The Nigerian Army, says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by Nigerian army troops recently to malign the institution. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – No fewer than 22 Boko Haram/Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists have been killed by troops of MNJTF during a clearance operations in the fringes of Lake Chad. The Chief of Military Public Information of the MNJTF N’Djamena, Chad, Lt. Col....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has organized a farewell ceremony in honour of the outgoing chiefs of the following cells: Military Public Information (MPIO), Logistics (J4) and Head of Centre for Coordination and Liaison (CCL). The MNJTF Force Commander, Major General Abdul...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has felicitated with troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) on the occasion of the Eid-El-Fitr Celebration. Presenting his Goodwill message to personnel across all NA formations and units, the COAS specially recognized and appreciated...
By MARK JANG, Jos – No fewer than two civilians and a soldier have been killed by unknown gunmen at Rikwe-Chongu village of Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau. According to locals in the area, the gunmen also injured one person and set various houses ablaze....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of steps to enhance security measures in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and to assess the condition of inmates at the holding facility, the Theatre Commander Joint Taskforce ( JTF ) Northeast Operation HADIN KAI ( OPHK ) Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa, had...
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated over 62 terrorists, arrested 79 others and rescued 179 kidnapped victims across the North West Region of the country within three weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this on Thursday in Abuja while...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – A total of 1,158 terrorists and their families surrendered in the last 3 weeks as troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Nigeria Police and other security agencies carried out series of operations on land, maritime and air operations across the various theatres of...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that two people were killed after hoodlums attacked a send forth ceremony in the Gudum Hausawa area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement that the send forth was organized by...
The Anambra State Police Command on Monday said that seven of the eight herdsmen allegedly kidnapped in the state on Saturday had been found and rescued. Police spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, told NAN in Akwa that a joint police and military patrol team found the herdsmen sitting in the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in partnership with the British Military Advisory Training Team have trained no fewer than 150 advanced Special Forces operatives, who would be deployed to areas facing security challenges across the country, Speaking in a welcome address at the graduation ceremony...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had stated its reasons for raiding and sealing the Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja, in a joint operation with men of the Department of State Services (DSS). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said t in a...
A community leader in Niger State has accused the Nigerian Air Force of killing six children and bombing houses in Kurebe, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis Sabo, the strikes occurred on April 13. The Nigerian...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has reiterated his commitment to continually enhance the welfare of personnel in the Nigerian Army(NA). A statement issued by the Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said COAS Yahaya made this known on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – MNJTF troops at Forward Operations Base Arege in conjunction with the Air Task Force (ATF) have raided Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists enclaves in the vicinity of Tumbun Fulani and Tumbun Rago, where about twenty terrorists were neutralized. The Chief of Military Public Information, Colonel Muhammad...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered all Commissioners of Police (CPs), Tactical Commanders and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to boost security around schools and colleges. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday...
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Command, Mr Yekini Ayoku, has embarked on an official confidence-building and assessment tour of Kaduna-Abuja highway. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, made the disclosure in a statement issued made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed two persons on Saturday evening in communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The gunmen in their hundreds attacked communities surrounding Gwada town when locals were breaking their fast. This is according to a statement...
The Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen Adeyemi Yekini, says the military will not rest until the killers of 15 villagers at Tiortyu, a community in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue, are apprehended. Yekini, who served as the first Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), said...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Unknown gunmen on Thursday attacked a police checkpoint in Isuofia, on the Ekwulobia Igboukwu Road in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra. Isuofia, which is the home to the Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has been under attacked by assailants in recent times. Police...