The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says it is on record that Nigeria recorded its highest rating in the fight against terrorism in 2022. Yahaya said this at the opening of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter Conference 2023 on Monday in Abuja. He said...
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By MARK JANG, Jos – The 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, on Monday commenced its 2023 annual range firing exercise at its Small Arms Range in Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of the division, Lt.-Col. Ishaku Takwa, stated...
Nigeria will on May 29, 2023 have a new leadership that will steer the affairs of the country in the next four years. The new administration will inherit some humongous challenges especially in the areas of national security which the country has been contending with for over a decade....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) Bauchi State Sector Command, has confirmed that five people were, on Wednesday, burnt beyond recognition in a fatal multiple crash at Panshanu Village along Bauchi-Jos road in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The FRSC Sector Commander...
In a major shake-up, the Nigerian Army has redeployed 75 of its senior officers. But the redeployment will take effect from April 3, 2023, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. Among those affected is Maj. Gen. Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, MNJTF in the Lake Chad and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army (NA) has commenced sensitization awareness lecture on Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) starting with personnel of 8 Division. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya represented by General Officer Commanding 8 Division NA, Major General Godwin Mutkut, while...
Some ex-insurgents who completed a deradicalisation programme on Saturday begged Nigerians for forgiveness for the roles they played in destabilising communities in the country. The ex-insurgents, numbering 594, had completed a six-month De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State. They tendered the...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Nigerian Army has decorated 16 newly promoted senior officers serving at the 3 Divison, Rukuba, near Jos, with their new ranks. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the division, Maj.-Gen Abdusalam Ibrahim, while decorating the newly promoted officers tasked them to live above...
The Police Command in Taraba has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by soldiers on Monday in Jalingo. The command spokesman, Abdullahi Usman, told newsmen that two others were injured and currently receiving treatment. Usman said investigation would be conducted to ascertain the real cause of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has directed formation and unit commanders of the Nigerian Army to ensure that troops remain professional and apolitical during the forthcoming Gubernatorial and House of Assembly Elections across the nation. The Army Chief gave...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theaters Commander, Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command, Major General Ibrahim Ali, has inaugurated a Special Court Martial for the Theater Command to attend to all allegations, offences and crimes committed by various officers and soldiers of the Command...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has reacted to the case of a soldier who shot his colleagues and himself dead at Forward Operations Base, Rabah, Sokoto State on Sunday. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, whom confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Abuja...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Sector Four of “Operation Whirl Punch’’, and Special Forces of the 167 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have cleared a bandits hideout in a fierce encounter in Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigeria Army, Gen. Marcus G. Kangye, says issues relating to human rights violations and abuses by troops during internal security and counter terrorism operations have significantly reduced to the minimum level within the Nigerian Army. Gen. Kangye also added...
Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa has assumed leadership of the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps on Friday in Kaduna state at the Headquarters, Infantry Corps Centre Jaji Military Cantonment. Musa’s assumption as the Infantry Corps Commander followed the recent Nigerian Army redeployment of its officers and men to various units, commands and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 81 Division, Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the video trending on social media of a soldier engaged in fighting with a policeman in Apongbon, Lagos Island on Wednesday. 81 Division’s spokesman, Lt.-Col. Olaniyi Osoba, who disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The Police in Imo say they have arrested Mr Chinwendu Nwagwu, suspected leader of the gang that killed Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Aide. Spokesperson of the police in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday. Abattam...
The Nigerian Army on Friday decorated 51 senior officers who benefitted from the recent promotion with their new rank of Major General. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the army had recently announced the promotion of 52 Brigadier Generals to the rank of major general and 70...
Former Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, retired Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, has charged officers of the Nigerian Army to aspire to be fighters, not political officers or those seeking economic gains. Nicholas gave the advice during the decoration of Brig.-Gen. Anyanwu Osuagwu at the Army Headquarters Department of Civil Military...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday, treated 62 retired and retiring generals to a regimental dinner and awards to honour them for their 35 years of meritorious service to the nation. The senior officers comprising 24 major generals and 38 brigadier generals are those who retired or due for retirement...