By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 3 Division Nigerian Army deployed to quell the crisis in Mangu LGA of Plateau has killed three bandits in the area. This is according to a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu....
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army will do whatever it takes to restore peace and security to Kaduna State and the entire country. Lagbaja gave the assurance on Tuesday when the Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State, paid him a courtesy visit...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Worried by the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General, Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Army will amongst other measures strengthen collaboration with other security agencies in addition to enhancing logical thinking and creativity to end the...
The people of Eke Community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have alleged the killing of a volunteer member of its neighborhood vigilante watch and a housewife from the community by soldiers. Narrating what transpired on Sunday, Mr Emeka Anigbo, Assistant Chief Security Officer of Eke Security...
Troops of the 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals at Angwan Yara, Keana Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of the Command, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Friday in...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have raided a baby-making factory in Adamawa State, arresting seven suspects. The suspects were apprehended during the operation on June 23, with the parade done at the military headquarters on Saturday. Also rescued were 17 teenage girls as well as two babies. The suspects...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Monday said it would begin its shooting range exercise for military cadets in Kaduna State. It therefore advised residents not to panic over sound of gunshots in some parts of communities in the state. The Academy’s Public Relations...
The Kaduna State High Court on Thursday ordered the Nigerian Army to pay N260,000 cost to host communities of Jaji Military Cantonment Justice Hannatu Balogun ordered the army to pay each of the 260 members N1,000 cost and also, present envidence of payment by July 10. She also ordered...
The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured President Bola Tinubu of the absolute loyalty of the Nigerian Army to him and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Yahaya gave the assurance on Thursday during the inauguration of the newly-constructed ultra modern headquarters of...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has charged troops of Operation Udoka to redouble their efforts and flush out the remaining criminal elements in the South East. “You are mandated to flush out the criminal elements disturbing the peace and socio-economic well-being of the South East,”...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya, said the defeat of insurgency, banditry and other acts of criminality remained his top priority. Yahaya stated this at a workshop on Future Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Challenges, Enemy Tactics, Techniques and Procedures and Threat Mitigation, on Tuesday in...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Friday, declared that human rights violations allegations levelled against the Nigerian military by Reuters, were not only shocking but also spurious. Irabor said this when he appeared before the National Human Rights Commission investigative panel on rights violations in counter-insurgency...
A Joint Task Force comprising of Nigeria Army formations from Port Harcourt, Eket and the Nigerian Navy in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, destroyed illegally refined petroleum products on Thursday in the state. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Capt. Samuel Akari,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this on Thursday while...
Brig-Gen Timothy Opurum, Commander of Sector 7, Operation Safe Haven Kafanchan, says the Army will not be distracted in its quest to protect lives and property within its area of operation. Opurum stated this on Wednesday shortly after leading troops on a show of force across communities in Atyap...
The Presidency has highlighted the giant strides of President Muhammadu Buhari administration in transforming and boosting the fighting capabilities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria between 2015 and 2023. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in a 90-page document released on Sunday...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the fighting power of the Nigerian Army has increased significantly under his administration making its fourth in ranking among African militaries as against seventh in 2015. Buhari said this at the Nigerian Army Trooping and Presentation of Colours Parade 2023 on Thursday in Abuja. He...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday confirmed that eight female students, who were kidnapped on their way to school on April 3, in Kachia LGA have escaped from their abductors. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Maj.-Gen. Peter Okoye, has assumed duty as the new Commander of Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force, Sector 3, in border LGA of Mongonu in Borno State. The spokesman of the sector, Capt. Babatunde Zubairu, announced this in a statement issued on...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army has the capacity and moral strength to deliver on its constitutional mandates of defending the nation. Yahaya said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference, 2023. While...