Former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, has called on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike to publicly apologise to the military officer he verbally confronted in Abuja on Tuesday during a row over a disputed plot of land. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that a video that circulated online earlier in...
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The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has said Nigeria is a nation worth fighting for, urging soldiers to remain steadfast in their commitment to national security. Musa made the call on Friday in Abuja, during an emotional Pulling-Out Parade in his honour after...
The recourse to diversionary maneuvering is a familiar political gimmick. When government is thin on ideas and is politically ambushed or politicians are in disarray, the field is fertile for Machiavelli’s foot soldiers. We can domesticate this classic political script as one of the many possibilities in the reported...
Nigerian Army’s 32 Artillery Brigade has pledged swift disciplinary action against a soldier implicated in the death of a commercial driver following a confrontation at a military checkpoint in Akunu-Akoko, Ondo State. In a statement released Thursday in Akure, Maj. Njoka Irabor, Assistant Director of Army Public Relations for...
Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a soldier, Lance Corporal Akenleye Femi, who allegedly killed his wife and then took his own life at Wawa Cantonment in Niger State. The incident occurred on October 11 at the Corporals and Below Quarters within the military facility. This was disclosed...
Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, revealed his lifelong admiration for the military, sharing that he pursued a legal career only after failing to join the armed forces due to physical requirements. Speaking at the inauguration of the 1,200-seater Bola Tinubu Hall at Albalti Army Barracks in...
Nigerian Army has apprehended one of its own, Lance Corporal Saifullahi Garba (14NA/72/15972), for alleged gunrunning in Borno State, while recent operations across the country led to the rescue of eight kidnap victims and the recovery of significant arms caches. A reliable source from Army Headquarters, speaking to the...
In a tragic incident in Jalingo, Taraba State, a newly enlisted soldier, Dauda Dedan, allegedly stabbed Police Constable Aaron John to death. The incident occurred on Monday at 9:00 p.m. in the Mayo-Goyi area, a suburb of Jalingo, according to police authorities. James Lashen, the Police Public Relations Officer...
Hundreds of retired soldiers have taken to the streets of Abuja to demand the immediate payment of their outstanding entitlements, including gratuity, parking allowance, and Security Debarment Allowance (SDA). The protesters, who were first and second quarter voluntary discharged soldiers of 2023, barricaded the main gate of the Federal...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Osun Amotekun Corps has reported the tragic death of one of its operatives, Peter Tope, who was allegedly attacked by a soldier on Saturday in Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State. In a statement released to journalists in Osogbo on Sunday, Corps Commander Mr. Isaac Omoyele disclosed...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – A joint security team comprising Police Mobile Force (PMF) operatives, military, and the Nigerian Air Force has successfully neutralised 30 bandits during a gun battle in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr....
y HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has urged 6,195 new recruits of the Depot Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State, to be prepared to combat terrorism and insurgency in Nigeria. Speaking at the Passing Out Parade of the 88 Regular Recruits Intake, Oluyede...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have ambushed and killed two soldiers during an attack near Jato-Aka town, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The assailants also killed a police officer and two farmers in the area. An eyewitness, who spoke on the...
President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, assured officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army that their welfare would not be compromised. The President gave the assurance at the inauguration of the newly constructed “Bola Ahmed Tinubu Barracks,” named after him, in Abuja. He said the barracks project aligned with the...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has described the soldiers who lost their lives repelling the terrorist attack in Damboa, Borno, as eternal heroes whose sacrifices would never be in vain. In a statement by his spokesperson Mr Stanley Nkwocha on Friday in Abuja, Shettima reaffirmed deep sorrow and firm solidarity with...
The Nigerian Army has announced that its troops have shot dead two suspects accused of killing four soldiers on protection duty in Rivers. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division in Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He revealed that the unidentified gang...
The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has solicited for more budgetary allocation for the Nigerian Army to enable it to discharge its constitutional responsibilities and provide accommodation for soldiers. Oluyede made the appeal when he received the Senate Committee on Army led by Sen. Abdulaziz...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has ordered an immediate investigation into an alleged brutality by certain officer and soldiers of the Nigerian Army. The COAS gave the directive in a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Gunmen suspected to be IPOB terrorists have killed two soldiers at a checkpoint on Umuahia-Owerri Road in Ekeneobizi Community in Abia State. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force for South East Operation UDO KA of the Nigerian Army, by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unukhalu , confirmed...
Ukraine said on Friday it had received the bodies of 563 soldiers from Russian authorities, mainly troops that had died in combat in the eastern Donetsk region. The exchange of prisoners and bodies of killed military personnel remains one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv...