Popular content creator, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola has taken to social media to appreciate the Nigerian military for impacting his life, as per Daily Post.NYSC Portal DAILY POST recalls that Cute Abiola, who was a former Naval officer, was in November 2021 detained and punished for violating the armed forces’ social media policy after … Read more
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of Operation Delta Safe have in the last two weeks, uncovered and destroyed 89 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region. ALL AFRICA reports. The troops also discovered and destroyed 21 dugout pits, 56 boats, 138 storage tanks, 235 cooking ovens, six pumping machines, one outboard engine, and … Read more
A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to consider military intervention in Niger Republic. DAILY POST reports.InformationGuideNigeria The chairperson of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, had said the bloc had resolved to use force as a last resort if the Niger coup leaders do … Read more
The Nigerian Army says it has commenced an investigation into the alleged killing of a Lagos commercial driver by “persons in military uniform” on August 17. THE CABLE reports.InformationGuideNigeria Olabisi Ayeni, acting deputy director of army public relations, 81 Division, said in a statement yesterday, that the investigation is being conducted in collaboration with … Read more
A video of operatives of Nigerian army beating up an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, on Monday, August 14th, 2023 at the Ojota area of Lagos state has surfaced on social media. NAIJA NEWS reports.InformationGuideNigeria In the trending video, the soldiers were seen pouncing and beating up a yet-to-be-identified LASTMA official … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party has accused President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to plunge the nation into a needless war. NAIJA NEWS reports.JAMB Portal The PDP insisted that Tinubu was trying to desperately hold on to power by getting into a fracas with a brotherly nation. The National Publicity Secretary … Read more
An ex-member of the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has identified five reasons for the increasing reemergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. PREMIUM TIMES report. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Mr. Sani, a Senator, frowned at what he considers the … Read more
Tensions are escalating between Niger’s new military regime and the West African regional bloc that has ordered the deployment of troops to restore Niger’s failing democracy. PSB report.InformationGuideNigeria The ECOWAS bloc said on Thursday it had directed a “standby force” to restore constitutional order in Niger after its Sunday deadline to reinstate ousted President Mohamed … Read more
52 Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, have kicked against the decision reached by the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS to launch troops in Niger. VANGUARD reports.InformationGuideNigeria Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, the CNG’s spokesperson in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said, “We emphatically repudiate any form of preference for military action against Niger or any … Read more
Simon Ekpa, a popular Biafra agitator and separatist, has backed the military juntas in Niger Republic, Mali, and Burkina Faso. DAILY POST reports.InformationGuideNigeria Ekpa, the Finland-based lawyer and leader of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, disclosed this on Monday in a video on his verified Twitter handle. “I want to start by encouraging the … Read more