A reporter’s account of how political thugs, soldiers and vote buyers had a field day during an election It was early morning on March 9, the day Nigeria held the governorship and State House of Assembly elections. I had visited one of the polling units, Units 020/021, in Agbado, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun…
Killing of Soldiers: Residents Flee Abonnema
Port Harcourt Residents of Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku Toru local government area of Rivers State have been leaving the town in droves following the alleged killing of three soldiers by people suspected to be cultists.A source in the community said the soldiers were killed when they raided the site of an illegal local petroleum refinery…
Soldiers Take over Capital Oil, Load Drums with Fuel
Some officials of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, took over the Ojodu Berger outlet of Capital Oil filling station, buying petroleum products in drums, after scaring away thousands of other consumers who had duly queued. The armed personnel came first under the guise of helping to maintain peace and orderliness at the filling station, but…
Burundi Coup: Rival Soldiers Battle For Supremacy
Rival groups of soldiers in Burundi are battling for control of the capital Bujumbura amid confusion over the success of an attempted coup. There is heavy fighting at the state radio building, where broadcasts have been going on and off air. Witnesses say soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza controlled key areas, including the airport,…
Polls: Mixed Feelings Trail Deployment of Soldiers
The deployment of soldiers ahead of Saturday’s Presidential election is sparking mixed reactions among residents in Lagos and Ogun state. While some residents see the deployment as a welcome development, others are lamenting that the roadblocks mounted by the soldiers on major roads have resulted to traffic gridlock, adding that their presence is intimidating. TELL,…
UN to Plead for 54 Convicted soldiers
The United Nations has disclosed plans to take appropriate action over the imminent execution of 54 soldiers sentenced to death by the Nigerian Army. In a letter to the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions, stated that the UN is considering appropriate action, including…
Death Sentence On 54 soldiers Genocidal — Falana
Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described as “genocidal” the recent sentencing of 54 soldiers to death by an army court martial. While strongly condemning the death sentence, Falana said the convicted soldiers, the second set to be condemned to death, had been sent on a suicide mission by army authorities ill-equipped and poorly…
Ebola: 850 Returning Nigerian Soldiers to be Quarantined
Not less than 850 Nigerian soldiers who are on peacekeeping mission in Liberia would be quarantined for 28 days when they return to the country in March 2015. The two battalions of the Nigerian Army presently in Liberia were formerly scheduled to return to the country in January but latest developments led to their arrival…
Mutiny: Military Court sentence twelve soldiers to death
A military court sitting in Abuja on Monday found 13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for mutiny and other offences guilty, sentencing 12 to death, 5 were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one was jailed for 28 days with hard labour. The soldiers had on May 14, 2014 fired shots at the…
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