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Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, the Kwara State Governor, on Wednesday expressed regret that the MoU on the aviation college, Ilorin signed before he took over power, between the Nigerian Navy and the previous government in the state was abused. He, however, assured that the present administration was ready to right the wrongs and prevent a reoccurrence while various corrective measures had already been taken on the violations in the MoU between the Nigerian Navy and the aviation college. Receiving the...

Midlands Correspondent The officer commanding a team of over 300 members of the Defence Forces who are heading to south Lebanon on the latest United Nations peacekeeping mission has insisted that all preparations necessary to combat the challenge of Covid-19 are being taken. Over the last two weeks the troops of all ranks from across the country have been completing tactical training exercises at centres in the midlands and east. Lieutenant Colonel Conor Bates said that a vaccination programme ...

4 hours ago A Congolese doctor is facing rape charges after allegedly inserting his finger inside three schoolgirls’ vaginas and fondling their breasts during medical consultation last week. 50-year-old Asunami Kasongo, who is based at Etsha 6 Clinic in the North West District, has already appeared before Gumare Magistrates Court for mention. Although he confirmed the case, Officer Commanding for Okavango sub-district policing area, Victor Nlebesi, was reluctant to go into details. “I can o...

LIEUTENANT GENERAL WALTER RARIA KOIPATON MGH CBS OGW ‘ndc’ (K) ‘psc’ (TZ) COMMANDER KENYA ARMY Lieutenant General Walter Raria Koipatonis the Commander of the Kenya Army following his promotion and appointment on 13 July 2018. He was enlisted into the Kenya Defence Forces as an Officer Cadet on 14 May 1982 and Commissioned as an Officer on 14 April 1983. After completion of his Cadet training, he was posted to 3rd Kenya Rifles as a Platoon Commander and served in various app...

Express News Service SRINAGAR: The Army said the India-Pakistan ceasefire would give it an opportunity to improve its capacity and capability to control and check infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir. Jawans have been ordered to even stop practice firing in the ranges near the frontiers.  Before the initiation of border ceasefire on February 25,  Indian and Pakistani troops used to exchange  fire on a daily basis. At least four Indian soldiers were killed in the first two months of this year. ...

SRINAGAR: The past year has been one of the most peaceful in Kashmir with all parameters of violence on a decline as people want it to be so, a top army

Representative image KUPWARA: Days after the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army on Saturday said it will exercise maximum restraint in case of any violation of the understanding by the other side. Welcoming the agreement arrived at between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two countries, a top Army officer said the decision was significant as it would bring relief to the people living near the LoC...

Army hands over suspected drug peddlers to NDLEA in C/River On Kindly Share This Story: The 13 Brigade Nigerian Army Calabar has handed over two suspected drug dealers to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation and prosecution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects, Effangha Effangha, 37, and Eno-Obong Udome, 34, were arrested by Army personnel attached to the Cross River Government security outfit “Operation Akpakwu” on Thursday and ...

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Brigadier General Gerhard Kamffer. The man who drove and successfully concluded the renaming of SA Army Reserve Force units and was also instrumental in adding value to this component of the national part-time military corps appears to be past his sell-by date. A 17 February SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Bulletin, in addition to numerous promotions to the rank of brigadier general, also carried a number of transfers. One of these was that Brigadier Genera...

The widows plea: An oft-forgotten victim of a famous Kilkenny ambush gone wrong Berni Egan has researched the story of the Friary Street Ambush - the 100th anniversary of which is today Reporter: );  ); “At 9am he had his breakfast with me at own house in Upper Walkin Street, and went off to his work about 9.30am. I did not see him again alive.” — Widow Bridget Dollard’s statement to Military Court of Enquiry, Kilkenny, February 22,1921. Over the course of the next few minutes one m...