PRESS RELEASE: OPERATION DELTA SAFE GETS NEW SPOKESMAN

Following the routine postings and redeployment in the Nigerian military, Major Abubakar Abdullahi was posted as coordinator Joint Media Campaign Centre (JMCC) Operation DELTA SAFE. Therefore performing the role of the Operation's spokesman. He assumed office last week. Prior to his appointment, Major Abdullahi served in different capacity across the country as military PR and information manager. He is a member of Nigerian Institutes of Public Relations.

PRESS RELEASE: MISSING CHIBOK GIRLS - DON'T GIVE UP ON THE GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENCY URGES BBOG

The BringBackOurGirls group claims in a recent statement that President Muhammadu Buhari has “broken all promises” made to the group about rescuing the missing Chibok girls and that the government had been “lackadaisical” in the rescue mission.

The Presidency will like to appeal to the officials and members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign group, not to waver in their support for the government in the war against terrorism and in the ongoing effort to free all Nigerian citizens taken captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group.

The past year of this administration has seen the Nigerian military step up bombardment of the Sambisa Forest, a stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorist group, leading to the capture of hundreds of insurgents.

RE: The Dubai Landlord : We need hardcore evidence against Gen Buratai

The termination of the corrupt regime of President Goodluck Jonathan by the Nigerian electorate and the installation of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari created opportunity for the interrogation of the artificial paradox of a continental military superpower, with an unrivaled record of successful peacekeeping across Africa , fighting a losing territorial war with homegrown insurgents.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been investigating the military industrial complex that denied Nigerian troops war supplies and made billions of naira at the expense of 20,000 Nigerian lives and 3 million refugees.

The probe revealed that a syndicate of senior military officers who were responsible for procuring ammo for the prosecution of the war against terror in the North East betrayed their country and their colleagues at the war front. They awarded fake contracts to themselves and their cronies, under-supplied in the few instances where they bothered to deliver at all, and fattened their pockets. This resulted in a situation where Nigerian soldiers were compelled to face one of the deadliest terrorist groups in the world empty-handed. That ironical, uneven match between the government force and the guerrilla fighters favored the better-equipped underdog. Thus, the terrorists decimated and maimed hundreds of our troops. They sacked villages, took women and girls into sex slavery, and hoisted their flags. They declared, at some point, 20,000 square miles of Nigerian soil, a space the size of Belgium, their jihadist caliphate.

How Troops rescue 5,000 Boko Haram captives, Kill 10 terrorists

Abuja – Several months after the federal government declared it has defeated Boko Haram, Nigerian military at the weekend rescued over 5, 000 hostages held captive by the terrorists’ group while ten terrorists were killed in several clearance operation in the North East.

One Civilian JTF member was killed, a soldier, policeman and another Civilian JTF member wounded during the encounters while arms, ammunition and logistics equipment in large quantities were recovered from the terrorists.

Confirming the rescue of the hostages and clearance operations in a statement, Col Sani Usman, Acting Director of Army Public Relations said, “Troops of 21 Brigade and Civilian JTF weekend conducted a fighting patrol to Zangebe, Maiwa, Algaiti and Mainari villages in which they killed 6 Boko Haram terrorists and wounded several others.

Niger Delta Avengers attacks NNPC facility, vows to “shock the whole world”

Niger Delta Avengers, the new militant group that has launched multiple attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region, has struck yet again. The group announced its latest assault on Friday, saying it blew up a gas and crude trunk line belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, in Warri, Delta State, late Thursday.

The Avengers announced the attack via its Twitter handle. The group said that the facility was “heavily guarded” by the Nigerian military, in an apparent attempt to mock the Nigerian armed forces’ capacity to check its activities.

“At 11:45pm on Thursday.@NDAvengers blew up other #NNPC Gas and Crude trunkline close to Warri. Pipeline that was heavily guarded by Military,” the group tweeted.

The spokesman for the joint military task force in the area, Isa Ado, could not be immediately reached for comments, but security sources and residents in the area confirmed the attack.

Rescued Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki, arrives at the Presidential Villa, with her family, to meet PMB

Rescued Chiboki Girl Amina Ali Nkeki was today accompanied to the State House by her mother, Binta, and her brother, Inua. Three weeks ago, on April 28, 2016, the Nigerian military launched 'Operation Crackdown', aimed at clearing Sambisa Forest of Boko Haram terrorists, in continuation of the Operation, troops of 25 Brigade Damboa in conjunction with Civilian JTF deployed in one of the blocking positions at Baale, near Damboa rescued one Miss Amina Ali and a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be her husband. Both were brought to Headquarters 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa at about 2.30pm yesterdday 18th May 2016.

