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    Metro See The Officer Who Broke 20 Year Old Record At Armed Forces Command College - Nairaland

    A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer, Squadron Leader Fredrick Oyenusi, on Friday won the prestigious “Tie of Merit", awarded to only distinguished student of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, who obtains a ‘B’ grade. According to reports, Squadron Leader Oyenusi’s feat...
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    Metro Shake Up As Nigerian Army Redeploys Top Generals – P.M.EXPRESS

    Major General Abba M. Dikko has been appointed the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force fighting the insurgent Boko Haram in the.... Read more via P.M.EXPRESS – https://ift.tt/2vbjfwh Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Boko Haram jihadists raid military base in Borno – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Boko Haram fighters aboard dozens of vehicles raided a base near a key city in northeast Nigeria, in their latest assault on the.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2vbkHPc Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Travellers Trapped, Many Killed’ As Boko Haram Attacks Military Formation In Borno – Sahara Reporters

    Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have launched a deadly raidon the military formation in a village in Borno State, leading to fears that scores may have been killed. A vigilante source told SaharaReporters that the insurgents rode on utility vehicles to the military base and police station in...
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    Metro Photos from the mass burial of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram – Linda Ikeji’s Blog

    A mass burial has been held for soldiers killed in the recent Boko Haram ambush in Yobe and Borno State. They were buried amidst tears in the presence of their senior colleagues and loved ones.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Ljjq3i Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro Military says troops kill scores of Boko Haram – – The Sun News

    “Troops of 233 Battalion deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have killed scores of Boko Haram insurgents while countering an ambush staged by elements of Boko Haram insurgents…” The military has said troops in the counter-insurgency operation … Read more via – The Sun News –...
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    Metro Reign Of Terror: The Untold Story Of Boko Haram's Deadly Attacks On Nigerian Soldiers In Borno, Yobe - Tori.ng

    PREMIUM TIMES has obtained exclusive details of how insurgents ambushed a detachment of Nigerian troops and hours after overran a fortified military base, inflicting maximum damage. In an assault that has now created fresh complications for the military operation in war-ravaged North-east...
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    Metro Nigerian Military Begins Enrollment in IPPIS July – Thisdaylive

    The enrolment of the Nigerian Army in the central pay system, Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) scheme begins on July 30. The federal government said it has concluded arrangements to begin the enrolment of all military personnel. The Accountant-General of the...
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    Metro Army unmasks new deadly Islamic sect, Hakika – The Sun News

    The Nigerian Army has alerted of the emergence of another deadly Islamic sect known as “Hakika Islamic.” The army said the group has strange doctrines similar to that of Boko Haram. The sect, according to the army, is headed by one Yahaya Ibrahim and … Read more via The Sun News –...
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    Metro Troops rescue girl abandoned by Boko Haram – Army – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    Troops in Borno have rescued a “female child” abandoned by Boko Haram terrorists, who fled on sighting them, army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu has said. According to a statement issued by Chukwu, the troops on a “clearance operation” also recovered three … Read more via The Guardian...
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    Metro Over 35,000 IDPs return to communities in Borno North – Buratai – Premium Times Nigeria

    Over 35,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) returned to their ancestral homes from various camps in Borno North in the last two weeks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN quoted the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, as giving the figure of returnees in … Read more via...
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    Metro 'We Will Arrest Leadership Of Miyetti Allah If…' — Military - Vanguard News

    Acting Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. John Agim, has stated that the military will arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah and their sponsors if ongoing investigations by the military established that they had a hand in the bloodbath in Benue State READ MORE HERE
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    Politics Quran is against fake news – El Rufai backs it up with quotes – Naija.ng News

    Governor El Rufai of Kaduna state has declared that the holy Quran is against fake news. The governor disclosed this on his.... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2Ktlrtm Get More Nigeria Political News
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    Metro Suspected Fulani Herdsmen kill young soldier in Benue; chop off his p*nis. – YabaLeftOnline

    A young Nigerian soldier, who hails from Enugu State has reportedly been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State. According to the late militant’s friends, the assailant chopped off his penis after killing him... Read more via YabaLeftOnline – https://ift.tt/2KyMlzj Get More...
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    Metro Buratai cautions Nigerians against celebrating insecurity on social media – Topix News

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Friday pleaded with Nigerians to desist from celebrating insecurity by helping terrorists and criminal elements in spreading their propaganda on.... Read more via Topix News – https://ift.tt/2IGAvOK Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    Metro External forces likely involved in Plateau killings – Army – The Sun News

    Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai said some external forces may be behind the recent violence on the Plateau and in some North-Central States to destabilise the country. “We’re not ruling out the possibility of external forces destabilising the country,” Buratai declared at a press...
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    Metro Herdsmen hack two soldiers to death in Benue, remove private parts – Daily Post Nigeria

    Report reaching DAILY POST from Benue State has it that two Nigerian soldiers were killed and two others injured in an ambush by suspected militants in Benue State. It was gathered that the attack, on Tuesday, happened as soldiers were travelling between Branch Umenger and Bakin-Korta, Mbadwem...
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    Metro 19-Year-Old Fulani Boy Killed By Soldier’s Stray Bullet In Akure – Sahara Reporters News

    The street journal Usman Saliu, a Fulani boy, has been killed by a stray bullet from a soldier in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The 19-year-old was returning from his school, Ajowa Community Primary School, when he fell to the bullets … ead more via...
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    Metro Tension as soldier reportedly kills 13-year-old schoolboy in Ondo state – Naija.ng News

    The assistant director, army public relations, Major Ojo Adelegan, says a Fulani community in Ondo attacked a team of soldiers on a peace mission – The killing of a 13 year old boy in the community is said … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 –...
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    Metro Two female bombers die in Borno military market blasts – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The Borno State Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu, yesterday said two female suicide bombers died while attempting to infiltrate the military Mammy Market of 333 Artillery on Wednesday night in Maiduguri..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...
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