By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- Troops of 114 Battalion (Rear) of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security forces, on Saturday destroyed multiple bandits’ hideouts and rescued 4 kidnap victims in Yorro Local Government Area of Taraba State. The Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Lt...
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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,...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- The troops of 6 Brigade, Jalingo, Friday night engaged in a fierce battle with bandits in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba, and recovered some weapons in the process. The Public Relations Officer of the brigade, Lt. Olabodunde Oni, disclosure this in a statement on...
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...
By MARK JANG, Jalingo – Troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, deployed to Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba have eliminated three notorious bandits. The Public Relations Officer of the brigade, Lt. Olabodunde Oni, disclosed this in a statement issued in Jalingo on Thursday. He said that...
Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria neutralised no fewer than 94 terrorists and apprehended 214 suspects including kidnappers and oil thieves in various operations in the last one week. The Director, Defense Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this while briefing newsmen on the operations of...
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, 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 TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – As part of the on-going counter-insurgency campaign against terrorist and their cohorts operating across the country, troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria during the week, neutralized 43 terrorists and arrested 115 others. During the ambushes, raids, fighting patrols and other forms of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) have neutralized 10 terrorists, rescued 9 kidnap victims and recovered arms and ammunition including operational motorcycle and communication gadgets. The Nigeria Army In a statement on Thursday via its...
The Nigerian Army, on Monday, restated its resolve to flush out kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements from Ondo State. The Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade in Ondo State, Brig.-Gen.Muktar Adamu, said this during the flag-off of a Field Training Exercise codenamed Exercise Still Water III, 2023...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces have in the last one week neutralised 31 terrorists and apprehended 81 others in various operations across North East, North Central and North West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this in a statement on Sunday...
Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has neutralised four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a gun duel. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Lt.-Col. Jonah...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigeria Army says troops of Operation Save Haven (OPSH) have uncovered a gun manufacturing factory in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Army in a statement on Friday said the discovery followed a week long intelligence operations that finally led...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Police have neutralised six combatants of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) in different encounters in Abia and Enugu States. This is contained in a statement by the Director of...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria, have in the last two weeks eliminated a total of 151 terrorists and apprehended 456 others in different operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, stated this while giving update of military operations across...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the armed forces have within nine weeks, neutralised 23 terrorists, arrested 109 criminals, and five kidnappers. It also said that one informant and 22 suspected oil thieves were arrested within the period across the country. The Director, Defence Media...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Nigerian Army (NA) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, says ‘the only thing better than democracy for Nigeria in this modern era, is more democracy’.c The Army Chief stated this on Saturday, while addressing Officer Cadets at...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army, sister Services, Nigeria Police and other security agencies have successfully raided hideouts and training camps belonging to IPOB/ESN in Orsomoghu Forest spanning Anambra and Imo States. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the raid was part of the...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has urged the public in Kaduna and Plateau axis not to panic over movement of troops and military equipment from July 30 to Aug. 11. The academy said in a statement by Maj. Victor Olukoya on Saturday in Kaduna that the movement was a...