Troops bust gun manufacturing factory, recover weapons, cache of ammunition
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigeria Army says troops of Operation Save Haven (OPSH) have uncovered a gun manufacturing factory in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local […]
Defence News
Military neutralises 52 terrorists, apprehends 60 – DHQ
Defence Headquarters says troops of the Nigerian armed forces have eliminated 52 terrorists, apprehended 60 and rescued 61 kidnapped hostages in different operations between Sept. […]
Nigerian Army buries former Defence spokesman, Bernard Onyeuko
The Nigerian Army on Friday, buried the former Director of Defence Media Operations, Late retired Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, who died on Aug. 26, few weeks […]
Defence HQ reacts to viral video of soldiers engaging with bandits in Katsina
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has reacted to a video clip in circulation across the social media handles of some soldiers […]
NAF airstrikes destroy over 30 illegal oil refining sites in Rivers
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says its Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has in the last […]
Military eliminates 151 terrorists, arrests 456 in 2 weeks – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 […]
NAF airstrikes hit terrorists enclaves in Borno
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has in an early morning air strike […]
Adversaries must surrender or be totally eliminated – Defence Chief
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa says the military will continue to go after all adversaries until they surrender or are totally […]
Troops kill 817 terrorists, arrest 1,326 suspects in 3 months – Defence HQ
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces of Nigeria have in the last three months, neutralised 817 terrorists, apprehended 1,326 criminals and […]
Insurgency: COAS pledges to address Army’s operational challenges in N/East
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has carried out an operational tour to assess the […]
Military neutralize 39 terrorists, arrest 157 others, rescue 109 kidnapped hostages
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – At least 39 terrorists were neutralized and 157 others arrested in the last two weeks as the Armed Forces of […]
NAF air strikes hit oil thieves, terrorists
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) and Operation Hadin Kai carried out successful air interdiction missions on […]
Ex-military operation spokesman, Gen. Bernard Onyeuko is dead
A former military spokesman, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd), has passed on. A credible source told PRNigeria that he died on Saturday […]
Troops kill 23 terrorists, arrest 137 suspects, rescue 41
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the armed forces have within nine weeks, neutralised 23 terrorists, arrested 109 criminals, and five kidnappers. It […]
Defence Chief to terrorists: We’ll hunt you down, bring you to justice
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has vowed that the military would hunt down and bring to justice, all terrorists, bandits and […]
Military personnel killed in action laid to rest in Abuja
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday laid to rest the remains of military personnel killed in action and in the recent crash of the Nigerian […]
Beware of fraudsters, Nigeria Navy warns applicants in ongoing recruitment
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy (NN) has warned applicants undergoing its Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 35 Recruitment Exercise holding […]
Mass surrender rocks Boko Haram camps – MNJTF
The Multinational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region said it has continued to record mass surrender of insurgents. A […]
ECOWAS forces ready to storm Niger – Defence Chiefs
Troops of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said they are ready to participate in a standby force that could intervene in Niger. […]
3 officers, 22 soldiers killed in Niger ambush, says DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has provided detail on the soldiers killed in an ambush and the crash of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI17 helicopter on Monday […]