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Amnesty International (AI) has said hundreds of children who escaped from Boko Haram captivity are being detained in military barracks and tortured. This was said in a report titled, ‘We dried our tears’ on Wednesday. The report said the children are kept in overcrowded cells without access to food, water, …
May, 2020
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19 May
Senate Commends Buhari Over Military Action Against Banditry
The Senate on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his recent directive to launch a military offensive against bandits in Katsina State. Read Also: CBN, NNPC To Fund Feeding, Accommodation Of Evacuees, Says FG The commendation came against the backdrop of a motion considered on the floor on the need to …
April, 2020
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14 April
We Didn’t Kill Civilians In Borno Airstrike – Military
The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) has said reports that it killed civilians in an airstrike at Shokotoko village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State on Thursday are false. Read Also: PHOTOS: Police Arrest 150 Persons Terrorising Ogun Communities It insisted that “credible intelligence reports” confirmed that target location …
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10 April
Stop Painting Us As Bad, Brutal In Comedy, Drama Skits – Army
The Nigerian Army has urged Nigerians to stop producing drama skits and video clips that cast the military and the security forces in bad light. Read Also: 600 People Die After Drinking Alcohol To Prevent COVID-19 The Army made the appeal in a statement by the Acting Director of Army Public …
March, 2020
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23 March
Two Senior Military Officers Die Of COVID-19
A second senior military officer in Egypt has died of the new coronavirus, state television reported Monday, as the officially declared death toll stood at 14 from 327 cases recorded nationwide. Read Also: Pictures: Italy’s COVID-19 Patients Say Goodbye To Family Members Before Dying Major General Shafee Dawood, head of major …
February, 2020
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19 February
Recruit 50,000 Borno Men To Fight Boko Haram, Zulum Tells Military
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has urged the military to recruit more than 50,000 men in the state for the war against Boko Haram. Read Also: Angry Boko Haram Massacred 31 People In Auno After We Escaped Ambush – CAN He said this on Wednesday when some members of the …
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13 February
Your Strategies Used In Fighting Boko Haram Not Working, Zulum Tells Military
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno State, has urged the Nigerian Armed Forces to change strategies in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram. Read Also: Travellers’ Massacre: Boko Haram Threw Baby Into Fire To Abduct Mother – Borno Lawmaker The governor made the call when President Muhammadu Buhari paid a sympathy visit …
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11 February
Nigerians Never Agreed To Details Of Military-drafted 1999 Constitution – Oyebode
Akin Oyebode, a Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, has criticised the country’s 1999 constitution (as amended), saying it is a creation of the military which lacked the majority input of Nigerians. Read Also: Sowore’s Trial Resumes February 12 Oyebode said this in an interview on Tuesday in reaction to the …
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11 February
Military Releases 1,400 Rehabilitated Boko Haram Members
The military has released 1,400 repentant Boko Haram members, the Borno State Government has said. Read Also: E-X-P-O-S-E-D: Inside SARS ‘Dark Room’ Where Suspects Are Beaten, Electrocuted Babakura Jato, the state Commissioner for Information, said the repentant terrorists were released in three tranches under the Operation Safe Corridor programme, which was …
January, 2020
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29 January
Insecurity: Senate Passes Vote Of No Confidence On Military, Police, Others
The Senate on Wednesday, passed a vote of no-confidence on the military, police and other security outfits in the country, following the spate of attacks and killings. Read Also: VIDEO: Fire Guts Shopping Mall At Balogun Market Boko Haram, Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP), as well as suspected Fulani …