The moment the President met Amina and her baby. pic.twitter.com/FY0Uhosw2l

— President Buhari (@NGRPresident) May 19, 2016

Amina Ali Nkeki is one of the Chibok School girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on 14th April 2014 in Chibok, Borno state.

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President Buhari has been speaking at his meeting with freed Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki:
"Like all Nigerians and many others around the world, I am delighted that Amina has regained her freedom"
"The President added that federal government would do everything possible to improve the life of 19-year-old Amina:
The continuation of her education must be a priority for the government."

WAR AGAINST INSURGENTS: WE MADE FASTER PROGRESS AGAINST BOKO HARAM WHEN WE CURBED CORRUPTION IN THE MILITARY - PRESIDENT BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that corruption was largely responsible for the inability of the Nigerian military to quickly defeat Boko Haram.

Speaking at an audience with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, President Buhari said that the loss of 14 local government areas to Boko Haram had greatly tarnished the reputation of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

The President noted, however, that with measures taken by his Administration to curb corruption and provide better weaponry, logistics, training and welfare for soldiers on the frontlines, the Nigerian military has now almost totally incapacitated Boko Haram as a fighting force and recovered all territories that were lost to the terrorist sect.

Giwa Military barracks 'a place of death' says Amnesty

Amnesty International says at least 149 detainees have died "in horrendous conditions" at a military detention centre in north-east Nigeria this year.

In a report, Amnesty says 11 of those who died at the Giwa barracks were young children, including four babies.

It called the centre "a place of death" and said it should be closed.

The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Abuja says it is latest in a series of damning reports on the Nigerian military's treatment of suspects.

The army has not commented on the latest report but has previously said it has set up a human rights department to check claims of abuse.

Nigerian Army denies killing 350 Shi’ite members, charges Amnesty International to provide evidence

The Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar has denied reports by the Amnesty International that soldiers killed several Shiite members during a clash between the army and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, also known as the Shiite sect.

The military, which has been repeatedly accused of abuses against civilians in its fight against Muslim jihadists, Boko Haram, has maintained its troops acted appropriately.

Abubakar described the report by Amnesty International as “unfair,” stressing that the Nigerian military was not consulted before such publication was carried out.

ZARIA MASSACRE: NIGERIA MILITARY'S COVER-UP OF MASS SLAUGHTER AT ZARIA EXPOSED - Amnesty International

Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime demonstrates an utter contempt for human life and accountability, said Amnesty International as it publishes evidence gathered on the ground revealing how the Nigerian military burned people alive, razed buildings and dumped victims’ bodies in mass graves.

The true horror of what happened over those two days in Zaria is only now coming to light. Bodies were left littered in the streets and piled outside the mortuary. Some of the injured were burned alive

Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International

FG Stands on Sanitizing and Trial in NNPC Unchangeable, President Buhari Tells Chinese Xi Jinping

WE'VE BEGUN SANITIZING NNPC TO MAKE IT FREE OF CORRUPTION AND SHADY DEALS/TRIAL OF THOSE WHO MISAPPROPRIATED NNPC REVENUES WILL BEGIN SOON - BUHARI

President M. Buhari and Chinese Xi Jinping

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in New York restated his determination to fully sanitize Nigeria's oil industry and make it totally free of corruption and shady deals.


Speaking at a meeting with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations, President Buhari said that a necessary first step in this direction had already been taken with the appointment of a new management for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its subsequent reorganisation .

The President said that the prosecution of those who misappropriated the NNPC's revenue under past administrations will soon commence.

Breaking: Nigeria military Alpha Jet (NAF 466) bombing Boko Haram missing

An Alpha Jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force and involved in the counter insurgency operation against the extremist Boko Haram sect has gone missing around Adamawa State.


The spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, a Major general, said the aircraft, with two pilots onboard, went missing on Friday. In a statement early Sunday, Mr. Olukolade said the aircraft “left Yola at about 10:45a.m on 12 September 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12:00 noon”.


“Since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result,” the statement said. Mr. Olukolade said search and rescue effort had since commenced “to establish contact with the crew”.

The Seized Town, Gwoza , Now Part of Islamic Caliphate Says Boko Haram Leader

Boko Haram's leader said Gwoza which was seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, in a video obtained by AFP on Sunday.

A town in the north east of Nigeria is under an 'Islamic caliphate', according to Boko Haram's leader which the Nigerian military denies.

"Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in (the town of) Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate," Abubakar Shekau said in the 52-minute video.

