THE DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS SAYS TROOPS ELIMINATED OVER 100 TERRORISTS, ARRESTED 345 TERRORISTS, AND RESCUED 393 KIDNAPPED VICTIMS IN THE MONTH OF JULY.(PHOTO).
The Defence Headquarters says troops eliminated over 100 terrorists, arrested 345 terrorists, and rescued 393 kidnapped victims in the month of July. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, stated this during the monthly Defence Media Operations briefing at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. Major General Onoja added that during the period under review, 57 terrorists surrendered, over 1,000 arms and assorted ammunition were recovered, 18 illegal refining sites were destroyed, while 250,500 litres of stolen crude oil and refined petroleum products were recovered. Speaking further, Major General Onoja, on behalf of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, reaffirmed the Armed Forces' commitment to the protection of lives and property nationwide, and their resolve to ensure that kidnapping, terrorism, secessionist agitation, and other forms of criminality are purged from society.
The author of ''Eze Goes To School'',a popular novel which was featured in the early 90s,Chief Onuora Nzekwu,has died at the age of 89,the family confirmed yesterday Saturday.Late Onuora Nzekwu ,also the founding General Manager of News Agency of Nigeria {NAN},died on Friday in his home in Onitsha,Anambra,where he had been living in retirement,a family member,Mr Louis Chuke said.Nzekwu joined the Federal Civil Service as an editorial assistant at the Nigeria Magazine Division of the Federal Ministry of Information.He worked as an editorial assistant from 1956 to 1958 when took over the position of editor-in-chief of the magazine.In 1966 when the Nigerian civil war broke out,he transferred his services to the Eastern Nigeria Public Service and returned to the federal service at the end of the crisis in 1970.He served as General Manager of NAN from 1979 to 1985.Nzekwu wrote Troubled Dust,a novel that recounts the experience of the civil war.May his soul rest in peace Amen.One more photos below.
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