Security operatives from the Nigerian Customs Service and soldiers manning checkpoints along the Badagry-Seme Expressway, weekend, allegedly brutalised two residents, Taofeek Olatunbosun and Rafiu Abdelmalik, for making a video. The officers suspected the duo of being informants supplying journalists with…
Soldiers’ killing: Military, family bicker over arrest of Abia community leader
The military high command and family members of President-General of Umuaku Isuochi in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, Obinna Obi, have locked horns over arrest of the community leader. While the Nigerian Army said Obinna was arrested for…
Sit-at-home: Atiku condemns killing of soldiers in Abia
Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Friday, called for a political solution to the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. The call came after the killing of…
Soldier shoots dead politician he was guarding
A Ugandan national army soldier has shot and killed a government minister he was guarding. Retired Colonel Charles Okello Engola, who was the deputy minister for gender and labour, was shot at his home on Tuesday morning. It is not…
23-year-old impregnated by runaway soldier wants military to fish him out
For 23-year-old, Comfort Peter resident in Bauchi but from Bogoro LGA of the state, it may be a case of love, deceit and betrayal by someone she trusted and gave her love life to as she is now seeking for…
Man who beat traffic policewoman is a fake soldier – Police
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a passenger of a commercial bus for assaulting a policewoman controlling traffic at Shibiri bus stop, Ilemba Hausa area of the state while posing as a soldier. The passenger, Yemi Aiyeni, was apprehended…
Lockdown: Soldier shoots motorist dead in Delta
A motorist, identified as Joseph Pessu, was shot dead in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, by a soldier for allegedly flouting the state government’s sit-at-home order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Eyewitnesses said the middle-aged motorist, who was…
Car belonging to soldier’s wife crushes Lagos street sweeper (Punch)
A street sweeper with the Lagos Waste Management Authority narrowly escaped death on Thursday after being crushed to a stationary petrol tanker by a motorist conveying a woman said to be the wife of a soldier. The incident, which occurred…
Family of woman stabbed to death by soldier seeks justice (Punch)
The children of a vegetable seller in Ede, Osun State, Iyabo Olukunle, who was stabbed to death by a soldier on January 2, 2020, have demanded compensation. Since the incident happened, the children said they had not been contacted by…
Soldier fires gun into his mouth to test bullet charm (Nation)
A yet to be identified African soldier has taken to social media to show off the potency of his bullet charm as he fires different types of guns into his mouth without any injury. According to him, no gun on…