He made the remark during the inauguration of new office complex of the Army War College Nigeria, at Asokoro in Abuja.
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Representatives of theses communities told newsmen on Wednesday during a press briefing in Minna that if the military leaves, their lives will be in danger.
The resolution was reached during a stakeholders meeting at the Naval Base in Apapa, comprising the military, Nigerian Port Authority, LASG, Nigerian Union Petroleum Natural Gas Workers.
The group said there are those whose criminal enterprise are being threatened with the presence of the military and are ready to deploy every tool of blackmail at their disposal to portray the military presence in the region in bad light.
“Yes, they may be operating in one or two areas, but they are doing so from a position of weakness, unlike in the past when they brazenly took over territories, hoisted their flags, deposed and imposed emirs and even collected taxes
Okunlola explained that the raid, carried out on December 6, led to recovery of a cache of arms and ammunition by troops deployed to patrol Benin River and adjourning creeks in Itagbene, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State
Olonisakin said his visit to Port Harcourt was to ascertain the readiness and preparedness of troops to combat terrorism and insecurity in the nation
According to Abubakar, the Nigerian Armed Forces are committed to continue the ongoing coordinated joint assaults on the insurgents in the North East
Five villages in Kadarko District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State at the weekend were ransacked by a team of heavily armed military personnel, killing over 500 persons as alleged by the Taron ethnic stock head
Usman said in the statement: “This morning, troops of the Nigerian Army along with support from the Nigerian Air Force, cleared the last camp of Boko Haram terrorists in Alagarno forest located between Kaga and Daboa local government areas of Borno, which link Yobe and Gombe States
“We have already recovered much territory and very soon our troops will clear the terrorists out of other areas not presently under our control,’’ the President assured the French Ambassador
Governor Uduaghan told the General Officer Commanding the 2nd Division of the Nigeria Army, Ibadan, Oyo State, Major General Sanusi Nasiru Muazu, who visited him in Warri, to ignore such calls
Shehu called on INEC to take cognisance of the superior courts’ ruling on the role of the military in elections and the military’s own commitment of its readiness to deploy troops for the 2015 elections
President Jonathan spoke on Thursday, during the commissioning of four new Naval ships at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard in Victoria Island, Lagos
The son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Lt. Col Adeboye Obasanjo who was shot in the ferocious Michika battle between the Nigerian military and Boko Haram has expressed eagerness to return to the battle front.
An aide to Sierra Leone’s President has said the president was “seriously” contemplating a nationwide shutdown to contain spread of Ebola.
Nigerian military has again assured the citizens and the international community that it would do everything possible to defend the territorial integrity of the nation.
Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida has been fingered in the seemingly weakness of Nigerian military in containing the activities of Boko-Haram in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States despite the declaration of state of emergency in the frontline States.
The governor, who made the call while hosting the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, at the Lagos House, Marina, noted that it is the responsibility of the military to defend and support democracy to grow once any society has moved to embrace it as its system of government
The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, said this in Abuja on Wednesday during the regular briefing by members of the Centre on efforts to fight terror in the country and find the over 200 Chibok secondary school girls abducted since April 14 this year