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Nature of peacekeeping has changed: FM Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen. File photo UNB, Dhaka UNB, Dhaka Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today said the nature of peacekeeping has changed due to the use of advanced technology and sophisticated weapons, the misuse of social media and the ongoing global epidemic. He made the remarks at the "Army Chiefs Conclave" at multipurpose complex of Dhaka Cantonment. Bangladesh Army organised the seminar with t...

It was alleged that the military invasion followed the recent killing of 11 soldiers who were deployed to the area on a peacekeeping operation following renewed hostilities between Bonta village of Mbator in Shangev-Tiev of Konshisha LGA and Okpute-Ainu in Oju LGA of the state. However, the Nigerian Army on Friday, described as “laughable’’, the claim by the residents that at least 70 innocent persons were killed during an invasion by soldiers. Daily Trust reports that the latest alleged ...

The villagers appealed to the Federal Government to order the military to halt the killings, saying they are planning to storm more villages. Daily Trust had reported how the military invaded the communities after 11 soldiers were killed in an ambush. Contacted to comment on the villagers’ allegation, Major General Adeyemi Yekini, Force Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), referred our correspondent to the Media unit of the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. But a soldier, who pleaded anon...

If China And The U.S. Decouple, Then Europe Would Reap The Benefits Zhou: "The relationship between China and NATO has a unique feature. That is, most NATO countries are also EU members. They have an overall good relationship, especially in terms of economy and trade, with China. That is gratifying. To some extent, if Americas relationship with China really reached a point of decoupling, then Europe would reap the benefits, because Chinese technology and capital would flow towards Europe. "The ...

CODE arrests man wanted in Newark ZANESVILLE - A man wanted in Licking County was arrested in Zanesville Wednesday afternoon. Marcus Harris of Zanesville taken into custody in the area of Convers Avenue on a warrant for possession of methamphetamine, possession of fentanyl and having a weapon under disability.  According to CODE Task Force Commander Lt. Paul Cortright, Harris is now facing additional charges in Muskingum County after a search warrant was executed at 910 Convers Ave.  Law enf...

Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, yesterday charged troops to be ruthless and more aggressive in dealing with unrepentant bandits in the North-west. Irabor, in his maiden operational directive to the troops, since assumption of office ordered the troops to remain focused, committed and resolute in discharging their duties. The order came just as troops eliminated 25 terrorists in a fierce encounter in the North-east following an earlier battle orde...

It was also learnt that troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), in collaboration with the Police, killed one of the suspected bandits in a swift counter-response to the attack during which they recovered over 200 rounds of ammunition. A resident of the area told our correspondent by telephone that the armed bandits stormed the area in their numbers early in the morning and began to unleash terror on the people, adding however that the soldiers arrived at the scene on time to chase the bandits ...

TODAY March 6, 2021 The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of new General Officers Commanding, Principal Staff Officers, commandant of tri-service institution and army training centres, corps commanders, among other positions to man the various divisions, units and commands of the service. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Mohammed Yerima, who made this known on Saturday, said the redeployment, approved by Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, is a...

Advertisement Farouq Yahaya, a major general and commander of operation Lafiya Dole, was not affected in the redeployment. Lafiya Dole is the army’s foremost operation launched to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east. The deployment of the officers comes a day after the Nigerian air force, its sister organisation, carried out a similar redeployment. Advertisement In a statement signed by Mohammed Yerima, army spokesperson, the action was said to be a bid to reposition the army fo...

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