A socio-cultural organisation in Ikot Abasi LGA of Akwa Ibom State, Mboho Ukpum Ete, has demanded justice for a 13-year-old boy, Timothy Daniel, allegedly shot by a soldier. In a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Engr Patrick Udoma, the group described the incident as “unacceptable” and demands immediate justice. “The President General of Mboho…
A soldier has reportedly shot a 13-year-old boy Timothy Daniel in the head for standing up for his 15-year-old sister, Miracle Daniel, who was been sexually harassed in Akwa Ibom. The incident was said to have happened at Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of the state. The kids were returning home from Church on January…
Yet to be identified gunmen have reportedly shot dead a soldier and abducted 13 passengers during coordinated attacks on two commercial vehicles along the Okene–Auchi Federal Highway. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-terrorism publication, the incident occurred at about 5:35 pm on Tuesday when gunmen intercepted a green Toyota Sienna, conveying nine passengers from Abuja…
Unknown gunmen has reportedly killed a Nigerian soldier in Aba town, Abia State. This comes a day after the sentencing of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment for terrorism. The soldier, a Lance Corporal, identified as David was killed last Friday. According to military sources, David was…
Tragedy occurred on Monday at a military checkpoint in Lagos State, after a mentally unstable man killed one of the soldiers stationed at the facility. It was learnt that the man snatched a rifle from the soldier and shot him dead,reports Sahara Reporters The incident happened in Agbowa community, along Ikorodu expressway in Lagos State…
A Nigerian Army personnel has reportedly taken his own life after killing his wife inside the Wawa Military Cantonment in New Bussa, Kainji, Niger State. The tragic incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 11, 2025. According to a military signal published by SaharaReporters, the soldier, identified as Lance Corporal Femi Akinleye of the…
Gunmen on Thursday, September 19, killed a soldier and abducted four Chinese expatriates in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. The attack, which occurred at Saminaka in the Ejiba axis, targeted a convoy belonging to Vau & Co. Mining Company, which was conveying Chinese engineers to a mining site. According to security sources,…
A Nigerian soldier serving with the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau State, Private Lukman Musa, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a General Court Martial sitting at Maxwell Khobe Cantonment for the murder of a tricycle rider, Abdulrahman Isa, in Azere town, Bauchi State. The death sentence was handed…
The Nigerian Army has arrested one of its personnel for alleged gunrunning, even as troops rescued eight kidnap victims and recovered arms and ammunition in recent operations across the country. A credible source at Army Headquarters disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said the soldier, identified as…
A Nigerian soldier has been apprehended at the Borno Express Terminal in Maiduguri for illegal possession of ammunition. According to a military source who spoke to SaharaReporters on Friday, the arrest was carried out by the Military Police K9 Team during a routine search operation. The incident occurred at about 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, July…
