🇳🇬 Nigerian military warns about plot to instigate army to overthrow president Tinubu

The Nigerian Armed Forces High command says there are plots from different quarters to instigate members of the army of Nigeria to overthrow the present administration led by Bola Tinubu.

Spokesman for the Nigerian Armed Forces, however, told that the military does not express dissatisfaction with the existing system in the country and will not allow itself to be involved in any actions against current administration.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria strikes illegal oil refining sites in air raids

The Nigerian air force says it carried out strikes on illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta region on Sunday.

The force said it had destroyed several illegal sites in oil-rich Rivers state and also targeted a boat that was loaded with crude oil and headed for the open waters.

Nigeria has been cracking down on oil thieves in the Niger Delta, burning crude-laden ships and small illegal refineries, but aerial bombardments are uncommon.

Most of the illegal oil refineries tend to be located in the creeks away from communities but environmentalists have condemned the continual burning of the refineries.

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#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) has released a video with the message that the group will protect its territories from Nigerian Army and jihadists.

Fighters carry a possible Browning Buck Mark Hunter .22LR pistol, FN MAG machine guns, W85 HMG, RPG-7 with PG-7M rocket, G3A3 rifles and AKM/Type 56 rifles.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1698707039701115150

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) have recently released a new video: which shows three fighters with various weapons.

In the video, fighters are carrying an uncommon Chinese 14.5x114mm CS/LM2 (QJG-02) heavy machine gun and two 7.62x51mm G3A3 rifles.

It's also quite possible that the CS/LM2 HMG was smuggled from a foreign country in Africa.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1699067356797112498

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: Fighters of #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) released a new video with their commander.

Fighters appear to be armed with a Yugoslavian Zastava M84 machine gun, G3A3 rifle, FN FAL rifle and Chinese Type 56-2 assault rifles.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1700862248795734385

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) fighters ambushed a vehicle belonging to Nigerian Forces.

As a result, the fighters captured a Heckler & Koch HK21(A1) general-purpose machine gun and a pickup.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1702001634987942146

🇳🇬 Gunmen kill five policemen in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state

At least five policemen were killed in an attack by armed men in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state.

Separatists in the area have frequently targeted police stations and government buildings.

The authorities have blamed the banned group, the Indigenous People of Biafra for most of the attacks.

Imo police spokesman confirmed the attack occurred at Ehime Mbano local government area of the state, but did not immediately provide details because investigations are ongoing.

Local media reported at least eight fatalities including soldiers and men of Nigeria's Civil Defence Corps, a paramilitary agency.

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#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) released a video of captured weapons after an ambush on Nigerian Army.

#Israeli 🇮🇱 Galil ACE 23, #Bulgarian 🇧🇬 Arsenal AR-M5T pattern rifle, #Belgian 🇧🇪 FN FAL / FAL Para, #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 84-4 and Type 56 rifles can be seen.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1705567062263832679

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: Separatist group "#Biafra Liberation Army" (#BLA) held a parade to express their support for #Israel 🇮🇱 and #IDF.

Militants seem to be armed with RPG-7 Launchers, PG-7V rockets, FN MAG machine guns, PK machine guns, AKM/Type 56 rifles and 12G JOJEFF shotguns.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1716145623567593805

🇳🇬 Nigeria Supreme Court blocks release of separatist leader

Nigeria's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judgment by a lower court that dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that he should stay in detention.

Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), disappeared from Nigeria after skipping bail in 2017. He was arrested in Kenya in 2021 and charged with terrorism.

Supreme Court Judge Lawal Garba ruled that Kanu's seven-count terrorism trial at a lower federal court should continue.

Kanu's IPOB campaigns for the secession of a part of southeastern Nigeria where the majority belong to the Igbo ethnic group, and carries out many terrorist acts in the region. Nigerian authorities have labeled IPOB a terrorist organisation.

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#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #ISWAP (#ISIS - West Africa) ambıshed Nigerian soldiers in #Borno.

Militants used #Bulgarian 🇧🇬 MG-1M machine gun and #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 rifle.

Also captured RPG-7, Bulgarian RTB-7MA thermobaric rocket, #Romanian 🇷🇴 PG-7M rocket, OG-7V rocket and an AKM rifle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1744119538856194366

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #ISWAP (#ISIS - West Africa) militants carried out an attack on a Nigerian Army position in #Yobe State.

Militants appear to be armed with at least one FN MAG machine gun, RPG-7 Launcher and AKM-pattern assault rifles.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1760096564557586688

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) reportedly carried out an attack on Nigerian Army in #Enugu State.

As a result fighters captured two FN MAG machine guns and a Polish PAC (Pioneer Arms Corp.) AKMS assault rifle.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1781715285566742871

#Nigeria 🇳🇬: #Biafra Liberation Army (#BLA) carried out an attack against Nigerian Army.

BLA captured very rare #Indonesia-made 🇮🇩 Pindad SS1-V1 rifle, #Israeli 🇮🇱 Galil AR rifle, FN MAG machine gun, #Italian 🇮🇹 Beretta M12S SMG, #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 56-2 rifle, Type 80 machine gun.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1783075375616078273