nigerian soldiers eliminate 70 bandits in Kachia forest

Soldier kills senior Army Officer in Borno

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

July 30, 2020

A soldier suspected to be suffering from depression on Wednesday night opened fire on a Senior Army Officer, killing him on the spot. The incident happened in Borno but the identity of the deceased was ...

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No need passing blames over COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria, Babangida tells FG, States

Only a stupid soldier will think of coup in this ...

funshowilliams

January 14, 2020

Former military president, Ibrahim Babaginda, says only a stupid soldier will think of coup, explaining that the era of such is over. In an interview with Channels Television, he said a lot has been done ...

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Nigerian Army dismisses soldier who killed motorcyclist over N100 bribe

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

August 21, 2019

The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has dismissed Lance Cpl. Ajayi Johnson, who killed a commercial motorcyclist, Mr Chimaobi Nwogu, at Umoukereke Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia. The Deputy Director, Public ...

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Police arrest 36 suspects for armed robbery, kidnapping in Adamawa

Police arrest soldier, 19 others for armed robbery in Gombe

Olusegun Kugbayi

November 30, 2018

The Gombe State Police Command said it had arrested a soldier attached to 301 Artillery Regiment Gombe for allegedly armed robbery and 19 others for various offences. Mr Muhammad Mukaddas, the State Commissioner of Police, ...

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Gunmen in Army uniform invade Sokoto, kill DPO, inspector

Gunmen kill soldier, abduct 21-year old girl in Jos

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

October 11, 2018

Unidentified gunmen killed one Abdullahi S., a soldier attached to the Operation Safe Haven, a military Tasksforce maintaining peace in Plateau. DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Plateau Police Command ...

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Charly Boy advises Nigerian celebrities on humility

Charly Boy denies planning soldier’s arrest

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

October 4, 2018

Nigerian singer and activist, Charly Boy has reacted to the claims made by a Nigerian soldier who revealed that he was responsible for his arrest, which lasted 36 days. In a chat with Punch, Charly ...

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Soldier kills colleague, shoots self dead, injures four others in ...

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

September 21, 2018

Tragedy struck at the 192 Battalion in the Gwoza area of Borno State on Wednesday as two staff sergeants of the Nigerian Army, identified as Adegor Okpako and Saka were killed while four others sustained ...

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Policeman, lecturer, soldier, 97 other Nigerians abscond during pilgrimage in ...

Oluwadamilare Emmanuel

July 10, 2018

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Tor Uja, has said 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017 pilgrimage to Israel. Uja, who made this known while receiving security report of the ...

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