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
127 soldiers have reportedly resigned from the Nigerian army amid the worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in some parts of the country.
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
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 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
According to Vanguard, the Gwafan village in Jos North local government area has been thrown into deep mourning. The community which hosts the residence of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, was thrown into mourning following last Sunday’s looting at the home of the former Speaker as security agents who were … Read more
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
No fewer than seven soldiers were killed in Doska, Borno state, after they were hoodwinked by Boko Haram insurgent. According to military sources, The troops were on a patrol to the area when they got tricked by the insurgents who appeared in military uniforms and gun trucks. Doska, a village in between Ajigin and Talala … Read more
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
The soldier has been arrested, the army said. The Nigerian Army has revealed the identity of a soldier who, in a Twitter video, appealed to colleagues to disobey orders to kill #EndSARS protesters. The revelation is coming after denial of the video by the military. The video was posted on the micro-blogging site two days … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
At least five soldiers were killed Sunday in clashes with “terrorists” in Central Mali, the army said. One clash occurred between the village of Goma-Coura and Diabaly town at the same time as an artillery attack on a camp at Goma-Coura, the army said in a statement posted on its Twitter account, giving a “provisional” … Read more
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
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 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