Tag: SOLDIERS
Soldiers frogmarch Imo schoolgirl to death for lateness
Queendaline Ekezie, a 15-year-old pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, has died after rigorous punishment by two soldiers in the...
Soldiers kill 3 Boko Haram insurgents, recover 200 cattle
The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed three Boko Haram insurgents and recovered 200 cattle in Borno.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director of...
Soldiers to leave Aba, Umuahia by Friday – Ikpeazu
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State said on Thursday that soldiers would be withdrawn from the streets of Umuahia, the state capital, and Aba,...
Residents flee Aba; others remain indoors as crisis festers
Following a resurgence of crisis in Aba, Abia, on Thursday, some residents have remained indoors while others are leaving the city in fear.
In areas...
Soldiers surround Nnamdi Kanu’s home
A detachment of soldiers on Tuesday surrounded the Afaraukwu country home of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in Abia State...
Army detains 6 soldiers over brutalisation of woman
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had set up a board of inquiry and detained six soldiers over the...
Army arrests two soldiers for brutalising disabled man in Onitsha
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it has arrested two soldiers who brutalised a physically challenged man in Onitsha for allegedly wearing a military...
Disgruntled elements behind video alleging maltreatment of soldiers fighting Boko Haram...
The Nigerian Army has described a viral video clip alleging lack of food and water for soldiers fighting Boko Haram in the northeast as...
Aisha Buhari commiserates with families of slain soldiers
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has commiserated with the families of late Lt.-Col. Mohammad Abu-Ali and six others who died in the battle...
Soldiers missing, 13 injured as Boko Haram attacks troops
An unspecified number of Nigerian soldiers went missing after an attack by the Boko Haram in Gashigar, a northern Borno community that borders Niger...