In sustained operations to clear the North East of terrorism, the troops of 21 Special Armoured Brigade of 7 Division/Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai with support from the Air Component Command and Nigerian Army Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Command conducted deep operations into the Sambisa forest. @HQNigerianArmy wrote this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. The troops made contact around Ukuba general areas, scores of terrorists were neutralized during the well planned and coordinated operation under the guidance of the Theatre Command. Huge cache of arms and ammunition believed to be the largest cache so far in the armoury of…
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Nigeria joins the Bureau of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) – occupying the African Chair, gains from National Senior Citizens Centre, (NSCC’s) high level advocacy to Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and capacity enhancement of Permanent Mission 3rd Commitee personnel in New York. With Nigeria now occupying the African Group Chair, it is highly anticipated that the interest of African states would be activated to join like-minded member States and speed up process The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly, resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group was to…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja As evacuation of Nigerians who got stranded in the Sudan crisis ended, the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) thanked the stakeholders who assisted in making the operation a huge success. Director General of the Agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed gave out the appreciation at an interaction with the media during the weekend. President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the evacuation which was was undertaken by NEMA through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The Director General said the evacuation was carried out in line with the mandate of the Agency to evacuate Nigerians in distress abroad…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Nigerian Army has told SaharaReporters, an online publication to practice responsible journalism and refrain from subjective, inaccurate, and inappropriate reporting of matters currently (sub-judice). The Army said it was inappropriate and amounted to unlawful interference with the administration of justice to peddle inaccurate reports and comments on a matter currently under judicial adjudication sub-judice. In a press release signed on Sunday, and published on its official Twitter handle, @HQNigerianArmy, the Army said it would not comment on those statements to maintain the sanctity of the trial and its outcome. Recall that Sahara Reporters had reported…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Clerk of the House of the House of Representatives, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, has announced a new date for the resumption of plenary. A statement signed by the Clerk on Sunday, said the new date for resumption is Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 11am and not Tuesday, May 16, 2023 as earlier announced. The Clerk told the Honorable Members and the public to disregard the earlier notice as it was made in error. The Clerk regretted all inconveniences caused by the change of date. Here’s a full text of the statement: “This is to inform all Hon Members and the…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Police Service Commission on Sunday, condemned in strong terms, the assault of a Police Officer in uniform and on official duty in Lagos by one Seun Kuti. In a statement signed by the Commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the Commission commended the Inspector General of Police, Baba Usman Ahmed for his prompt action in ordering the arrest and prosecution of Seun. The PSC said that Kuti had obviously diminished the sanctity of the symbol of authority of the Nigerian nation. The Commission demanded that the culprit must be arraigned immediately and that the Inspector…
By Miriam Humbe the Nigerian Army on 12 The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya on Friday, commissioned a remodelled Nursery/Primary School, renovated Skill Acquisition Centre and Primary Healthcare Centre at Buguma City in Asari -Toru LGA of Rivers State. Information gathered on the Twitter handle of the Nigerian Army, @HQNigerianArmy said this was in continuation with the CIMIC drive of the Nigerian Army, solidly supported by the vision and Command Philosophy of the COAS. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who was represented by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division Nigerian Army, Maj Gen JH Abdussalam…
By Miriam Humbe General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division and Commander, Sector 1 Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar has lauded the selfless service and concerted efforts of the National Park Services (NPS), Chad Basin in safeguarding human and wildlife within the North East region. This information was provided by the Nigerian Army on its Twitter handle, @HQNigerianArmy. The GOC gave the commendation when the Conservator of Park (CP) for NPS Chad Basin and his entourage paid him a courtesy visit in his office at Headquarters 7 Division Maimalari Military Cantonment, Maiduguri on Thursday. The CP, Mr JB…
By Miriam Humbe As Buhari’s tenure as President comes to an end, Nigerians took to social media to lament the inability of the government to ensure steady power supply to the country as promised during the electioneering campaigns. They ascribed the failure to tackle the problem to endemic corruption in the system which the government allegedly condoned. An article in the September 9, 2021 edition of The Guardian newspaper wrote: “Ultimately, corruption is the power sector demon. It heavily bleeds government investments in energy and stifles efforts that are designed to boost the availability of electricity in the country”. Most Nigerians…
By Miriam Humbe In what appeared to be one of his last official engagements as Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari would on May 22, commission the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. The commissioning ceremony of the largest private refinery in Africa, the brainchild of Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group had been long awaited. The refinery was scheduled for commissiong in the third quarter of the year 2022 when production would begin, to reach full capacity by the first half of year 2023. Due to some exigencies, the ground breaking event of the Dangote Refinery, which covers 2,635 hectares, was postponed.…
By Miriam Humbe Commander of the 35 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General MT Aminu had pledged more support to security agencies in Ogun State. The Nigerian Army said this in a tweet on its Twitter handle, @HQNigerianArmy on Saturday. The tweet said that the Commander made the promise when the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, CP Olanrewaju Yomi visited the 35 Artillery Brigade on Thursday. @HQNigerianArmy wrote: “The Commander 35 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General MT Aminu has pledged to give more support to security agencies in Ogun state. The Commander made this promise during the courtesy visit of Commissioner of…
By Miriam Humbe The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS) Faruk Yahaya has enjoined the Regimental Sergeant majors, (RSMs) to encourage camaraderie amongst themselves. The COAS gave the charge at the 2023 RSMs’ Convention. The Army Chief also told them to take keen interest in the well-being and welfare of their subordinates. A statement signed on Friday by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachuku contained this information. The COAS said they should equally ensure they checkmated untoward activities and vices in their units and formations. The Chief of Administration (Army), Major General Wilson Ali, pointed out that the 2023…