On Oct. 20, a social media post alleged that Lt. General Toareed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), died of cancer while undergoing treatment abroad. The military swiftly dismissed the rumour, with the Defence Headquarters spokesperson Tukur Gusau clarifying that Lagbaja was on a “well-deserved rest” as part of his annual leave and […]
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Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has commended the efforts of Nigerian troops in the Lake Chad region, marking a “significant improvement” in regional security. During a visit to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, North East Nigeria, on Monday, Lagbaja celebrated the Islamic Eid al-Adha festival with soldiers recuperating from […]
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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Badamasi Alma stood in the middle of the rubble with tears in his eyes and his teeth clenched as he looked at his wife, Aisha, drenched in the pool of her blood, gasping for breath. Her voice was slowly growing weaker before it finally fell to a […]
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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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Nine years after Oladapo Joseph died as a senior officer in the Nigerian Army, his widow, Bolajoko, continues to suffer amid official neglect. The couple tied the nuptial knot at Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, in 1983 as fresh graduates. Joseph worked as a teacher for eight years before joining the military in 1991. “I […]
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The Nigerian troops on Tuesday, Oct. 12, beat back a column of ISWAP terrorists on gun trucks and an armoured fighting vehicle, as the group attempted to target the Army Super Camp 1 in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. The failed attack on the Nigerian Army Super Camp 1 located at Ngamdu in Kaga Local Government […]
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