Tag: NIGERIAN ARMY
Army should be probed over Lekki shooting – Fashola, others
South-west ministers on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to probe the role of the Nigerian Army in the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at...
Tension rises as army intensifies siege in Oyigbo
Residents of Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State say they are living in fear after the Nigerian Army intensified siege in the area.
Governor Nyesom...
Lekki shooting: Why we can’t reveal soldiers deployed in toll gate...
Acting deputy spokesperson of the Nigerian Army and spokesperson of 81 Division Maj. Osoba Olaniyi says the military will not disclose the number of...
Pregnant woman, 5 others killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno
Boko Haram fighters have killed a pregnant woman and five others in an attack in Damboa, Borno State.
The civilian joint task force in the...
#EndSARS: Lagos government invited military to restore order – Army
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Lagos has said that its troops were invited to enforce the curfew imposed on the state by...
#EndSARS: Army will retaliate quickly to threat to life of security...
Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai has directed that any act of arson or attempt to kill or maim any military or security personnel...
Army denies shooting #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate
The Nigerian Army has denied reports that soldiers shot unarmed #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses had said masked men...
Army begins ‘Crocodile Smile’ amid #EndSARS protest
The Nigerian Army says it will on Tuesday kick off its annual exercise tagged “Crocodile Smile” to identify, track and “counter negative propaganda” on the internet.
Army...
#EndSARS: Army threatens to deal with ‘trouble makers’
The Nigerian Army has reacted to the #EndSARS protest, saying it is “highly” committed to the sustenance of peace and security.
Acting spokesman of the...
Nigerian Army colonel killed by Boko Haram buried
The remains of the late Nigerian Army Col. Dahiru Bako who was killed in an ambush by Boko Haram fighters in Borno State have...