Military Destroys Terrorists’ Training Camp, Storage facility in Borno

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaMilitary Destroys Terrorists’ Training Camp, Storage facility in Borno

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2021

Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists’ training camp with a suspected ammunition depot at Nuwar in Bama Local Government Area of Borno, Defence Headquarters says. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Enenche said the air raids were executed Thursday after intelligence reports indicated that the cluster of huts and other structures in the settlement were being used...

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FG Reaffirms Partnership With Canada on Human Right Protection

Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaFG Reaffirms Partnership With Canada on Human Right Protection

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2021

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to the protection of human rights, peace and unity in Nigeria and Africa. Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammad Dingyadi, disclosed this in a statement by Mr. Odutayo Oluseyi, the Head of Press and Public Relations in the ministry on Saturday in Abuja. The minister made his known when he received the Canadian Acting High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Nicholas Simard during a courtesy visit. Dingyadi said the...

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U.S. Vows Action Against Election Riggers in Uganda

AfricaForeign PolicyUnited StatesU.S. Vows Action Against Election Riggers in Uganda

PilotnewsJanuary 17, 2021

The United States has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abuses in Uganda following Thursday’s general elections in the country. The U.S. position came in a statement by the Department of State through its spokesperson, Ms. Morgan Ortagus, on Saturday. Ortagus said the government was “deeply troubled” by credible reports of “security force violence” and election irregularities before and during the polls. She called for independent investigations into the allegations,...

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Fallen Heroes’ Widows In Enugu Receive Cash And Gifts On 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day

MilitaryNewsNigeriaFallen Heroes’ Widows In Enugu Receive Cash And Gifts On 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)January 16, 2021

ENUGU –– In Nigeria, Armed Forces Day, also known as Remembrance Day, is celebrated every 15 January. The Remembrance Day which was formerly celebrated on 11 November of every year was changed to 15 January in commemoration of the surrender of Biafran troops to the Federal troops on 15 January 1970, thus concluding the Nigerian Civil War that sought to tear apart the unity of Nigeria. In Enugu on Friday, the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi...

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Recruits Will Be Deploy To Sambisa Forest- Burutai

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaRecruits Will Be Deploy To Sambisa Forest- Burutai

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)January 12, 2021

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Tukur Buratai, said the Nigerian Army will uphold thoroughness in its recruitment processes to ensure that only qualified persons are recruited. News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr. Buratai made the remarks during the final screening for 80 regular recruits at Falgore forest training camp on Monday in Kano State. He said the exercise was a new approach to the screening and recruitment...

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Troops Eliminate 28 Terrorists in Yobe

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Eliminate 28 Terrorists in Yobe

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Troops of the newly inaugurated Operation Tura Takaibango, a subsidiary Operation of Operation Lafiya Dole,  eliminated 28 Boko Haram terrorists in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe on Saturday. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, in a statement on Sunday, said the troops identified and encircled an ambush site and engaged them with superior firepower. Onyeuko said the troops tactically out-maneuvered the criminals and engaged them with superior firepower resulting in high...

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Wounded Soldiers Say Ready to Fight Until Boko Haram Defeated

Crime & SecurityMilitaryNewsNigeriaWounded Soldiers Say Ready to Fight Until Boko Haram Defeated

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Some Nigerian soldiers wounded during various encounters with the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East have vowed to return to the battlefield until the insurgents are defeated. The soldiers made the pledge when Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), Chairman Senate Committee on Army, paid a fact-finding visit to the 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital in Maiduguri on Sunday. Cpl. Abubakar Bukar, who received bullet wounds during an insurgents ambush on troops at Damboa Road...

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Nigerian Armed Forces, Dependable Institution in Nigeria Survival- Dep. Gov.

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Armed Forces, Dependable Institution in Nigeria Survival- Dep. Gov.

PilotnewsJanuary 11, 2021

Mr. Benedict Alabi, the Osun Deputy Governor, has described the Nigerian Armed Forces as a dependable institution of sustenance and survival of Nigeria’s sovereignty since independence. Alabi made the remarks at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day thanksgiving service held at the Methodist Church Nigeria, Cathedral of Living Spring, on Sunday in Osogbo. The deputy governor noted that the armed forces, which started as the Nigeria Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force until 1956,...

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Governor Fintiri Lauds Role Played By Armed Forces In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of Nigeria

MilitaryNational SecurityNewsNigeriaGovernor Fintiri Lauds Role Played By Armed Forces In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 10, 2021

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa state has commended officers and men of the Armed Forces for their role in protecting the territorial integrity of Nigeria, assuring the government’s unwavering support for them to succeed. The Governor was speaking at the interdenominational church service held at the Protestant Church 153 Base Service Group of the Nigeria Air Force Yola in commemoration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day being observed annually on the fifteenth of January....

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Ondo State Government Bans Street Trading In The State Capital

BusinessLaw & JusticeNewsOndo State Government Bans Street Trading In The State Capital

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 9, 2021

The Ondo State Government has placed a total ban on trading along the vehicular traffic lanes, pedestrian paths and walkways on major market corridors in Akure, the state capital. State Commissioner for Information and Orientation on Friday Mr. Donald Ojogo in a statement said the development followed the setting up of the Committee on Waste Management and in its bid to instill sanity, especially in Akure. The statement said “the ban also includes artisans such...

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