National Shame: Army arrests six senior officers for fleeing Mubi battle

COAS, Kenneth Minimah

Six military commanders, including an injured Lieutenant Colonel, have been arrested by the military for withdrawing from Mararaba, Michika, Madagali, Mubi and later Vimtim when Boko Haram insurgents attacked the communities last week.

It was learnt that   an unspecified number of soldiers were also in detention for allegedly abandoning the communities, thereby making it easy for the insurgents to have an upper hand.

Mubi battle shame: 300 Nigerian soldiers flee to Cameroon again

COAS, Kenneth Minimah

No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, SHOWBIZPLUSng has learnt.

Cameroonian military sources told our correspondent that Nigerian soldiers fled the north-eastern part of Nigeria, where the insurgency launched by the sect was raging, and crossed the Nigeria-Cameroon border.

Tension as Nigerian Army retires 15 General

COAS, Kenneth Minimah

Fifteen Generals have been retired from the Nigerian Army School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (NASEME) Auchi, Edo state amid tension and allegation of ethnic cleansing targeted at a particular section of the country.

Conflicting reports trail killing of Boko Haram leader, Shekau by troops in Konduga Operation

Shekau, alive and dead

Cheering but unconfirmed report filtering in from military sources have it that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, may have been killed by troops during September 17 battle of Konduga, Borno State.

This was the anti-climax of the insurgents’ desperate attempt to capture Konduga in their delusion to eventually march on and capture Maiduguri.

Although, the process of verifying the true identity of the corpse is still ongoing by military authorities, but preliminary findings from the bodily features, etc, on the corpse under examination bear sharp resemblance with those found on the man that had been appearing in the various videos released by the insurgents.

This means that the military might have scored a strategic victory in the current battle against the terrorists operating in the North-east.

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Oyo shame: 'How soldier raped me three times under dongoyaro tree', student narrates ordeal

COAS, Minimah

 A 23-year-old female student of the Department of Mass Communication of Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa in Oyo State, has alleged that a soldier (name withheld) attached to a special security outfit in the state, ‘Operation Burst’ raped her three times in the night of Friday, August 29, this year, under a Dongoyaro tree. The lady, a National Diploma (ND) II student (name withheld), said the soldier allegedly threatened to kill her with a two-edged knife if she did not cooperate. This, according to her, took place in the premises of the Ibarapa zonal office of the Operation Burst at Secretariat in Eruwa.

The lady sobbed as she narrated her ordeals to newsmen in Ibadan yesterday. She also appealed to well-meaning Nigerians, including President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience to intervene for her to get justice on the alleged rape.