The people of Okuama, a once bubbling riverside community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta state have cried our for help saying they have been abandoned by the relevant authorities to live in ruins since their community was destroyed by security personnel two years ago. Following the killing of 17 military personnel in March 2024 by some hoodlums in the aftermath of community clash between Okuama and one of its neighbours, the security agents in a reprisal, levelled all the houses in Okuama except the Anglican Church where the soldiers took shelter during their operation Two years later, Okuama is still in ruins, shanty tents dotted the space and makeshifts have become homes to people who owned houses before the incident. Last Wednesday, the people of Okuama community embarked on a protest march against the continued detention of their leaders and called on Nigerians to intervene in their plight. They vowed that if their leaders were not released or charged to c...
The Nigerian Army has declared that reports claiming that terrorists killed 17 soldiers, including a Brigade Commander, during a recent attack at Benisheikh, Borno State, are false. The Army also lamented that there are several false, misleading and highly exaggerated reports across some television stations and social media platforms regarding the incident. The Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force. (North East) Operation HADIN KAI, Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba , who gave the update in a statement on Friday, clarified that 2 officers and 2 soldiers lost their lives during the incident. He also dismissed the insinuation that the Brigade Commander’s vehicle was unserviceable during the attack, explaining that the Commander was mounted on a high-grade Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle, which was temporarily immobilised in the heat of combat while he was actively coordinating the counter-assault. Uba cautioned against some trending v...