Browsing: Major General Chris Olukolade

Olukolade said recent events in the country serve as a pointer to the fact that there are still traces of disharmony, lack of cooperation and synergy in operation and information management among security agencies

The recent appointment of an Army Engineer for a PR job is therefore clearly a deviation from established norms and practices by the military. PR practice should not be undermined by portraying it as a profession that doesn’t require any qualification or skills

Abubakar in his maiden press briefing, after taking over from Major General Chris Olukolade, said he would ensure robust and proactive information management

Four of the camps were located in a place called Iza within the forest, while three others were noted to be recently established by the terrorists before the assault began

The women and children have been evacuated to join others at the place of ongoing screening

The acting Director Public Relations of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sani K. Usman, made the disclosure late on Wednesday

Olukolade said land and air forces were deployed for the operation

The 56-year-old woman, Mbutu Papka, who was kidnapped in July, 2014 and held by the insurgents for eight months in two locations, said confidently that the abducted girls were being kept under very tight security in a house in Gwoza

The town has been serving as one of the major access of the Boko Haram sect to the Mandara mountains and supply route out of the country and link towards Cameroon

Civilians who have been cooperating with troops also narrated horrendous tales of the brutality of the terrorists while they held sway and ruled with iron hands, executing their own version of religious jurisprudence

The improvised explosive devices being used by the Boko Haram terrorists are believed to be manufactured at the factory

The officers insisted the foreigners, who were identified largely as South Africans, are technical advisers that are providing trainings and instructions on the use of new armaments recently procured by the Nigerian military in the war on terror

The Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, who has been on a tour mission in the North East, disclosed this

The GOC, 3 Division, Major General Fatai Alli, stated this on Tuesday

This was in reaction to a purported statement in some media by officials from the MJTF that troops from Niger and Chad made deep incursions into Nigerian territory to battle Boko Haram elements

While commending Nigerians across every stratum for the recent show of solidarity with the military, including staging rallies in its support, Olukolade, however, warned the media to be especially weary of cynics and saboteurs who are generally unhappy that the war against terror was being won

A statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said apart from those captured in the course of fighting, many arrests of terrorists hiding in the town are being made and troops are still busy interrogating the suspects

A statement on Sunday by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said the heaps of weapons, most of which were strange looking or destroyed, are still being gathered

In a hint on the overrunning of the insurgents in Baga, the Director of Defence of Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, described the casualties as “heavy”

A few of the terrorists, the Defence Headquarters added, were also captured in the course of the operations