The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Tukur Buratai was honoured as the Most Outstanding Chief of Army Staff on 25th of February 2020 by Society Watch Magazine at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja. The award was presented to the COAS in recognition of his effective leadership in the containment of banditry, terrorism […]
Read MoreTroops of the Nigerian army have continued to make gains against remnants of the dreaded Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents in the Northeast of Nigeria and other parts of the country leading to the surrender of several terrorists and the rescue of civilian captives held by the insurgents. In a statement obtained by Africanews64, Media Coordinator of […]
Read MoreSome residents of Borno state booed President Muhammadu Buhari as his convoy made its way into Maiduguri on Wednesday. Buhari, who had been in Ethiopia since Friday for the African Union summit, headed straight to Borno to condole with the people over the latest Boko Haram attack. On Sunday, about 30 people were killed in an attack at […]
Read MoreChief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) to continue their onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents until they are completely subdued. Buratai gave the charge while addressing troops of 156 Task Force Battalion deployed to Mainok village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno on Monday. He commended the troops for the recent […]
Read MoreA funeral ceremony for protesters killed during clashes at recent anti-government demonstrations in Guinea was held Friday. The victims were the latest of crackdown on anti-government protesters by law enforcement officials. “I am always saddened to find myself here at the morgue to see these bodies carried, those of young people who are cowardly murdered […]
Read MoreNations around Africa’s Sahel region have been called upon to synergize and build military cooperation in other to defeat the emerging threats of terrorism and extremism in the region. This was the call when the Egypt’s Ambassador to Nigeria Assem Hanafi Elseify paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur […]
Read MoreBy Adakole IJOGI The 15th day of January in Nigeria is NOT only our Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a day the nation commemorates our fallen military heroes but a day that exudes far much more significance in the contextual tapestry of our nation’s history. On this day 15th January, entrapped by tearful memory, I recall […]
Read MoreA catastrophic earthquake on 12 January, 2010, crushed much of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in one of the worst natural disasters ever to strike a populous urban centre. Ten years later, the Caribbean nation is on the brink of another, very different, crisis. Nearly four million people are facing severe hunger. Many are among the tens of thousands still displaced […]
Read MoreThe gods you may say are not smiling as a native doctor has reportedly impregnated a pastor’s wife in Onitsha. The native doctor in question is an indigene of Osha in Onitsha area and he is popularly known as Ebeano-Dike. He is well patronized by businessmen and other people alike but what we didn’t know […]
Read MoreGRAPHIC IMAGES: Newly inducted MRAP vehicles prove potent as Nigerian Army troops defeat Boko Haram attacks, capture arms and free captives in the Northeast. In yet another case of misadventure, on 2 January, 2020, some criminal Boko Haram insurgents attempted once again to infiltrate the serene town of Michika in Adamawa State in order to […]
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