Nigerian Army Burst IPOB/ESN Firearms/Drones Factory In Delta, Arrest 6 Suspects
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Army said it’s troops on internal security operations in Delta State have uncovered and destroyed a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory belonging to members More...
Troops Uncover Illegal Oil Refining Site In Urhobo Community
LAGOS JULY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and those of a private security firm have jointly uncovered a major illegal refining More...
Security Operatives Intercept Boats Loaded With Crude Oil In Delta Creeks
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Operatives of a private pipeline surveillance contractor to the NPDC/Splat Joint Venture, Abicity Security, in collaboration with personnel of the Nigerian Army stationed at Ubagboro More...
Army Denies Killing Nine Aladja Indigenes Despite Provocation
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Army 6 Division has denied the allegations that soldiers from the 3 Battalion in Effurun shot dead nine persons in Aladja community during its renewed clash with Ogbe-Ijoh More...
Boko Haram: Army Makes ‘U Turn’ Retracts Statement on Wanted Persons
Wanted journalistsNigerian LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Army today made a U – turn on their earlier declaration of Ahmed Salkida, Aisha Wakili and Ahmed U. Bolori wanted. Army Spokesperson More...
A Second Chibok Schoolgirl ‘Serah Luka’ Rescued
Second rescued Chibo girl Serah Luka’ LAGOS MAY 20TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian military has disclosed that another girl of the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State abducted by the Boko Haram two years More...
Delta: Why Aggrieved Youths Destroy Pastor’s Church in Jesse
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Blessing Akamugbe who reported the news on Facebook, wrote: “It was pandemonium in Jesse today as unknown youths invade Pastor Emma Church known as Mountain Of Prayers Ministry More...
Boko Haram Scientists Convert Vegetable Oil to Fuel
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Ingenious Boko Haram members have found a solution to the crippling fuel scarcity in the country by devising a way to convert vegetable oil to diesel, with which they power their More...
Soldiers Fled as Boko Haram Destroys Nigerian Military Base; 107 Troops MIA
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (URHOBOTODAY) — Boko Haram destroyed a Nigerian military base as soldiers fled and only self-defense fighters prevented the insurgents from retaking a northeastern town, residents said Monday. The More...
Boko Haram Raids Borno Villages in Desperate Random Recruitment Drive
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (URHOBOTODAY)-With the renewed efforts of Nigerian military forces currently fighting to restore law and order across the North-East, the Boko Haram sect is apparently gasping for breath and More...
Nigerian Army Reinstates 3,000 Soldiers Dismissed over Boko Haram War
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (URHOBOTODAY)- – The Nigerian army said Thursday it had reinstated some 3,000 soldiers who were dismissed for alleged indiscipline in the battle against Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast. Army More...
Army Whisk Away Rescued Females Suspected of Aiding Boko Haram
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-All 275 women, girls and children rescued from Boko Haram and taken to the safety of a northeast Nigerian refugee camp have been taken into military custody amid suspicions that some More...
Aftermath of Boko Haram Attack, Nigeria Military Imposes 24-Hour Curfew in Maiduguri
LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian military has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital following Wednesday’s attempted attack by the Boko Haram insurgents on the city. The More...
Panic in Maiduguri as Nigerian Army Repels Fresh Boko Haram Attack
Shekau LAGOS MAY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Boko Haram fighters launched an attack on northeast Nigeria’s largest city Maiduguri on Wednesday ?but were repelled by Nigerian troops after intense clashes, residents More...
Boko Haram Resorts to Total Gorilla Warfare on Nigerians
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)- – Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military claiming increasing successes against Boko More...
Nigerian Army Re-Captures More Communities from Boko Haram
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian military on Friday said it has recaptured two more communities from Boko Haram militants in the North Eastern part of Nigeria after intense fighting. The Defence Headquarters More...
Mass Promotion for Soldiers That Liberated Baga From Boko Haram
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, announced a special promotion for all soldiers involved in liberating Baga, in Borno State, from Boko Haram insurgents. The Chief of Army Staff More...
Fleeing Boko Haram Calls For Ceasefire
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Members of the Islamist terror group, Boko Haram that are running away from the fire-power of Nigerian troops are calling for ceasefire and immediate stop to hostilities. The group More...
After Seizure of Massive Boko Haram’s Weapons, Nigerian Troop Intensifies Bid To Capture Shekau Alive
Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (URHOBOTODAY) – Federal troops have seized large caches of lethal weapons abandoned by members of the ousted terrorist group, Boko Haram in the fishing city More...
Boko Haram: Dismissed 203 Nigerian Soldiers Narrate Gory Tales of Maltreatment
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (URHOBOTODAY)- The Nigerian Army has dismissed 203 soldiers after a secret court martial held in the dead of the night, for allegedly disobeying a direct order from their commanding officer. One More...
Arrested Fleeing 50 Boko Haram Insurgents Plead for Mercy
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-This is no good time for members of Boko Haram insurgents as no fewer than fifty members of the sect fleeing from war zone after killing of their leader Abubakar Shekau pleaded More...
Nigerian Army Intercept Large Cache of Arms,Ammunition in Burnt Church
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Nigerian Defense Headquarters said today that security officials had found and seized weapons stashed away by terrorists in a burnt church. The military said the arrest of a terrorist More...
Boko Haram Invades Adamawa Villages, Casualties Unknown
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Unknown gunmen on Wednesday night raided three villages in Madagali and Michika local governments in Adamawa state, residents and officials have said. According to the chairman More...
Hundreds Dead as Boko Goes on Rampage Attacking Airport, Motor-Parks, Check Points
Leader of Boko Haram, Shekau LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND 2013 (URHOBOTODAY)-Hundreds of persons are reported to have died in a clash between the military and suspected members of the Boko Haram sect on Monday in Borno More...
Group Petitions Defence HQ over Soldiers Extortion, Harassment of Indigenes in Bayelsa
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)- The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) in Bayelsa State has petitioned the Nigerian Army Defence Headquarters over alleged misconduct and extortion by some soldiers in the state. The More...