14 soldiers died in Baga attack - Defense Headquarters

The Nigerian Defense Headquarters has released a statement saying a total of 14 soldiers died during gun battle between members of terror group Boko Haram in Baga, Borno state over the weekend.
The statement released yesterday January 11th by Gen Chris Olukolade below...
“A total of 14 soldiers were killed in action during the attack, while over 30 who were wounded are now receiving medical attention. Most of those declared missing in action have also rejoined their unit in the ongoing reorganisation for further operations. Although several of the terrorists died in the course of the attack and efforts at repelling the assailants, the actual figure of civilian casualties is yet to be creditably determined as is being propagated in certain quarters.

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18 Female Soldiers Feared Kidnapped In Baga, Borno state

Sahara Reporters is reporting that Boko Haram militants may have kidnapped 18 female soldiers in Baga in Borno State. Report below...
Two sources told SaharaReporters that, out of 26 female soldiers posted to the military base of the Multinational Joint Task Force, only eight have so far been accounted for.

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Lol. Nigerians come for Reno Omokri after he says soldiers never flogged civilians under GEJ's govt

Nigerian twitter can draw blood sha when they mean you...lol. Presidential media aide Reno Omokri tweeted that soldiers never flogged innocent Nigerians under the present administration and the responses he got are both painful and hilarious! See them after the cut..

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Nigerian army now says they have Buhari's certificate

Yesterday, a military source told Vanguard that the military does not have Gen. Buhari's certificate. Today, the director of public relations of the Nigerian Army Brigadier Olaleye Lajide, dismissed the reports, saying the military have his academic records, that they're just waiting for him to apply for it

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INTERVENTION OF MILITARY IN POLITICS: BANE OF NIGERIAN POLITICS.

Nigerian Military forcefully and violently snatched power from democratically elected leaders in 1966. They enacted decrees that gagged the press and muzzled the people from asking the critical question on accountability, transparency and good governance. That was the case for 33years except for the interlude of four years of civilian regime of Alhaji Sheu Shagari (1979 – 1983) and that largely contributed to the docile attitude of large percentage of present generation of Nigerians.

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