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...
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A soldier who was nabbed for collaborating with ISWAP terrorists has killed himself while being escorted to the barrack. PRNigeria gathered that the soldier with one the Battalions of the Nigerian Army in the North-East was discovered by military intelligence operatives for his involvements in recent attacks on brothels...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The General Officer Commanding 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Waidi Shaibu has hosted he newly elected Executive Council Members (EXCO) of the Correspondence Chapel, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Chapter. In his remark,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff, LT General Farouq Yahaya on Tuesday warned members the Boko Haram insurgents, Islamic State of West African Province ( ISWAP), bandits, kidnappers, and other criminals to surrendered their weapons and embrace peace, as time is against them. General Yahaya...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In an unrelenting efforts towards bringing to an end all forms of crimes in their states of operation, the 8 Division, Nigerian Army has flagged off a 3 day operations planning cadre workshop for 2022. The event which was held at the Lt Gen...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Nigerian Army says troops of 82 Division have dislodged the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) from their hideout in Anambra In a statement issued Tuesday, The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the...
The Nigeria Army on Saturday said it has uncovered the wreckage of the crashed Alpha Jet aircraft (NAF475) that went off the radar in 2021. According to a notice on its verified Facebook page, the Army said the wreckage was found during a clearance patrol of troops of Operation...
“It is a pity that Tunde Idiagbon’s regime was destined to collapse, in spite of all its patriotic zeal and vigour, in words and action” – Major General Christ Ali (Rtd) The above is from a brilliant and intelligent officer of the Nigerian Army who retired as Chief of...
The Defence Headquarters says a total of 47,975 terrorists and their families have so far surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North East from September 2021 to date. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving an update on military operations between...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has said the operational successes recorded by troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) in the North East and across other theatres of operations have received global recognition, particularly considering the drop in the global...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a bid to bring to an end the worrisome spate of insecurity that has bedeviled Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States in north West, the newly posted Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in Charge of Zone 10, AIG Bello Dalijan said synergy with...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has rejected the use of force to intimidate ordinary voters ahead of the Saturday’s byelections for Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency. The State Chairman of the party, Venatius Ikem made this know in Calabar on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai (rtd), on Sunday, has distanced himself from contesting for the 2023 Presidential race. Recalled that a group known as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Door-to-door...
Coordinated aerial bombardments by the Nigerian military has killed no fewer than 34 terrorists in Marte, the Northeast, PRNigeria reports. This is just as nine soldiers of the Nigerian Army sustained serious injury when their convoy ran into IEDs planted by terrorists in Malam Fatori under Abadam Local Government...
One hundred and four members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered to troops, the Nigerian Army has said. The army disclosed this on Monday via its verified Facebook page where it shared photos of some of the repentant terrorists and their relatives....
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja has warned officer and men of 82 division that no act of indiscipline will be tolerated in the Nigeria Army as its mark the end of 2021 West African Social Activities (WASA) and the beginning...
The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the Federal Government is committed to providing more platforms for the military. This, he said, was to sustain the tempo of operations against insurgency, banditry and other security challenges across the country. Magashi gave the assurance at the end of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum and the Nigerian Army have officially reopened Maiduguri – Gamboru Ngala – Chad Republic trunk ‘A’ federal highway which is one of the most busiest and popular commercial federal highway linking Borno, state and Chad Republic for road users...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National President of Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), Hajiya Salamatu Farouq Yahaya has charged members of the association across the country to always be supportive, serene and prayerful for their husbands who are busy fighting insurgency and crimes in the north east...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday attacked Boko Haram terrorists’ enclave in Douro area near Damasak in Borno State, prompting the insurgents to flee for their lives. The Nigerian Army disclosed this on Sunday via its official Facebook page, saying the insurgents abandoned...