Tag Archives: Religious Violence

BOMB BLAST HITS NIGERIAN PATROL IN RESTIVE CITY

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

    23 October 2011     A roadside bomb hit a military patrol vehicle Sunday in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri where attacks by suspected Islamists have killed dozens, residents said. The blast occurred at around 6:00 … Continue reading →

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BOKO HARAM: JOINT SECURITY TASK FORCE ALERT ON NEW TECHNIQUES

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

Nigeria: Maiduguri Blasts – JTF Alerts On New Techniques Yahaya Ibrahim 9 August 2011 Maiduguri — The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Borno State has alerted residents of Maiduguri of a new practice by suspected members of the Boko … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN ARMY COSAT SHOWS CONCERN FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

COSAT shows concern for national security   VANGUARD On August 8, 2011  By Fredrick Okopie   The recent upsurge of violence and crimes across the country, most especially the incessant bombings in some parts of the North by the Islamic … Continue reading →

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FIVE TASKFORCE MEMBERS TO FACE TRIAL FOR MISCONDUCT

Posted on July 28, 2011 by

Chief of Defence Staff, Nigerian Armed Forces, Air Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin addressing troops of the Joint Security Task Force – Operation Restore Order in Maiduguri, 27 July 2011. PHOTO CREDIT: News Agency of Nigeria FIVE TASKFORCE MEMBERS TO FACE … Continue reading →

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BOKO HARAM: RIVAL CHRISTIAN GROUP EMERGES TO RESIST ISLAMISTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

BOKO HARAM: RIVAL GROUP DROP THREAT LEAFLETS IN TEN NORTHERN STATES VANGUARD NEWSPAPERS July 24, 2011 Action heightens security concerns BY EMEKA MAMAH The emergence of a  new  group,  believed to be out to checkmate Boko Haram, is  giving security … Continue reading →

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SECURITY FORCES SHOW THE FLAG IN LAGOS

Posted on July 23, 2011 by

Security forces parade     Today at about 1110hours, this writer stepped out from a bank situated along the arterial Allen Avenue in the Ikeja area of Lagos to the sound of wailing sirens. Looking towards the left direction, one … Continue reading →

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FLASHBACK – SOMALIA 1993: NIGERIAN TROOPS, US MARINES HALT SHOOTINGS

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

OPERATION RESTORE HOPE(SOMALIA) 1992-1993   US AND NIGERIAN TROOPS HALT SOMALI SHOOTINGS NEW YORK TIMES By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO Published: February 27, 1993 Nigerian forces and United States marines today occupied buildings in southern Mogadishu from which recent sniper attacks … Continue reading →

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SOMALIA: NIGERIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN MOGADISHU ??

Posted on July 3, 2011 by

According to an UNCONFIRMED report carried by the website “Mareeg” which quoted the Arabic edition of the Al Jazeera website, a contingent of Nigerian troops have landed in Mogadishu. Nigerian troops saw action in Somalia during the early 1990s at … Continue reading →

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NIGERIAN TROOPS ON ANTI-TERROR TRAINING ABROAD – AFP

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Nigerian troops ‘on anti-terror training abroad’ (AFP) LAGOS — Nigerian soldiers are undergoing anti-terrorism training abroad following a recent spate of deadly gun and bomb attacks blamed on a radical Islamist sect, an army spokesman said on Thursday. “This new … Continue reading →

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SPECIAL MILITARY TASK FORCE (OP SAFE HAVEN) IN PLATEAU STATE : PHOTOS

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Commander Special Task Force(Plateau State) OP SAFE HAVEN The highland city of Jos has been bedeviled by a spate of very violent attacks pitting the indigenous christian Birom ethnic community and the muslim Hausa settlers whose ancestors came up to … Continue reading →

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