A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday adjourned until 28 November a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Caretaker Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Mr. Lucky Okodeh, against the military. Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the case following an oral application by Okodeh’s counsel, Asmau Yunusa, to enable her to respond …

The Ovie of Umiaghwa Abraka Kingdom in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Lucky Ararile has called on President Bola Tinubu to order the military stationed in the troubled Okuama community to vacate the area. This is just as he described the killing of 17 military personnel on peace mission to the community as “an unfortunate situation, regrettable …

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declared eight persons wanted over their roles in the recent killing of 17 military personnel Okuama community, Delta State. DHQ released the list on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja. During the bi-weekly update on military operations across the country in Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba stated that those …

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, conferred national posthumous awards on 17 slain military personnel killed in the Okuama area of Delta State. At the burial of the officers and soldiers at the Military Cemetery, Abuja, the President also announced scholarships and house gifts for the children and families of the slain military personnel. The officers and soldiers were murdered by …

There is, perhaps, no other incident in recent time that has evoked sorrow and emotions among Nigerians as the killing of soldiers by warring youths of Okuoma community of Delta state. Initial reports put the number at 16 but their picture collage indicated that they were 17. The gravity of the loss has in a way, overtaken the anger in …

President Bola Tinubu has granted the Defence Headquarters and the Chief of Defence Staff the “full authority to bring to justice anybody found to have been responsible for this unconscionable crime against the Nigerian people”. Against the background of Thursday’s the killing of a Commanding Officer, two Majors, one Captain, 12 other soldiers, and one civilian while quelling a communal crisis between …