The military however rejected the claim, saying in a statement the "sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Nigerian state is still intact".

In a July video, Shekau voiced support for the leader of the Islamic State and the Levant (Isil) militants Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who in late June declared himself "the caliph" and "leader of Muslims everywhere".

But there was no indication from Shekau in the latest video that he was associating himself with Baghdadi, whose Sunni Muslim fighters have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria.

As such, it was not clear if Shekau was declaring himself to be a part of Baghdadi's call or if he was referring to a separate Nigerian caliphate.

NIGERIAN MILITARY ANIMALISM AND BARBARISM

It seems clearly that some categories of people are above the law in Nigeria. This categories includes the army, police and other security agencies.

Yesterday in Lagos, a military officer was accidentally killed by a bus on an express-way stipulated only for the buses to operate on. To show their disrespect for the law and public conscience, they went on bashing innocent drivers as well as smashing and setting fire to buses. This is a clear barbaric and primitive characteristic of our military. They burnt BRT buses worth more than 100 millions naira.

Boko Haram: USA Delivers Military Equipment to Nigeria

In its avowed determination to give technical support to the Nigerian military, the United States of America yesterday confirmed the delivery of special military equipment to the Nigerian government as part of efforts to assist the country in the rescue operation of the over 200 school girls abducted from Chibok in Borno State over two months ago.

The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria confirmed the delivery of the equipment.

The USA, according to a statement from the Public Affairs section of the embassy, delivered sophisticated military transportation and communication gadgets to the Nigerian Armed Force last Monday in Abuja.

Military frees 144 out of 486 Abia “travellers”

The Nigerian Military has released 144 out of 486 Port Harcourt – bound travellers suspected to be members of the extremist Boko Haram group. They were arrested last week in Aba, Abia State, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, while travelling at night in a convoy of 35 buses from Northern Nigeria.

The defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, had said that a wanted Boko Haram suspect was identified during the screening of those arrested. He did not name the suspect.

But a security source added that after the arrest and in addition to the lone suspect, 86 of the travellers were identified as suspected terrorists.

Listening To Him, Borno Governor And His Witch Cries

This is indeed a wise saying: Some people talk out of experience and some, out of experience, do not talk. Maybe, the Federal Government should learn to listen to Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the erstwhile university teacher and wordy Governor of Borno State. The man can pass for a prophet, as everything he has said concerning Boko Haram has turned out to be true, and his predictions about the terrorist Islamic sect equally come to pass always. The accuracy of his predictions would make seers in Nigeria cringe with envy.

Let us recall a few of them. The banker turned politician once stunned the plagued nation, saying to whoever cared to listen, that Boko Haram terrorists were better armed and better motivated than the highly rated Nigerian military. It turned out to be factual that these factors were chiefly responsible for why the military could not take out a ragtag army called Boko Haram.

Breaking News: Fierce Shooting And Other Latest Developments from #Ekitidecides

Fierce shooting ongoing at Polling Unit, Oyamokore farmstead, Erijiyan LG supervised by Obanikoro to snatch ballot boxes.
Hello @inecnigeria serious disturbance ongoing in Ekiti East (Omuo)Ward 11 Unit 9. security is urgently needed. #Ekitidecides.


#EkitiDecides Nigerian Military continue to pick up @APCNigeria leader's in Ado Ekiti LG. Party agents intimidated.

Ekiti 2014: Nigerian military orders shoot at sight

The Nigerian military has ordered soldiers to shoot “whosoever is caught with any offensive weapons” in the buildup to the June 21 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. This is as the military announced that it arrested three persons with a truck laden with out-dated election materials on Thursday in the state.

The run-up to the election has been characterised by violent clashes with the major political parties pointing accusing fingers at one another. Matters got to a head last Sunday when mobile police officers shot at the governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi, and his supporters during a rally in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.

Why Nigerian military blocks newspapers distribution in Abuja, Lagos

The Nigerian military on Saturday continued its onslaught on newspapers by sealing off the popular major distribution depot in the Area 1 District of Abuja, from where all newspapers are distributed to agents and vendors across the Nigerian capital. Witnesses said soldiers in about seven trucks laid siege on the distribution point, preventing any kind of newspaper circulation from taking place.

The military attack on Nigerian newspapers commenced on Friday with soldiers confiscating thousands of Nigerian newspapers including Leadership, The Nation, and Punch newspapers.

Media houses promptly devised an alternate and secret means to ensure their papers get to the public in the Nigerian capital promptly; a reminder of the days of military dictatorship.