Prof. Bem Angwe, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, has expressed the commission’s readiness to work on the report of alleged extra-judicial killings levelled against Nigeria by Amnesty International.
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The Lagos State Tribunal of Inquiry into the July 4 road accident and vandalism of some Bus Rapid Transit vehicles on Thursday granted the Nigerian Army leave to recall three witnesses.
Nigerian Army authorities have clarified that the attack on troops along Okene-Kabba road was not carried out by Boko Haram as widely reported.
Nigerian Army authorities on Friday announced that troops engaged Boko Haram insurgents in a fierce battle in Konduga, Borno State.
The Adamawa State Acting Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Tuesday commended officers and men of the Nigerian Army for their effort in containing insurgency in the state.
Rather, the Defence Headquarters said the Nigerian soldiers only charged through the Cameroon border in a sustained fight with members of Boko Haram
Borno State had been without power for more than a month because the army says it is unsafe for engineers to venture out to carry out the repairs
It was gathered that the members of the party scampered in different directions as the soldiers continued shooting into the air and that those who did not flee, including Fafowora, were arrested
The Nigerian authorities said such barbarity had no place in the military and promised to investigate
The GOC said at the inauguration that the Court Marshal became necessary to dispose of some disciplinary cases, which by the provisions of military law could not be tried summarily
The leader of the movement, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, had told newsmen in Zaria on Saturday that soldiers killed 35 people, including three biological sons of his, during a procession
Minimah also called for the need to address the rising acts of indiscipline and unprofessional conduct by troops
The decision to head to court was anchored on the fact that the Ekiti State lection was a process, insisting that the events leading to the election negate the principles of free, fair and credible election
The Conference adopted the recommendation that any state that requires it shall establish a police force to be operated and run by the state
The statement said that Hussaini and his gang attacked the military convoy, which was on an operational patrol in the area, but the troops repelled the attack and captured their operational vehicles and some Improvised Explosive Devices, arms and ammunition
The Commandant, Infantry Corps, Armed Forces Command and Staff College of the Nigerian Army, Jaji, Kaduna State, Major General Mohammed Abubakar, made the disclosure in Kaduna
The procession of the attackers also included Armoured Personnel Carriers and motorcycles and they were armed with explosives, petrol bombs and other heavy arms and ammunition
The respondents in the suit are the Nigerian Army, the Chief of Army Staff, the General Officer Commanding of 81 Division of the Nigerian Army and the Attorney-General of the Federation
The Managing Director of Nigerian Army Welfare Limited, Major General Bitus Kwaji, presented the cheques on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Kenneth Minimah, to the NOKs of those who died in April in Maiduguri, Borno State
Laleye said: “Those recruited will be trained, after which they will form part of the force to undertake campaign in the North-East