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    Where Are the Ballot Boxes

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Men of the Nigerian Army deployed on security duties in today’s presidential/national assembly elections seem determined to carry out to the letter, the order of the Commander-In-Chief, President Mohammad Buhari to deal ruthlessly with ballot box snatchers.  In Edo State, all the highways […] More

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    Let’s Give Buhari Time to Plan

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By CHINAZO-BERTRAND OKEOMAH Nigerians are a very impatient lot. We act like the proverbial tortoise cast into a pit for some time. But one day his captors came to release him; whereupon he began to cry, asking them to make haste because he […] More

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    Nigerians Discredit Amnesty’s Report

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Since Amnesty International accused the Nigerian Army of crimes against humanity and the subsequent submission of its finding to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, the issue has continued to generate controversies among Nigerians. The latest is coming from a group […] More

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    Curfew: Nigerian Army Revokes Individual Passes in Borno

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has announced that all curfew passes issued to individuals in Borno State have been revoked. Tukur Gusau, spokesman of the division, stated this on Wednesday in a statement issued in the state capital. Gusau […] More

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    Buhari Clears The Air On Certificate

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has decided to clear the air on the controversies surrounding his certificate. Buhari addressed a press conference on Wednesday barely 24 hours after a spokesman of the Nigeria Army said the certificate in […] More

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    150, Not 2000 People Killed in Baga – Nigerian Army

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian military on Monday refuted claims that over 2000 people were killed in Baga, Borno State by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram insurgency group. Chris Olukolade, Major general and Director of Defence Information addressing a press conference on […] More

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    NGE Berates Army over NewspaperSeizure

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE has criticized the Nigerian Army for seizing copies of some national newspapers on Friday. The NGE stated this in a statement issued on Friday. The NGE decried what it described as a random, forceful seizure of PUNCH, […] More

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    Nigerian Army Set To Recruit Volunteers

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Nigerian Army on Wednesday disclosed that it had commenced recruitment of qualified able men into the service to help strengthen it in the ongoing war against insurgence. This was disclosed at a news conference in Abuja by the Director of Army Public […] More

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    Army Denies Mutiny, Sets Up Inquiry

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Chris Olukolade, Major General and spokesman for the Nigerian Army has debunked claims of a mutiny by some officers of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army. Olukolade said,“The fact of the matter is that troops on patrol around Chibok were ambushed by […] More