A 27-year-old man was killed and two others badly injured from gunshots as two ‘soldiers’ allegedly attempted to rob a POS shop in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. Eyewitnesses at the Maiduguri Computer Village where the fatal shooting occurred on the night of Sunday, Feb. 6, when the two soldiers, both armed with AK-47 rifles, […]
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The Nigerian Army says its troops successfully foiled an attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on surrendered Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa, Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria. Onyema Nwachukwu, a Brig.-Gen. and Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement issued in Abuja, said the troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade engaged the […]
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Nigeria’s Chief Of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya on Wednesday, Sept. 22 visited the PROFORCE plant, where the Nigerian company built the ARA MRAP supplied to the Army and Chad Republic. According to the company, the Army Chief’s visit included a tour of Proforce’s facilities including the Helmets and Vests manufacturing section, maintenance, repair and […]
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The Nigerian Military in the past few years has become a significant recipient of government funding, as authorities move to confront deteriorating security. However, transparency around budget and procurement remains a major issue. The importance of transparency in the security sector budgeting process and the procurement of military hardware was highlighted by the arms scandal […]
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On Sept. 6, five years ago, I landed in Abuja on an Emirates flight from the UAE after the Nigerian Army declared me a wanted man on Aug. 14, 2016. I heard the news on Al Jazeera before I began to receive calls from friends and family. I was very shocked because I had a […]
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The terror group, Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) has warned Nigerians under the areas it controls in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, against cooperating with the Nigerian Army. The warning is contained in fliers distributed by members of the group in what seems to be a market setting in Borno state, according to images obtained […]
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Around 1 a.m. on Monday, an ISWAP incursion squad breached the security of Rann town and the military base. However, a robust response led to the annihilation of the squad. Rann is the main town of Kala Balge local government in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria and near the border with Cameroon. HumAngle learned that the […]
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At least 43 members of the ISWAP terror group were killed in a gun battle that also took the lives of seven soldiers of the multinational joint task force (MNJTF) on Wednesday morning, Aug. 25, officials said. The military authority said MNJTF troops stationed in Diffa province of Niger Republic came under attack by the […]
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A terror group, Tuesday morning, Aug. 24, carried out an audacious attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in the Northwestern State of Kaduna, leading to the killing of officers and abduction of an unknown number of people. HumAngle learnt that the group breached the perimeter security of Nigeria’s military academy for training cadets of […]
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Nigerian troops on patrol recovered weapons after an intense clash on Sunday, Aug. 22, with insurgents along the notorious Gajiram axis of the Maiduguri-Monguno Road. The troops attached to the regional Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 3 in the garrison town of Monguno were reported to be conducting routine patrols when the encounter happened. […]
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The Nigerian military is expanding airlift in the Northeast region to include frequent flights services for counter insurgency troops travelling on pass to curb abduction of personnel on highways. Over the years, off duty military personnels have been abducted and killed along roads, particularly the Damaturu-Maiduguri road, which connects the headquarters of the counter-insurgency operations […]
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The Nigerian Army has rejected the allegation that soldiers connive with terror gangs wreaking havoc in the Northwest, saying it does not condone any form of sabotage. Speaking on an Arise Television Programme on Wednesday, June 23, Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric who has visited the terrorists’ enclaves, had accused security personnel of providing […]
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