Tag: Operation Lafiya Dole
Buhari and the new service chiefs
Reuben Abati
Many Nigerians were understandably shocked, surprised, if not alarmed last week, when they suddenly heard the news that the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu...
Army redeploys 1,546 officers, 210 generals, others
The Nigerian Army yesterday announced that redeployment of senior military officers to beef up the various security operations undertaken by the armed forces.
A statement...
Inside Nigeria’s killing fields
Reuben Abati
On Saturday, November 28, about 43 farmers who had gone to their farms during the current harvest season were attacked by Boko Haram...
Army launches locally-fabricated mine-resistant vehicles
The Nigerian Army has introduced locally fabricated Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPV) into the ongoing war against Boko Haram in the Northeast.
The vehicles,...
FG lifts suspension on two humanitarian agencies in northeast
The federal government yesterday temporarily lifted the suspension placed on two international humanitarian organisations Action Against Hunger and Mercy Corps, operating in the northeast....
Army blacklists Action Against Hunger for aiding Boko Haram terrorists
The Nigerian Army has blacklisted a non-governmental organization,
Action Against Hunger (AAH) for allegedly aiding the Boko Haram terrorist
group.
Spokesman for the theatre command of...
NYT report: Boko Haram is back. With better drones
.Ten-year-old
Abdul stood on a dirt road in a village tucked between millet fields and pulled
up his shirt. A fresh scar stretched lengthwise down his...
Insurgency war: Army takes delivery of consignment of weapons
The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of a consignment of modern
weapons and ammunition to boost its counter-insurgency war and other internal
security operations in the...
Two soldiers dead, five injured in Baga battle
Spokesman for the Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, has
said that two soldiers of the Special Forces of the Nigerian military lost
their lives while...
CSOs request Buratai to provide details of military expenditure
Three civil society organisations have sent a joint freedom of information request to the chief of army staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, requesting...