The Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 others in different operations across the country.
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The Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 others in different operations across the country.
Solomon Arase, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), says the military officers deployed to areas where terrorists operate freely, particularly North East, lack training and knowledge to gather evidence against the criminals, hence the increasing rate of their activities.
The Muslim Rights Concern has told the Armed Forces of Nigeria not to emulate their Gabonese counterparts that removed the country’s President, Ali Bongo, in a coup on Wednesday.
The Nigerian Army and other stakeholders have emphasised the need to enhance mental health awareness among military personnel and other security agencies to address cases of stress disorder in operational fronts.
The military has conducted a mass burial for personnel who died during an ambush and air crash in Niger state.
The Global Awareness for Public Safety Foundation has advised ECOWAS against the use of the military to return Mohammed Bazoum, the democratically elected President of the Republic of Niger.
Concerned about what might be the consequences of the proposed military intervention in Niger Republic, the Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa has urged the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to restrain from the use of force to restore the constitutional regime in the country.
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), has cautioned Nigeria and the authorities of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to take military action against the junta in Niger Republic.
Demonstrators took to the streets of Niger’s capital Niamey Thursday in a show of support for the country’s new leadership, a week after a military coup in the West African country.
The military intervention in the Republic of Niger has created tension across the West Africa sub-region, and it is a development that has caused international attention to that neighbouring country of ours.
Members of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien military to restore constitutional order and reinstate ousted President Muhammed Bazoum into office.
President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria and the neighbouring countries in the Lake Chad region must display courage in reforming their military doctrine and practices.
The development was confirmed by the spokesman of the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement late on Tuesday
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It was learnt that the bandits, numbering over 200 and armed with sophisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns and AK 47 rifles, stormed the town on Tuesday at about 4am shooting sporadically.
The WAY Vice-President (Africa), Preye Ketebu-Brown, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while giving updates on military operations across the country on Thursday in Abuja.
The LG boss gave the commendation in a chat with newsmen in Toto, while reacting to the destruction of the terrorists camp.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the location served as terrorists’ logistics distribution centre and meeting point.