The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Kabir Muktar, has charged officers and men of the division to be diligent in the discharge of the 2022 training activities. Muktar gave the charge on the occasion of the year 2021 West African Social Activities (WASA), held at...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured that only the best candidates who are medically and physically fit would be recruited into the Nigerian Army. COAS Yahaya stated this when he visited the Nigerian Army Battle Fitness Centre in Falgore,...
The newly appointed Commandant of the Army War College Nigeria, (AWCN), Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Alabi, on Wednesday, took over headship of the Army War College Nigeria (AWCN), as the fifth commandant of the college. Alabi took over from Maj.-Gen. Solomon Udounwa, who was redeployed to Army Headquarters and appointed Chief...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Kadafur has commended the recent successes recorded by the Nigerian military in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the state. He also expressed hope that if the tempo is sustained, the crisis will soon come to an...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has harped on the need for continuous capacity development amongst personnel of the Nigerian Army. He said this is necessary in line with his vision to adequately and timely confront the security challenges bedeviling...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has expressed strong concern over the increasing presence of terrorists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in some parts of the state, and called for urgent security measures to curtail their growth. Governor Zulum disclosed this on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has applauded the Nigerian military for their doggedness and resilience in bringing peace to the ravaged North East region, particularly, Borno State, the epic center of Boko Haram Insurgency. He also assured the Nigerian...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army on Monday said it has arrested one soldier in connection with the assault on two traffic wardens in Ibadan while immediate investigation to identify and arrest the rest of the culprits has started. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Without submitting requests to him, Borno Governor, Babagana Zulum on many occasions, offers logistics and other support to the Nigerian Army, to enhance the fight against Boko Haram, the acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General A.A. Eyitayo revealed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, while consolidating on their dogged push to deplete Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) in Borno State, have recorded a decisive victory against the terrorists in Damask on Friday 7 January 2022. This is according...
The Nigerian Army (NA) has lost its bid to upturn a judgment compelling them to reinstate Colonel Danladi Ribah Hassan who was wrongly retired compulsorily retired in 2016. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, in a judgment on Friday, dismissed the appeal by the Nigerian...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Army authorities on Thursday said that six soldiers were killed when troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) clashed with Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in Mallam Fatori Town in the fringes of the Lake Chad region. The terrorists also suffered...
….Urges them to restore peace and security in the country* By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd) has charged the newly promoted senior officers of the Nigerian Army (NA) to discharge their duties professionally and remain loyal to the constitution of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has commended the Nigerian military for promoting 19 gallant officers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai Theater from the ranks of colonel to Brigadier General. Governor Zulum made the commendation on Tuesday at the decoration ceremony...
The family of a youth corper simply identified as Remi, who proposed to a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, has said that the duo started their friendship three years ago in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Army Council has approved the promotion of 117 senior officers to Major and Brigadier Generals. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Army’s spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the promotion, comprising of 41 brigadier generals to the ranks of major generals and...
The Nigerian Army on Sunday said an unnamed female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, will be penalised for violating military rules and regulations. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema...
The Nigerian Army says reports in social media alleging that troops tortured one Christian Ehima to death in Edo are false and misleading. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, denied the allegation in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu stated that the Nigerian army as a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Army has debunked the purported abduction of Maiduguri bound commuters by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) along Mainok and Borgozo in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. The Deputy Director Public Relations, 7 Division Nigerian Army/Joint...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have neutralized scores of Boko Haram (BH) and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists who infiltrated Kala Balge Town mounted on gun trucks and motorcycles on Friday, 3 December 2021. The insurgents attacked troops deployed at...