Troops of the special military taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have arrested two suspected killers of Rev. Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu. This is contained in a statement issued by Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH, on Wednesday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) repots that Okechukwu, a priest of the Catholic Diocese…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have neutralised a suspected bandit and armed robber in Wase and Bokkos Local Government Areas (LGA) of Plateau. Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. Zhakom said that the two suspected criminals were brought down by troops following an…
The troops of the Sector 2 of the Nigerian Army have neutralised 10 terrorists, rescued 101 kidnapped victims across Kankara in Katsina state and Shinkafi in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday by the Coordinator Joint Media Coordination Centre Operation Fansan Yamma, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi. Abdullahi said the…
The troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have successfully cracked down on a notorious bandit camp in Taraba. This is contain in a statement by Capt. Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, and made available to newsmen in Jalingo on Monday. Oni said that the troops…
Lebanese armed forces were deployed to several more villages in southern Lebanon on Monday, shortly after an announcement that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was being extended until February 18. Lebanese forces partially re-entered the towns of Mais al Jabal and Houla, located along the southern demarcation line with neighbouring Israel. Lines of cars…
A joint force of 5,000 troops from military-led neighbours Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will soon deploy in their troubled central Sahel region, Niger’s defence chief said on state television. Juntas in the neighbouring West African countries seized control in a series of coups between 2020 and 2023. Last year, they agreed to tackle security…
