Defence & Security
Defence minister tasks service chiefs on sustaining joint training of Short Service Course
Defence minister tasks service chiefs on sustaining joint training of Short Service Course
The Minister of Defence, Retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has tasked the service chiefs to sustain the joint training of all Short Service Courses across the three services to address the issue of inter-service rivalry.
The commissioned officers trained at the NDA, were of the Army Direct Short Service Course 26 and Direct Regular Course 30 of the Nigerian Airforce.
The specialists’ officers who included engineers, nurses, lawyers, among others, comprised 200 of the Nigerian Army and 137 of the Nigerian Airforce.
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Magashi, who was the Reviewing Officer of the POP, noted that the successes against adversaries being recorded by the Armed Forces could be attributed to enhanced synergy among the services.
He said that through the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Armed Forces had been repositioned to better face contemporary security challenges.
He said it was achieved through thoughtful acquisition of requisite equipment and platforms which had improved the capabilities of the Armed Forces and greatly enhanced the morale and fighting spirit of troops.
To the officers, Magashi said the responsibility of leading and inspiring the soldiers, airmen and women of their respective services would be bestowed on them and require tough decision in the face of confronting adversaries.
“In all circumstances, you must not do anything that is illegal, immoral or unethical, you must always believe in your abilities as you discharge your constitutional duty to our dear country Nigeria,” he said.
The minister tasked the officers on the need to apply their knowledge and skills in various fields of specialisations to support the combat forces in achieving their assigned missions.
“You will need to learn fast and adapt quickly to the ever-changing operational environment,” he added.
Magashi thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment towards improving national security and ensuring sustainable development in Nigeria.
The minister therefore urged Nigerians to continue to support the Armed Forces in their collective efforts to rid the nation of all forms of insecurity from home and abroad.
He also commended the Commandant, staff and instructors of the NDA for working selflessly in training and preparing the cadets for commissioning into the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force.
Operation SAFE HAVEN quell communal violence in Southern Kaduna
By: Zagazola Makama
The Nigerian Army troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN on Tuesday quell communal violence in Kaura LGA in Southern Kaduna.
It was gathered that the troops while on patrol in Southern Kaduna received a distress call about tension in Kaura LGA where it was alleged that the locals were mobilising to attack a neighboring community.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the troops rushed to the area and recovered 9 rifles and 50 cartridges rounds while bringing the situation under control.
The sources said that monitoring continues as the situation remained fluid.
Operation SAFE HAVEN quell communal violence in Southern Kaduna
Defence & Security
Nigerian Army, DSS eliminates 7 terrorists in the North West, recover 10 rifles, motorcycles
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Nigerian Army, DSS eliminates 7 terrorists in the North West, recover 10 rifles, motorcycles
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, in conjunction with the operative of the Department of State Security Services(DSS), have nutrialsied 7 terrorists in the North West of Madachi in Isa LGA.
The terrorists were naturalized on Friday at about 251720A while responding to a distress call about the movement of the bandits on 40 motorcycles toward the Modachi general area.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that the troops eliminated 7 of the bandits while others escaped with bullet wounds toward the axis of Shinkafi.
Items recovered include 7 ak47 rifles, 4 motorcycles, 2 pounds and 4 cutlases.
The interagency cooperation between the Nigerian Army and other security agencies as exemplified in the conduct of this operation is a testament to the strength of our collective resolve to defeat insurgency and other security challenges.
Nigerian Army, DSS eliminates 7 terrorists in the North West, recover 10 rifles, motorcycles
Man begs I-G to assist in locating missing police wife
Mr Ayowole Adekonipekun, a resident of Osogbo, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun to help in locating his wife, Cpl Ruth Ayowole, who went missing while on official duty in Abia.
Adekonipekun told newsmen on Friday in Osogbo that his wife, with service number 068986, was serving with the Anti-Robbery Unit of Osun Police Command.
The husband said that Ruth and four of her colleagues went missing on Feb. 13, after an ambush during their official assignment to Abia.
Adekonipekun said that his wife and other officers left Osogbo on Feb. 12 and passed the night at a hotel in Asaba.
According to him, he later learnt that they were ambushed between Anambra and Abia.
“I chatted with my wife till around 8:10am on Feb. 13 before they set out for the journey, but two hours later, when I tried to contact her, her number was not reachable.
”I later lodged a complain with the officer in-charge of the Anti-Robbery unit, and the Commissioner of Police, who informed me that they had sent a follow-up team to verify the state of the missing officers.
”It was later we heard that one of the officers named Sodiq, had escaped the ambush and returned to Osogbo, but didn’t know what happened to the rest of the team.”
The husband of the police woman said since then, there had been no news about the missing police officers.
”Myself and others have sent petition to the Police Service Commission, Zone lX in Osogbo and the State Police Command about the whereabout of the officers, but there has been no response.
”I want to appeal to the I-G to please unravel the whereabout of my wife and other officers, it has not been easy to live without my wife in the last two months,” he said.
When contacted, SP Yemisi Opalola, the Police Public Relation Officer in Osun, said that the command and that of Imo, as well as the Army, have been working to find the missing officers.
Opalola said the families of the missing officers had met with the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Umar-Abba, who briefed them on the efforts being made to trace the missing officers, and urged them to exercise more patience.
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