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    Politics FG Counters Senator Abaribe, Says ‘He Must Produce Nnamdi Kanu In Court'

    The Federal Government has replied to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe’s application seeking to withdraw as one of the sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, describing the application as belated. The government, in its counter-affidavit and written address...
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    Metro PHOTOS: Rivers' School Children Jump Fence To Escape Alleged Vaccination

    Here are trending pictures of some children in Rivers state running away from school over alleged vaccination by some uniform in the state. The Rivers state government has said that it did not authorise the Nigeria Army or indeed any other body or person to enter into school premises to...
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    Politics Senator Abaribe Asks Court To Drop Him As Nnamdi Kanu's Surety

    The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinaya Abaribe, has applied to the court to be discharged from the suretyship, bond and recognizance of the bail of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In an application filed against the Federal...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Finally Ends Operation Python Dance In South East

    The Nigerian Army has declared that it has ended it’s operation in the Southeast. General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Adamu Baba Abubakar, speaking on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff. Lieutenant General TY Buratai formally declare the end of Exercise...
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    Metro Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Reacts To ‘Recovery Of Weapons’ In IPOB Leader’s Home

    The family of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has dismissed claims by Abia Commissioner of Police, Anthony Ogbizi that police recovered lethal weapons when, in a joint exercise with the Army, raided their compound at Afara Ukwu on October 8. Kanu’s family...
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    Metro Monkeypox: Nigerian Army Breaks Silence On Allegations Against Medical Outreach

    Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has urged Nigerians to disregard allegations about the spread of Monkeypox through military medical outreach. Director of Defence Information, Major General John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday explained that the medical exercise in the South East was a...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Flags Off Operation Crocodile Smile In Lagos

    The Nigerian Army has assembled it’s men in Lagos for the flag off of Exercise Crocodile Smile II. Over 1000 military personnel, including the Special Boat Services of the Nigerian Navy are presently in Tarkwa Bay area of Lagos for the flag off. Already, artillery gun shots have been ringing...
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    Metro VIDEO: How Army Left Nnamdi Kanu’s House After Invasion

    A video showing what transpired at the house of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB , Nnamdi Kanu has emerged online. In the video troops of Operation Python Dance and some police officers reportedly ransacked the home of the IPOB leader in Afaraukwu. The desk officer in charge of...
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    Metro Soldiers Storm Niger Delta For Operation Crocodile Smile II

    Nigerian Army on Saturday announced the deployment of troops for the commencement of Operation Crocodile Smile II in the six Niger Delta states. Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said this on Saturday while addressing troops. He...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Storms Nnamdi Kanu's Home Again, Searches For Arms

    Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (PIOB Leader), Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that soldiers have again invaded their Afaraukwu Umuahia family home and carted away some household items. Prince Kanu said that the invasion by the soldiers took...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Hands Over 760 Cleared Boko Haram Suspects To Borno Govt

    The Nigerian Army has handed over 760 Boko Haram suspects arrested by soldiers during a crackdown on insurgents in North-East Nigeria to the Borno State Government for rehabilitation and reintegration. They were cleared of suspicion after being interrogated by the Joint Intelligence Centre of...
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    Metro Court Orders Nigerian Army To Pay N85.5 Million For Killing Civilian

    The Nigerian Army has been ordered by the Federal High Court in Lagos to pay N85.5 million for the assault and killing of one Olajide Enilari, a flour merchant. The verdict came eight years after the deceased died from a brutal assault by soldiers in 2009. A human rights campaign organization...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Gives Update on Nnmadi Kanu

    The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, has maintained that family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu knows where Kanu is hiding. Usman urged Nigerians to ask the younger brother and lawyer to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor of Kanu’s...
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    Metro UNIMAID Lecturers Abducted By Boko Haram Have Spent Over Two Months In Captivity

    Four lecturers of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, who were abducted by Boko Haram in the Magumeri area of Borno State during an oil exploration have spent over 2 months in captivity. The lecturers were abducted on Tuesday, July 25 The Defence Headquarters in Abuja has however said...
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    Metro Nigerian Army To Launch Operation Crocodile Smile In Ogun State

    The Brigade Commander, 35 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Alamara, Abeokuta, Basil Adoke, has said ‘Operation Crocodile Smiles’ will be launched soon in Ogun State. Adoke made this known at the Government House in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, in his remarks during the cutting of the 57th...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Set To Launch Operation Python Dance III In The South East

    Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division , Colonel Sagir Musa, has revealed that Operation Python Dance II will continue next year as Operation Python Dance III. While addressing newsmen, he maintained that no resistance against the exercise will succeed since it is a regular...
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    Metro Biafra: Army Denies Killing Anyone In The South East, Challenges Accusers To Present Evidence

    The Nigerian army has stated that there is no evidence that people were killed in the Southeast during the Operation Python Dance II. Speaking with newsmen, it said reports that its personnel murdered members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were just hearsays. According to him...
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    Metro Nnamdi Kanu Not In Our Custody – Army Sources

    Authoritative sources from the Nigerian Army have told The PUNCH that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not in military custody. The sources, from the army headquarters, Abuja, and the 82 Division headquarters, Enugu State, which coordinates Operation Python Dance...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Kills 2 Boko Haram Terrorists in Borno

    The Nigerian Army says it has killed two Boko Haram terrorists in an ambush in Borno State, Northeast of the country. A statement from the army says the Ambush happened at Feri-Feri and Tashan Goto axis in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State Two terrorists were killed while troops also...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Declares Victory Over IPOB

    The Nigerian Army on Friday claimed victory in its skirmish with secession agitators across the South-east. The announcement followed the conclusion of a one-day tour of the region by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, who inspected ongoing operations and participated in a military medical...
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