Adeosun Saved Me When I Was First Ambushed in North-East – Buratai

MilitaryNewsNigeriaAdeosun Saved Me When I Was First Ambushed in North-East – Buratai

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 15, 2020

The Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, said his deputy, Lt. Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, who is the present Chief of Training and Operations, saved his life when he was first ambushed in the North-East. Buratai said this in Kuta, Osun State while speaking at the inauguration of a bridge named after him, constructed by the Nigeria Army Engineering Construct Regiment, Ede. Commenting on the military operations in the north-East, Buratai...

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Mali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The junta that has overtaken power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body that will rule the country for three years and has agreed to release the detained President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers disclosed on Sunday. Last week’s coup was Mali’s second military intervention in eight years. The coup followed months of protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as the public is discontent with...

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France Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

MilitaryNewsFrance Says its Military Operation in Mali Continues

PilotnewsAugust 20, 2020

The military operation by the French forces continues in Mali, Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said on Thursday. Parly’s comments come two days after a mutiny led to the forced resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of the western African country. “The Barkhane Operation, asked for by the Mali population and authorised by the UN Security Council, continues,” Parly said on Twitter. Some 5,000 French troops started Barkhane Operation in 2014 in Sahel...

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Malian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMalian President Announces Resignation, Following A Sudden Coup

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 19, 2020

The embattling President of Mali, Ibrahim Keita, on Wednesday, announced his resignation hours after his arrest by troops in a sudden coup that followed a months-long political crisis in the West African nation. Keita said it is to avoid “bloodshed”. The President and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse were detained on Tuesday afternoon by rebel soldiers. Both of them drove to a military base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, which had been...

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Female Soldier Rapes by Bandits Appeals Dismissal Because of Pregnancy

Law & JusticeMilitaryNewsFemale Soldier Rapes by Bandits Appeals Dismissal Because of Pregnancy

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 6, 2020

A soldier has been dismissed by the Nigerian Army for getting pregnant after she was raped by suspected bandits when she was traveling to Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The raped victim was later charged with one count charge of ‘conduct prejudicial to service discipline’, she was found guilty and subsequently dismissed from the regiment. According to ThePunch, she declined to speak on her ordeal when she was contacted on Wednesday; according to her, “I have not...

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Osun Government Names Community to Host Girls Military School

EducationMilitaryNewsOsun Government Names Community to Host Girls Military School

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

Ede, a community in Osun State has been named the most suitable community to host one of the girls military school which the Nigerian Army is planning to establish across the six geopolitical zones in the country. The Governor of the State, Adegboyega Oyetola, disclosed this during a meeting with an eight-man delegation of high-ranking officers of the Nigerian Army who were on an inspection tour of Osun State, led by the Chief of Standard...

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Service Chiefs Have No Tenure – Lt. Gen. Akinriade

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaService Chiefs Have No Tenure – Lt. Gen. Akinriade

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 2, 2020

The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) says the sacking of the heads of the armed forces in the country is at the discretion of the President, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The former COAS said service chiefs could resign if they feel they do not have anything new to contribute again or wait to be sacked by the President. Akinrinade discloses this in an interview with...

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U.S. Navy Honours Nigerian Officer for Accountability

MilitaryNewsUnited StatesU.S. Navy Honours Nigerian Officer for Accountability

PilotnewsJuly 25, 2020

The United States Navy has awarded a Nigerian officer, Lt Victor Agunbiade, its medal of commendation for his meritorious service. The U.S Navy said Agunbiade effectively managed its largest cash disbursing office handling 45 million dollars (N17billion) in cash transactions. This, it said, accounted for around 70 per cent of its overseas disbursing volume. According to the award citation, Agunbiade earned the honour while serving as cash Disbursing Officer at the navy’s Camp Lemonnier in...

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356 Nigerian Soldiers Resign, Cite Loss of Interest as Reason

MilitaryNational SecurityNews356 Nigerian Soldiers Resign, Cite Loss of Interest as Reason

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 12, 2020

356 Nigerian soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation have applied for voluntary retirement. The soldiers applied to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, citing “loss of interest” as their reason for disengagement. The letter of the soldiers is dated July 3, 2020, with Reference NA/COAS/001, quoting the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service soldiers/rating/airmen (Revised) 2017. The voluntary disengagement of the 356 soldiers was approved. This was contained in...

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Daramola Says, “Beware of Fraudsters” NAF Recruitment is Free

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaDaramola Says, “Beware of Fraudsters” NAF Recruitment is Free

PilotnewsJuly 11, 2020

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has reiterated that its recruitment process is completely “Free of Charge” and is being executed in an equitable and transparent manner. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Daramola said that information reaching the NAF indicated that some unscrupulous individuals have established fraudulent Facebook and WhatsApp groups. He said this was with the objective of extorting money from...

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