Major General Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, stated this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital
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A statement by the Nigerian Army said Inusa was found dead at about 6pm on Tuesday
The Army authority said it will give adequate protection to anyone that provides the required information
The Colonel was said to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday evening
Fadare told the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview that soldiers rescued the women while pursuing the insurgents.
The troops, according to a statement by the Nigerian Army, laid in wait at the terrorists suspected crossing point and engaged them on sight
One of the most significant aspects of the operation, according to the Nigerian Army, was the recovery of Nigerian Army Armoured Personnel Carrier earlier captured by the terrorists during an attack on Buni Yadi on July 9, 2015.
During the patrol, the troops encountered some elements of the Boko Haram terrorists, during which they killed one and captured three others
The statement quoted Lazarus as saying that the 82 Division Enugu of the Nigerian Army would commence its annual shooting exercise from March 6 to March 9
Those arrested included a suspect who allegedly carried out surveillance on the Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger State, before it was bombed on Christmas Day in 2011
He noted that the establishment of the Desk office was borne out of the increasing interest of the local and international human rights bodies on what the Nigerian Army was ding in the North East and other parts of the country
“The peace is more enduring and more gratifying for us in Borno and other parts of the North East of Nigeria.”
Ezugwu commended the Civil Society Organisations as well as Non-Government Organisations that had been partnering with the military toward the success of the counter-insurgency operation
This was contained in a statement by the spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sani Usman, late on Thursday
Noting that oil theft contributed to the sabotage of the Nigerian economy, he said: “I am aware that part of the mandates of the EFCC is to prosecute any person or group that is involved in any form of economic sabotage.”
The soldiers protested at the secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists in Kaduna, Kaduna State, pleading for reabsorption into the Nigerian Army
Buratai stated this at the Lagos City Marathon, in which the Army fielded 17 personnel
A statement issued in Abuja by Colonel Sani Usman, the acting Director of Army Public Relations, said the compulsory retirement of the senior officer was arbitrary and did not follow due process
The position of the Army was stated by the General Officer Commanding, 1 Mechanized Division, Kaduna, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, on Wednesday
The Public Relatioons Officer of the IMN, which is a Shiite Islamic group, Jamila Awwal, said this while addressing journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday
Malam Bukar Idris, a resident of the area, said: “I was lucky to have escaped the attack because I left the place few minutes to fetch something in my house for a friend at the gathering