Ogun Senator Demands For Probe Of Soldiers, Herdsmen

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Odebiyi Calls For Probing Following Attack On Farmers Under Constituency Soldiers, Herdmen  beat up farmers in some communities in Yewa land Nation Assembly Senator of Ogun West Senatorial District, Tolu Odebiyi, has asked the Federal Government, military, and the police authorities to probe the alleged harassment of his constituents by soldiers and Fulani herdsmen. This … Read more

Mob Lynches Soldier To Death For Killing Civilian

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Three other residents are receiving treatment at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri. Soldier’s corpse has been transferred to a morgue Some rampaging residents in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, has lynched an officer of the Nigerian Army to death for killing a resident during verbal confrontation. Ekohotblog reports that the development was sequel to an event … Read more

Roadside Bomb Kills Four Soldiers In Niger

Jihadist Attack Soldiers through bomb in Niger by roadside Four soldiers lost their lives and eight others seriously injured by a roadside bomb in southeastern Niger, a region hit by jihadist attacks. The defence ministry said the troops were pursuing “terrorists” on Monday following an attack the previous day on a military position in Chetima … Read more

Seven Soldiers Die In Fresh Attack

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Seven soldiers have lost their lives after their patrol was ambushed in northern Burkina Faso, the centre of a five-year-old jihadist insurgency. The security source which said this on Thursday added that other operatives were wounded, while some went missing. The troops were attacked on Wednesday between Tin Akoff and Beldiabe in Oudalan province, which … Read more

Palliative Store: Soldiers Urge Mobs To Loot Peacefully (Video)

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A video on social media has shown soldiers monitoring mobs while carrying items at the palliative store in Kwara State. An operative of the Nigerian Army in the video could be heard urging the individuals to “run peacefully.” The soldier also advised the people involved not to injure themselves or anyone else, while others were … Read more

Soldier Who Begged Colleagues Not To Shoot #EndSARS Protesters Held Incommunicado In New Battalion

The Nigerian Army has transferred a soldier, Lance Corporal Harrison Friday, who appealed to colleagues not to use excessive force and live rounds on the #EndSARS protesters to another battalion in the South-east. Lance Corporal Harrison Friday was arrested on Tuesday after the military identified him as the man behind a video that went viral … Read more

BREAKING: Soldiers, Policemen Deployed In Communities Near Abuja Airport

Army, ECOWAS Court Orders FG To Pay 244 Dismissed Soldiers

October 20, 2020. Soldiers and policemen were in the early hours of Tuesday deployed in some communities near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja apparently to forestall further breakdown of law and order as the protests against the scrapped Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force continues. They were seen mounting checkpoints around Kuje, … Read more

BREAKING: Soldiers Deployed To Abuja Over #ENDSARS Protests

Soldiers Deployed To Abuja Over #ENDSARS Protests Ekohotblog, October 19, 2020 Soldiers have been deployed to the streets of Abuja to arrest the escalating #ENDSARS protests. The protests in Abuja have in some cases have got out of hand with suspected hoodlums attacking protesters as well as pro-SARS groups. The situation has often led to … Read more

JUST IN: Soldiers Take Over, Block Scene Of Planned #EndSARS Protest In Abuja

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Nigerian soldiers Monday morning took over key locations in Abuja to prevent the #EndSARS protesters from converging. The protests broke out about two weeks ago to demand an end to high-handedness and brutality of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian police. SARS, as the unit is popularly known, has been accused of crimes including … Read more

COVID-19: Over 200 Soldiers Test Positive

Over 200 Senegalese soldiers returning from The Gambia where they served in a regional security force have tested positive for Covid-19, Senegal’s army and health ministry said Tuesday. An earlier statement by the army had said 100 members of the more than 600-strong contingent had contracted the virus. The 208 soldiers are staying at an … Read more

Insecurity: 386 Injured Soldiers, Others Quit Military

Army, ECOWAS Court Orders FG To Pay 244 Dismissed Soldiers

The Nigerian Army Authorities has fixed January 3, 2021 as exit date for 386 soldiers who applied to disengage from the military amid the battle against bandits, terrorists and kidnappers in parts of the country. But they will proceed on terminal leave on December 3, 2020, Sunday Vanguard reports. The affected soldiers include those who … Read more

President Buhari Condemns Attack On Soldiers In Niger

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the terrorist attack in Inates, western region of Niger Republic, which claims 67 military personnel, with 34 people still unaccounted. Buhari, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, sent condolences to the families of those affected as well as the government … Read more

Thirteen Soldiers From Mali Died In Helicopter Collision

The French Presidency has said that thirteen soldiers from France’s anti-terrorist Barkhane force in Mali were killed after two helicopters collided during an operation in the country’s north. The accident occurred on Monday evening while the forces were engaging jihadist fighters who have staged a series of deadly strikes in northern Mali in recent weeks, … Read more

Turkey Orders Arrest of Eighty-two Soldiers Related to Gulen

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Turkey has ordered the arrest of 82 military personnel over suspected relations to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose network is accused by Ankara of carrying out an attempted coup in 2016. Ankara blames Gulen, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania since 1999, for masterminding an attempted coup in July 2016. Gulen has … Read more