Tag Archives: Nigerian Army

Nigeria: The Unlikely Marriage Between Buhari, Tinubu And El-Rufai And Other Issues

February 3, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Eze Eluchie In my book, ‘Reign of Evil’, I did quote a gentleman and fine officer, General Muhammadu Buhari’s dictum on Nigeria being our only country and our having to remain in it and ‘salvage it together’. Though inability … read more »

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Nigeria: Army discovers another bomb ‘factory’ in Zaria -Arrests 60-year-old supected terrorist

December 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

MILITARY authorities on Friday in Kaduna said they had discovered a two-bedroom bungalow in Zaria where Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) were manufactured, insisting that they would continue to demolish such buildings used as bomb factories. They also disclosed that following … read more »

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Encomiums, honour for Ojukwu, as his corpse arrives in Nigeria

February 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

PROMINENT Igbo leaders and Nigerians thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, to pay their last respect to the ex-Biafrian warlord, Chief Chukuwemeka-Ojukwu, whose corpse arrived in Nigeria on Monday morning. The body arrived at 5.09 a.m … read more »

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Nigeria confirms death of Boko Haram members

February 14, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Abuja – The Nigerian Army late on Monday confirmed the death of 12 Boko Haram members in a gun battle with the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, where the headquarters of the sect is located. The JTF, which comprises … read more »

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The Essential Ikemba: Tribute To A Soldier-Statesman – By Emeka Ihedioha

February 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Emeka Ihedioha, KSC, CON Tuesday, 07 February 2012 13:40 Since the news of the death of the great soldier-statesman, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dikedioranma Ndigbo, on Saturday, 26 November, 2011 in a London hospital was made public, the entire country … read more »

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Nigerian militants deny army raid in oil delta

November 22, 2010 by benim

Nigeria’s main militant group said on Monday that one of its commanders arrested over the weekend had surrendered in return for the promise of a financial reward and denied that the army had raided his camp. The emailed statement from … read more »

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