20 killed as military launch air strikes on Boko Haram strongholds

At least 20 insurgents were killed Friday as Nigeria’s military carried out an aerial bombardment of militant Islamist camps in the country’s northeast, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

The raid by Nigerian Air Force jets and attack helicopters is part of what the military says is a “massive deployment” of Nigerian forces this week to tackle insurgent groups, including Boko Haram.

“Our military has…

Construction Workers Kidnap: 5 British Military Planes Arrive In Nigeria

An attempt to rescue abducted seven expatriates working with SETRACO Construction Company in Jama’are local government area of Bauchi State might be under way. Five British jet bombers yesterday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.Media exclusively sighted the bombers which were parked at the international wing of the airport.

The foreign workers, who included five Lebanese, a Briton and an Italian, were…

UK pledges to dedicate military brigade to West Africa

The United Kingdom is to dedicate a Brigade of its military to West Africa with training headquarters in Nigeria immediately after the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan next year, UK Chief of Defence Staff, General Sir David Richards, said here.

Pledging its total support to Nigeria’s peace Mission in Mali, General Richards said, during a courtesy call on his Nigerian…

Military Suicides Hit New High in 2012

(Newser) – Military suicides hit a grim new high in 2012 and experts believe that the problem may only get worse despite the Pentagon’s best efforts, the AP finds.

There were a total of 349 suicides among active-duty, the highest since the Pentagon began closely tracking the problem in 2001 and more…

Jaji bombing: Military remove generals, may face court martial

The Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Air Vice Marshal I. A. Kure, and the Infantry Corps Commander, Major General M. D. Isa have been relieved of their appointments by the Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Ola Said Ibrahim.

This followed the twin-bomb explosions which rocked St. Andrew’s Protestant Church at the…

Twin suicide church bombing in Nigeria, death toll hits 30

Military base bombing in Nigeria, death toll hits 30.

KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — A hospital official says the death toll in a twin suicide bombing at a church in a major military base in Nigeria has risen to at least 30.

The bombing Sunday hit Jaji, home to Nigeria’s Armed Forces Command and Staff College, one of the country’s most important military colleges. An official…

11 killed, 30 injured as twin explosions rocked church in Kaduna

(Xinhua) — The Nigerian Army on Sunday said twin explosions rocked the St. Andrew Military Protestant Church in Jaji in central north Kaduna State, killing 11 people and injuring 30 others.

Spokesperson for the Nigerian Army Brig.-Gen. Bolaji Koleosho disclosed this to Xinhua reporter on phone, saying that the first explosion occurred at about 12:05 p.m while…

Military raid in Maiduguri: kills more than 40 young men likely to be civilians?

Nigerian soldiers shot dead about 40 young men in the embattled northeastern city of Maiduguri during raids in four areas considered strongholds of an Islamist group, residents and a morgue attendant told AFP Friday. A resident of the Kalari neighbourhood in Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram insurgents, said troops swarmed the area late Thursday and “segregated the young from the old.” “They asked our children to lie…

Black Sunday in Lagos: Military weapons robbers used under investigation

Shocked by the sophisticated weapons recovered from suspects arrested in connection with the Sunday, September 9, robbery in Lagos, (a day already tagged BLACK SUNDAY) security forces are set to launch investigations into the source of the arms.

Some of the weapons, especially rocket launchers and general purpose machine guns, Sunday Vanguard can authoritatively reveal, are normally used by the military….

Joke of the Day: Military hospital

The general was confined to the military hospital for treatment of a minor malady.

For almost a week he made a complete nuisance of himself, irritating both staff and the other patients, demanding attention and expecting his every order to be followed immediately. He was in a six-man ward rather than a private room, his meals were too cold or not served to suit his taste, the…