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By Okosun Dennis Two days after "Exercise Clean Sweep'' began to disinfect the epicentre of the 2002 bomb blast at the Ikeja Cantonment, 93 unexploded ordnance have been recovered of various calibres and descriptions. In his maiden brief of the press on Thursday at the Command and Media Centre, Ikeja Cantonment, the Director at the Directorate of Explosives Search and Disposal, Nigerian Army Engineers (NAE) and who is also the Coordinator of "EXERCISE CLEAN SWEEP", Colonel Abdulrazaq Olapeju Kazeem, gave updates on the progress made so far on clearance plan,...

...AS EXERCISE STILL WATERS III KICKS OFF By Okosun Dennis Bandits, kidnappers, and other organised criminals are in for a hellish moment as troops of the Nigerian Army and other sister forces are poised to make their lives miserable and frustrate their adventures unless they repent and renounce their insipid acts. Flagging off the yearly operation: "EXERCISE STILL WATERS III" at the Forward Operations Base (FOB), Ibafo, Ogun State on Tuesday, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja charged the troops to chase out all...

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...

...MOTIVATES TROOPS AT FOB ERENA The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has vowed that the troops must defeat the adversaries of our people and take back every inch of space where they are hibernating in our land. Adding that protecting lives and defending your nation are the noblest service anyone can offer, admonished the troops not to allow their morale to dwindle but should see being in the service as a noble profession. The COAS had on Wednesday visited the troops' after the deadly encounter with...