The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar El-Kanemi, says the challenge of terrorism was created by outsiders who came to settle in Borno in the name acquiring Qur’anic education. The Shehu said this when he hosted the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor and a team of journalists who visited...
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The Defence Headquarters says the military has eliminated more than 50 terrorists and rescued 50 victims in land and air offensives in North East and North West in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on...
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Delta Safe and other subsidiary operations discovered and destroyed 44 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta region in two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bid-weekly news briefing on the operations of...
The Defence Headquarters on Monday, declared 19 terrorists wanted and placed N5 million bounty on each of them. The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, on Monday in Abuja. The information on the poster revealed that...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A notorious bandit kingpin identified as Mr Bada has been killed by troops of Operation Hadarin Daji at Yar Tashar village in Maru LGA of Zamfara State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops on Oct. 29 repelled an attack by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists at Wawa Cantonment in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of armed...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – A terrorist kingpin, Ali Dogo, AKA Yellow alongside his fighters have been killed during military airstrikes on a building where they were said to be hosting a meeting in Kaduna State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General Musa Danmadami, disclosed this...
Military veterans have continued their protest on Tuesday over delay in the payment of N134 billion Security Debarment Allowance approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in April. The veterans began the protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Minister...
Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kadin eliminated more than 36 terrorists and several others in air strikes across North East in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have apprehended two terrorists collaborators in Zaria, Kaduna State, who are linked to one Alhaji Abubakar, their financier. Dr The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday...
Troops of Nigerian Armed Forces operating in North West, North Central theatres of operations have eliminated over 45 terrorists/bandits in both land and air operations in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing of the Defence...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has announced the arrest of two additional suspects in connection with the June 5 attack on St Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE have killed three bandits in a fierce battle that occured during a raid operation on Friday at CHITO general area, SANKERA council ward in Ukum LGA of Benue State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General, Benard Onyeuko, disclosed...
Defence Headquarters says its troops in various theatres of operations in the North West have eliminated scores of bandits and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition in two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing on Thursday in...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops killed 49 terrorists and bandits across theaters of operations while 863 terrorists surrendered in the last two weeks. The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known while giving an update on operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja....
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In what would appear as stock-taking, the Defence Headquartes (DHQ) said on Thursday that the war waged against insurgency and other forms of criminality across the country, yielded appreciable results in the last one year. Briefing journalists on the operational activities of the Armed...
The Defence Headquarters has said Nigerian troops eliminated more than 128 bandits and arrested 64 others in different operations across North West and North Central zones in the past two weeks. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while giving updates of military operations between Nov....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has led the state’s senators to meet Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor at the Defence headquarters in Abuja. Governor Zulum led senators Kashim Shettima (Borno Central), Muhammad Ali Ndume (Borno South) and Abubakar Kyari (Borno North)...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Army has disowned a publication attributed to it about “Defence Headquarters warning soldiers against overthrowing Buhari’s regime”. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Saturday, said the publication, which was riddled with outrageous lies and fabrications, claimed...