The Osby Blog : Army Sentences 54 Soldiers To Death Over Mutiny: The Nigerian Army, yesterday sentenced 54 soldiers to death after they were convicted on a two count charge of criminal conspir...
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Army Sentences 54 Soldiers To Death Over Mutiny
The Nigerian Army, yesterday sentenced 54 soldiers to death
after they were convicted on a two count charge of criminal conspiracy
to commit mutiny. Five others were however acquitted.
The soldiers were the second batch of Nigerian soldiers sentenced to
death by the Military courts for mutiny sometime in October.
According to the charge sheet, the soldiers conspired to commit
mutiny against the authorities of the Army 7 Division...
Monday, December 1, 2014
How Uduaghan’s loyalists sweep Delta Assembly tickets
Governor Uduaghan
Loyalists and appointees of Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan,
were last Saturday declared winners of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, House of Assembly primary election in 21 out of the 29 state
constituencies, as some aggrieved aspirants vowed to challenge the
outcome of the exercise.
It was reported that the exercise however did not begin until late
Saturday evening...
Gunmen attack Damaturu, Yobe state capital
Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, came under heavy attack by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect this morning.
Yobe State University located in Damaturu was one of the first places to come under attack .
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen attacked the town as early as 4am, and
exchanged fire with operatives of the Police Mobile Unit.
“A military jet was deployed to push the insurgents back and the
situation...
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