Tag: Nigerian Army

The WFP earlier said four people including its driver were killed in the ambush.

The arrest is about the largest by the soldiers fighting Boko Haram.

The general advised the insurgents to surrender.

A new Theatre Commander has been appointed.

The terrorists had stormed the village with sophisticated weapons.

Mr. Ukoha was wrongfully dismissed alongside 38 other officers in June 2016.

The captured leader is undergoing interrogation.

Two women and a teenager also sustained gunshot injuries in the attack.

The Senate also cautioned the Army authorities against arbitrary disengagement of officers. 

President Buhari has equally approved the setting up of an intelligence fusion centre in Maiduguri.

The directive is part of the army's new language policy.

The same report had last week won the overall prize in Norbert Zongo Investigative Journalism Awards.

The suspects arrested include seven men, two ladies.

The corporal was in a military team attached to an oil installation owned by Shell and BP‎.

Those promoted include 45 brigadier generals who were promoted to major generals.

“The Nigerian Army did not at any time arrest or take Kanu into its custody.”

The army also said a kidnapped cleric was freed.

All officers around the brigade have been warned to be on the alert.

The district head’s house was also burnt by the attackers.

''When you bring the weapons, it will be noted and something 'good' will follow.”

Boko Haram members stormed Gulak in Adamawa on Monday.

“We are already taking other steps to ensure that El-Zakzaky is released.”

“We slept on mountains and other hideouts,” a resident of the attacked village said.

“More soldiers have been swiftly deployed to Gulak and other areas to repel the attack.”

The soldiers in October complained that they had not been paid due allowances from August.