Monthly Archives: June 2012

NSA, COLONEL DASUKI VISITS YOBE STATE: VOWS TO END BOMBINGS (CEASEFIRE?) BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE RAMADAN FAST..TO PRIORITISE THE DIALOGUE OPTION • GOVERNOR COMMENDS JSTF, CALLS FOR MORE TROOPS..SAYS INSURGENTS NEED TO BE ‘BATTLED’ INTO CONTEMPLATING PEACE TALKS

Posted on June 29, 2012 by beegeagle

National Security Adviser, Colonel(retd)Sambo Dasuki LEADERSHIP Fri, 29/06/2012 The new national security adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), stated yesterday that President Goodluck Jonathan was committed to ensuring that peace and normalcy is restored in the country,before the Ramadan fast commences. … Continue reading →

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UNAMID OPERATIONS : 115 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS OF 244 BATTALION(NIBATT 30) RETURN FROM DARFUR

Posted on June 29, 2012 by beegeagle

Nigerian peacekeepers arrive Monrovia to a tumultous welcome DAILY TRUST Lagos Friday, 29 June 2012 One hundred and fifteen officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army yesterday arrived at Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos from a United Nations peacekeeping mission … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: THE SOON-TO-BE-INDUCTED MADE-IN-NIGERIA PROFORCE APC

Posted on June 29, 2012 by beegeagle

Made-in-Nigeria APC to be commissioned next week (special props go to DONSPONY for drawing attention to this photo which was precisely what I saw in the public service announcment which was aired on NTA NEWS two nights ago, as released … Continue reading →

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JTF – OP PULO SHIELD(NIGER DELTA) SEIZE ANOTHER ILLEGAL BUNKERING VESSEL ‘MV PRINCESS NNENNA’ • 14 CULPRITS ARRESTED

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

JTF combined squad of soldiers and seamen. The Sergeant with red stripes is a MOPOL cop JTF combined squad of soldiers and seamen. The Sergeant with red stripes is a MOPOL cop YENAGOA, Nigeria June 28 (Xinhua) Nigerian troops operating … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN TROOPS STORM OIL BUNKERING COMMUNITY, DESTROY 50,000 BARRELS OF ILLEGALLY REFINED DIESEL

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

Nigerian Army Amphibious Forces patrol in a river gunboat armed with a DShk 12.7mm machine gun BENIN, Nigeria June 28 (Xinhua) Nigerian troops operating in the southeastern state of Edo on Thursday said it stormed a notorious oil bunkering community … Continue reading →

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THREE COPS KILLED AS GUNMEN ATTACK POLICE STATION IN N.E NIGERIA

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

Imam Abubakar Mohammed Shekau, Boko Haram leader NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA June 28, 2012 Gulak (Adamawa) Three persons were feared dead when unidentified gunmen on Thursday attacked the Gulak Divisional Police Station in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa. An … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN ARMY OTOKAR COBRA APC: ORIENTED TOWARDS URBAN BRAWLS

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

An Otokar Cobra APC of the Nigerian Army

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JSTF OPERATIONAL PHOTO:ARMS SEIZED FROM INSURGENTS AT DIKWA, BORNO STATE

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

A General Purpose Machine Gun, RPG-7 and AK47 rifles seized from terrorists, 25 June,2012

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SUSPECTED INSURGENTS KILL 2 CIVILIANS AT DAMATURU; JSTF KILL 2 SUSPECTED INSURGENTS, CAPTURE ONE

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

An Otokar Cobra APC of the Nigerian Army on urban counter-terrorism patrol duty THE NATION Damaturu 28 June, 2012 The police in Damaturu have confirmed the killing of two suspected members of the Boko Haram and two civilians in Thursday’s … Continue reading →

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MARITIME SECURITY: FG AWARD CONTRACT FOR 1(Nos) $10.45m 32 metre OCEA(FRANCE) PATROL CRAFT AND 2(Nos) $9.42m 17metre MANTA MK.II ASD LITTORAL INTERCEPTORS TO KOBUS NAVAL DESIGN(NIG) TO BE CREWED BY THE NAVY • US$1.5m CONTRACT FOR 3 PATROL BOATS FOR NIWA/MARINE POLICE INLAND WATERWAYS PATROL

Posted on June 28, 2012 by beegeagle

CROQ 1270 patrol boats, donated by the Lagos State Government and crewed by the Nigerian Navy NIGERIAN COMPASS JUNE 28, 2012 excerpts In furtherance of Federal Government’s resolve to tackle security challenges, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the … Continue reading →

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