Tag: soldiers
OYIGBO: WIKE KEEPS HIS PROMISE; DONATES N200m TO 10 FAMILIES OF SLAIN SECURITY AGENTS
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has redeemed his pledge of N20 Million to each family of the ten security personnel killed by members of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) in Oyigbo Local Government. Governor Wike had on Wednesday last week during a condolence visit to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, ...Busted! Army arrests soldiers who threatened to sexually assault Warri women
The Nigerian Army has arrested two soldiers shown in an online video threatening the people of Warri. The soldiers in military uniform threatened to sexually abuse women in Warri in retaliation for the alleged killing of their colleague by youths of Warri in Delta State. The Delta State Government has commended Nigerian Army high command ...Expose, prosecute soldiers who killed policemen in Taraba – Group tells Buhari
The Centre for Change Initiative has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to commence prosecution of soldiers involved in the alleged killing of three policemen and a civilian. The President of the group, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, made the call in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. She said that the soldiers should be prosecuted ...Militants kill 3 soldiers in Rivers community, residents flee
Residents of Abonema in Rivers State are fleeing their homes, according to a trending video which showed some residents leaving the community with their bags and personal effects. The video showed scores of young and old marching hotfoot out of the community in fear of reprisal attack by soldiers. A voice in the video said ...Military calls soldiers who shot at Maiduguri airport ‘unscrupulous’
Nigeria’s military authorities have confirmed the protests and indiscriminate shootings at Maiduguri International Airport by some soldiers deployed to Marte Local Government Area of Borno State to fight Boko Haram terrorists. It attributed the riotous act to misunderstanding of the situation by the “a few unscrupulous troops”. Some soldiers had protested the deployment complaining that ...Terror attacks: FG to deploy 1,000 military personnel to Zamfara
The Federal Government on Sunday said it had assembled a strong military force comprising 1,000 personnel, to tackle the terrorists killing people and destroying communities in Zamfara. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known in a statement in Abuja. He said that personnel in the squad ...
