LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Nigerian Army said yesterday that investigation has commenced into the case involving some soldiers who allegedly carted away a consignment while on escort duty from Sokoto to Kaduna. Daily Trust learnt that the consignment was containing cash amounting to millions of naira which they were asked to deliver by a VIP….
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has described as fake, news making the rounds that newly promoted Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun has been appointed as the Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army. According to a statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, Lt.-Gen. L. O. Adeosun was just given…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worried by the spate of insecurity, the Nigeria Army, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks, Akure, Ondo State, has deployed drones that will help to comb the vast forests in Ondo and Ekiti states. The Brigade Commander, Brig. General Zakari Logan Abubakar during the launch at Osi in Akure North area of the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Army, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Barracks, Akure, says it is battle-ready to rid Ondo State and neighbouring states of kidnappers and bandits. Brig. Gen. Zakari Logun Abubakar, Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, disclosed this to SaharaReporters in an interview on Friday. Abubakar lamented the rampant cases of kidnapping which…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army on Tuesday dismissed as fake, an advertisement notice for recruitment into the Nigerian Army Medical Corps trending on social media titled “Eparcel Service for Military Hospital February- March 2019” requesting unsuspecting prospective applicants and members of the public to apply for various appointments/positions in the Military Hospitals. The advert…
LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram fighters on Monday invaded a first generation bank in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, destroying property and carting away cash. An eyewitness said the insurgents came through the mountains to attack the town, causing pandemonium as people ran in different directions to escape being shot. A resident, Emmanuel…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely two days to the gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections, delegation of European Union(EU) and Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS), Thursday met with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General TY Buratai at the COAS Conference Room in Abuja. The purpose of the visit according to the Head…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWRANGERS)-Nigerian Soldiers were repored to have stormed the Abuja and Borno offices of Daily Ttrust Newspapers carting away computers, phones and arresting journalists. Below is a statement from the Newspaper; “Armed soldiers have invaded Daily Trust head office in Abuja, hours after taking over the Newspaper’s regional office in Maiduguri, Borno state…