By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Army troops on Tuesday eliminated terrorists hibernating in Yadi Forest in Kaduna State, during the deep clearance operations into remote forest general area. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said...
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The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has assured officers, soldiers, and their families, that their welfare would continuously be top priority in his leadership of the Nigerian Army (NA). The GOC 81 Div, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Usman alongside the Commander, Nigerian Army Signal Corps, Maj.-Gen. Gbemiga...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have uncovered an illegal weapons factory in Pakachi community of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Media Officer of OPSH, Capt. James Oya, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. Oya explained that the...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from inviting or investigating Brig.-Gen. Charles Nengite over alleged money laundering offence during his secondment to Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who made an order of perpetual injunction, held that the...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – Troops of 93 Battalion under 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. The acting Assistant Director of 6 Brigade Lieutenant, Oni Olubodunde, disclosure this in a statement on...
The argument over whether Nigerians should be allowed by law to carry weapons for self-defence is returning and gaining traction in light of the terrifyingly high levels of insecurity in the nation, especially kidnapping. When the notion was recently put to the Chief of Army Staff, he soberly...
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. The Brigade Commander, 17 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Katsina, Brig.- Gen. Oluremi Fadairo, said that the soldiers took a rescue operation...
The Nigeria Army has seized about 5 million litres of stolen crude oil, worth billions of naira, a senior army official has revealed. Maj.-Gen. Jamaal Abdussalam, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, led newsmen to the location of the seized petroleum product in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former General Officer Commanding (GIC), 7 Division Nigerian Army , Maimalari Cantonment Maiduguri, Major General Wahidi Shuibu has taken over the mantle of leadership of Operation Hadin Kai Joint Task Force (JTF) Headquarters Theater Command , Maiduguri as the new Theater Commander....
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered troops of the 3 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Joint Task Force Operation Safe Haven, to adopt more aggressive posture against terrorists. Lagbaja gave the directive on Saturday while addressing troops during his operational tour to Plateau,...
Troops have destroyed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo, in an operation jointly carried out by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and civil defence corps. Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, said this in a...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday graduated 22 ex-Boko Haram members after undergoing months of Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Gombe State. The graduation ceremony of the repentant terrorists took place at Malam Sidi camp in Kwami Local Government Area of the state. In his address, the...
Troops of the Nigerian Army and local vigilantes rescued four hostages abducted by bandits in Sabon Birni village in Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi on Monday. Special Adviser to Gov. Nasir Idris on Media and Publicity, Malam Yahaya Sarki, said on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi, that the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has commended the swift move by men of Nigerian Police Force and Nigerian Army in the rescue operation of the victims of kidnapping incidents in Federal Capital Territory (FCT). NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that a joint team of...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has said the blood of the courageous men and women of the Armed Forces of Nigeria sowed the seed of unity and progress of Nigeria. Akpabio said this at the Interdenominational Church Service to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuj Troops of 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Army on Sunday, intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate with illicit substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army authority has said it would probe a female soldier’s claims of assault after a video of her vent viral on social media. In the viral video, the female soldier who was without a uniform had in the video accused some...
The 35 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Abeokuta, handed over 176kg of seized Indian hemp to the NDLEA on Thursday in Abeokuta. The brigade’s spokesman, Lt. Mohammed Goni stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the Garrison Commander, Col. Legborsi Nule, represented the Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Aminu,...
This Friday, African Independent Television (AIT) aired two opposing press statements of the Nigeria Police and the Army regarding the Netizens’ 2024 slogan, “No Gree for Anybody.” The Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi issued a warning, stating that the slogan might cause the nation’s law and order to collapse....