9 BRIGADE SWEEPS TROPHIES AT 81 DIV INTER-BRIGADE COMPETITION TO EMERGE CHAMPION
...AS GOC EMPHASIZES PURPOSEFUL TRAINING IN MILITARY PROFESSION By Okosun Dennis The 9 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Ikeja Cantonment, under the...
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MINOR EXPLOSION AT IKEJA CANTONMENT
...ARMY EOD DEPLOYS TO SITE Almost four months after the epicentre of the Ikeja bomb blast was certified by the...
WASA 2023: GOVERNOR SANWO-OLU APPLAUDS 9 BRIGADES FOR ROBUST SECURITY IN LAGOS
..."NO SPACE FOR CRIMINAL ELEMENTS" - BRIG GEN ADETUYI By Okosun Dennis & Alex Olise Lagos State Governor, Babajide...
ARMY CHIEF DECLARES IKEJA CANTONMENT FREE OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCES
...AS NPF ISSUES CERTIFICATE OF CLEARANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNMAS By Okosun Dennis History was made by the Nigerian Army on Wednesday after 21 years the unfortunate bomb explosion that rocked the Ikeja Cantonment took place, as the military barracks has been certified free of any unexploded ordnances (UXOs) by the Nigerian Police Bomb Disposal Department and issued a certificate of clearance. During the closing ceremony, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, who was represented by the Commander, Engineer Corps, Maj Gen Philip Eromosele was presented a...
ARMY DESTROYS 2,055 UXOS RECOVERED FROM IKEJA CANTONMENT
...TO WIND UP 'EXERCISE CLEAR SWEEP' Nigerian Army said on Monday that a total of 2,055 Unexploded Ordnances of various calibres were recovered from the epi centre of a Bomb Blast at Ikeja Cantonment. It was revealed that the "Exercise Clean Sweep" which began on Tuesday, 10th October 2023, has been successfully completed, and all the recovery and safe disposal of all the bombs. In order to officially commemorate the successful completion of the exercise, in a statement signed by the Commander, 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment, Brigadier General Adegoke Adetuyi...
IKEJA BOMB BLAST: ARMY TO CARRY OUT UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE CLEARANCE
The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja will this morning hold a press briefing to flag off EXERCISE CLEAN SWEEP by 10 am at the 9 Brigade Officers’ Mess, Ikeja Cantonment. The exercise is to clear the remnants of the unexploded Ordnances from the 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast which would be evacuated for detonation at the Nigerian Army Range at Ajilete in Ogun State within the next 60 days. The blast on 27 January 2002, sent a huge wave of panic across Lagos. It...