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    Politics Service Chiefs Tell Buhari: We Will Remain Loyal To You

    Yesterday at the situation room, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo met with the service chiefs in the country. They pledged “total commitment and loyalty” to President Muhammadu Buhari led administration. Buhari has been in the United Kingdom on extended medical vacation since January 19. Mansur...
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    Metro What We Experienced With Yahya Jammeh In Gambia – Returned Nigerian Troops

    Nigerian troops that just returned from The Gambia, where they have gone on a peace-mission to mediate in the impasse in the small West African nation have recounted their experience, Nigerian Bulletin gathered. The Nigerian troops left the nation's military base for Gambia owing to former...
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    Metro Soldier Beats Motorcyclist To Death After Hitting His Bike

    A power - drunk soldier, identified simply as Sergeant Taiwo , has brought sorrow into the family of a 25- year -old commercial motorcyclist, Abu Alhaji, whom he allegedly beat to death. Taiwo, aka Sir T, lives in Myyong Army Barracks , Yaba , and is reportedly in detention in the barracks...
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    Metro Boko Haram Members Attack Military Escort, Kill 8

    Boko Haram terrorists, Saturday, ambushed troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole escorting commercial vehicles from Maiduguri to Damboa around Bulabulin area in Borno State. Daily Post reports that the insurgents killed 8 civilians in the process. The attack also saw two soldiers reportedly...
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    Metro What I Saw In Sambisa Forest – Nigerian Soldier-Pilot Reveals

    Olusola Adeniyi, a Squadron Leader (Major) was the first pilot to land in Sambisa Forest after the takeover by the military last December, an investigative report by The Nation reveals. According to Adeniyi, who admitted the sight wasn't pretty, “Landing in Sambisa Forest shortly after the fall...
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    Metro Why We Will Not Reveal Whereabouts Of Other Chibokgirls – Nigerian Military

    The Nigerian military has vowed not to reveal the whereabouts of the remaining Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram members. Acting Director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters, Abuja Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar gave the military’s position on Thursday. Brig.-Gen. Abubarkar, who spoke...
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    Politics No Time To Go To School During My Military Days - Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, said there was no time for officers to further their education during his days in the military. He said military men were only preoccupied with war, coups and counter-coups at the time. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and...
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    Metro Military Lied, Chibok is Still Under Boko Haram Control - Chairman

    The Caretaker Chairman of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno state, Mr. Yaga Yarkawa, has lamented the renewed attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in the local government, insisting that with the recent attacks on Thlaimaklama village which has displaced many people from their homes, Chibok has...
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    Metro Nigerian Military Denies Being Unhappy Over Release of Chibok Girls

    Defence Headquarters has debunked reports that the military was furious that it was not involved in the release of 21 Chibok girls by the Boko Haram sect. The DHQ had denied being part of the rescue mission. A statement on Saturday by spokesman, Brig-Gen Rabe Abubakar, noted that the...
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    Metro Nigerian Military ‘Unhappy’ Over Release of 5 Boko Haram Commanders

    Strong indications have emerged that troops and security personnel involved in the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign against Boko Haram are unhappy with the release of five top Boko Haram commanders. The commanders were said to have been released in exchange for the 21 of the Chibok...
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    Metro We Are Not Aware of Chibok Girls' Release – Nigerian Military

    Nigerian military says it is not aware of the twenty one Chibok school girls released by the Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday. The Defence Headquarters said it is conducting “serious operations to rescue the girls and other Nigerians in Boko Haram captivity.” This was contained in a news...
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    Politics Military Responsible for Economic Recession – Ex-APC Chairman, Akande

    A former Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande, says the current economic recession ravaging the country was due to military incursion into politics and governance. Speaking in Otan Ayegbaju, Osun State during the inauguration of a block of 10 classrooms...
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    Metro Nigerian Military Invades Militants Hideout In Lagos, Ogun Creeks, Scores Dead

    The Nigerian military yesterday invaded suspected militants hideouts in Arepo and other coastal communities in Ogun State and some part of Lagos State. The joint military operation which lasted for more than one hour reportedly left scores of militants dead. A source said the military attacked...
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    Metro Trouble in Kaduna As Policemen Arrest Soldier For Smoking Indian Hemp [See Photos]

    Men of the Nigeria Police have arrested a soldier for smoking Indian hemp in Kurmin Mashi area of Kaduna State. According to Dailypost, the soldier was trailed to the area by men of Operation Yaki who arrested him while smoking the substance Sunday afternoon. According to source, the police...
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    Metro Nigeria: Massive Reshuffle at the Military as DHQ Retires 464 Officers

    The Defence Headquarters is set to retire no fewer than 464 members of the Nigerian Armed Forces who have put in the mandatory 35 years of service, next month. The retiring personnel comprising 449 from the Nigerian Army, two from the Nigerian Navy and 13 from the Nigerian Air Force, will be...
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    Metro Nigerian Army, Navy, Air Force Owe DISCO N600m Electricity Bill

    The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (DISCO) has revealed that military formations within its license area are indebted to the company to the tune of N600 million. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News...
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    Metro Nigerian Military Foils Attack On Agip Pipeline, Arrests 19 Vandals

    The joint military force deployed to protect oil installations in the Niger Delta, says that it has thwarted an attack on Agip’s oilfield and arrested 19 suspected vandals in several operations in May and June 2016. A statement issued by the spokesman of the force, Col. Isa Ado says troops...
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    Metro Tompolo Flees to Libya [Vanguard]

    Former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has fled to Libya, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, alleged on Monday. The group, which threatened, last week, to test six missiles in the Niger Delta states, beginning from tomorrow (Tuesday), said: “The Military can’t...
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    Metro Nigerian Military Declares War on Avengers, Deploys Fighter Jets to Region

    Military planes have been sighted in some the communities in Southern Ijaw where most of the attacks on pipelines and killing of soldiers occurred recently. The sudden presence of fighter jets and surveillance aircrafts which hovered in some coastal communities in search of hideouts of the...
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    Metro Nigerian Army Arrests 10 N/Delta Avenger Members

    The Nigerian Army said it arrested 10 suspected militants and pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region, on Sunday. Commander, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, Farouk Yahaya, while addressing journalists disclosed that the suspects were arrested during a cordon and search exercise...
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