Category Archives: NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES

VETERANS OF MALI WAR FLOCK INTO NIGERIA

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Mr Rilwan Bala Musa, Comptroller General of Immigration SUNDAY TRIBUNE Written by Olawale Rasheed Abuja Sunday, 05 May 2013 THERE are strong indications that veterans of Mali Islamist war are already finding their way into Nigeria’s northern borders, just as … Continue reading →

Posted in AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ANSAR DINE, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BORDER SECURITY, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MALI, MOVEMENT FOR ONENESS AND JUSTICE IN WEST AFRICA, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

JTF(OP PULO SHIELD) ARREST ILLEGAL BUNKERING VESSEL AND BARGE IN THE NIGER DELTA…INTERCEPT AND DESTROY 61 BOATS; 76 OIL THIEVES ALSO ARRESTED

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

JTF amphibious forces in a battle-scarred gunboat soldier on in the Niger Delta regardless YENAGOA, Nigeria April 28 (Xinhua) Nigerian troops operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta region arrested 76 suspects and seized a marine vessel and barge used for … Continue reading →

Posted in ARMED CONFLICT, BUNKERING, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, GULF OF GUINEA, JOINT(MILITARY)TASK FORCE IN THE NIGER DELTA, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, OIL & GAS, PIRACY, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

JSTF KILL SENIOR BOKO HARAM TERRORIST

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Nigerian Army Otokar Cobra APC on JSTF urban counterterrorism and counterinsurgency patrols VANGUARD April 27, 2013 By NDAHI MARAMA, MAIDUGURI Mohammed Chad, a top Boko Haram Commander and an indigene of Marte Local Government Area of Borno State who has … Continue reading →

Posted in ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

JSTF TROOPS KILL 20 BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN GASHUA COUNTEROFFENSIVE AFTER 5 POLICEMEN ARE KILLED BY INSURGENTS; 6 RIFLES AND PISTOLS, 19 HAND GRENADES RECOVERED FROM TERRORISTS

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

A combined team of soldiers and MOPOL cops, normalcy restored, walk through a battle-scarred neighbourhood in the Far Northeast of Nigeria following days of urban warfare waged against invading Boko Haram terrorists, last year. DAMATURU, Nigeria April 25 (Xinhua) A … Continue reading →

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WHY WE TAKE FOREIGN HOSTAGES – ANSARU

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

ANSARU terrorists PHOTO: AFP/GETTY IMAGES VANGUARD April 26, 2013 ABUJA Ansaru,a breakaway militant group from Boko Haram which kidnapped seven foreign construction workers in Bauchi has explained why the group abduct foreign hostages, saying it was meant to send a … Continue reading →

Posted in AL-QAEDA IN THE ISLAMIC MAGHREB(AQIM), ALGERIA, ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, BORDER SECURITY, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MAURITANIA, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

BOKO HARAM AMNESTY CAN’T BE FUNDED WITH NIGER DELTA RESOURCES – DR EKIYOR

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

VANGUARD April 10, 2013 By SIMON EBEGBULEM BENIN FORMER President of Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, has said that any plan by the Federal Government to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram sect will be a fraud, … Continue reading →

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HUGE EXPLOSION HITS KANO..NO CASUALTIES RECORDED

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Scene of an earlier suicide bomb attack in Kano KANO, Nigeria April 4 (Xinhua) A huge explosion hit northwest Nigeria’s Kano State on Thursday night, police said, adding no death or injury was caused. A bomb exploded along Dangi roundabout … Continue reading →

Posted in NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, TERRORISM, ARMED CONFLICT, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

RARE FOOTAGE OF A JSTF COMBINED SQUAD DURING A CRUNCH PERIOD SPANNING SEVERAL DAYS OF GUN BATTLES AT POTISKUM, N.E NIGERIA

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

A combined team of soldiers and MOPOL cops, normalcy restored, walk through a battle-scarred neighbourhood in the volatile commercial city of Potiskum in the Far Northeast of Nigeria following days of urban warfare waged against invading Boko Haram terrorists, last … Continue reading →

Posted in ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA, NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, NIGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SECURITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

SPECIAL TASK FORCE – OP SAFE HAVEN(JOS PLATEAU) AVERT ANOTHER BLOODY ATTACK

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

A Panhard VBL M11 of the Special Task Force – OP SAFE HAVEN(Jos Plateau) at the Terminus area of Jos THISDAY 31 March, 2013 The management committee chairman of Barkin Ladi Local Government Council of Plateau State, Hon. Emmanuel Loman, … Continue reading →

Posted in ARMED CONFLICT, BOKO HARAM ISLAMIC STATE MOVEMENT, COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, JOS ETHNORELIGIOUS CONFLICT, MILITARY HARDWARE, MILITARY PHOTOS, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN PARAMILITARY FORCES, RISK ANALYSIS, SPECIAL TASK FORCE, STATE SECURITY SERVICE, TERRORISM, URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

JTF – OP PULO SHIELD ARREST OCEANGOING VESSEL AT AKASSA, FISHING TRAWLER AT BONNY ISLAND OVER ILLEGAL BUNKERING..17 SUSPECTS ARRESTED; 25 ILLEGAL DISTILLATION CAMPS, 130 BUNKERING BOATS DESTROYED IN TEN DAYS OF RAIDS ACROSS THE NIGER DELTA

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Nigerian Army Amphibious troops of the Joint Task Force patrol in a river gunboat armed with a DShK 12.7mm machine gun, somewhere in the Niger Delta BEEGEAGLE’S BLOG 29 March, 2013 The Joint Task Force “Operation Pulo Shield” in a … Continue reading →

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