The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has urged troops prosecuting the counter terrorism operation in the North East to be wary of Boko Haram’s increasing misinformation propaganda.
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has urged troops prosecuting the counter terrorism operation in the North East to be wary of Boko Haram’s increasing misinformation propaganda.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Benson Akinroluyo, has assured the National Emergency Management Agency of continued cooperation and support in the conduct of emergency and humanitarian operations in the North East theatre.
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it had evolved new technologies and application of drones in the campaign against Boko Haram insurgents in the North East.
The United Nations World Food Programme has welcomed a contribution of $500,000 from the Republic of Korea that will provide one month of food assistance for nearly 125,000 food-insecure people in the conflicted-affected North East Nigerian states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
In a statement, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, said that the Military premised its rethink on intervention by stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians.
The Nigerian Military on Friday barred staff of the United Nations Children’s Education Fund from the North East, where the Boko Haram insurgency is being battled.
The ban on the activities of the United Nations Children’s Fund in the North East where Nigeria is battling the Boko Haram insurgency has been lifted.
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said the Nigerian Government remains deeply grateful to the government and people of Switzerland for their support in resuscitating the economy, especially the return of illegally stolen funds.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Thursday, hinted that some of the newly promoted senior officers will be moved to the North East to strengthen the ongoing counter terrorism operations.
The medical expert said the death of every single child is a huge disaster not only to his family, but to the whole nation because of what the child could become in the future.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali has directed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai to remain in the North East until security situation in the region improves.
The two organisations made the commendation in a communique issued at the end of the 22nd ECOWAS-EU political meeting on Friday in Abuja.
The Federal government has deployed drones in the fight against insurgency in the Northeast part of Nigeria.
However I can see that so many of the very senior officers in the Army, both serving and retired are here. In view of recent tragedies, I commend the decision of the leadership of the Nigerian Army in moving the venue of this conference to Maiduguri.
The Executive Director of the Fund, Prof. Sunday Ochoche, disclosed this on Tuesday while flagging-off Education Support in North East at Gaya-Fa’a village of Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa.
The lawmakers also demanded that the Nigerian Army should, after due consultations with families of soldiers killed in the November 18, insurgents’ attack in Metele village in Borno, release all their names.
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused the Minister of Defence, Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali, of diverting funds meant for the military equipment and welfare of Nigerian soldiers fighting the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East to produce partisan materials for the All Progressives Congress re-election campaign.
They gave the endorsement at the end of a two -day APC North East Zonal meeting in Bauchi on Sunday.
Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to a live, one-on-one debate with its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on critical sectors of the country’s national life.