AVM Emmanuel Shobande, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Logistics Command, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Wednesday said that 3,037 personnel were participating in its shooting exercise to assess their proficiency in weapon handling. Shobande said this at the opening of the 2022 HQ Logistics Command Small Arms Range Classification...
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the assignment of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) goes beyond the training of combatants to the production of warrior-scholars and innovators. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the 32nd Convocation Ceremony of NDA in honour of Cadets of 69 Regular Course, Post...
Nine people, including senior regional officials, were killed in twin car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab in central Somalia on Monday, police said, as the government escalates an offensive against the Islamists. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart outside local government offices in Beledweyne, a city at...
Somalia’s government says it has killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of the armed group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners. The country’s information ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the operation that killed Nadir happened on Saturday. It said he was al-Shabab’s chief...
Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari has assured Nigerians that the country would be safe by the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure next year. Gambari stated this at the 20th convocation lecture of the graduating cadets of regular course 69 of the Nigerian Defence Academy...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Chris G. Musa has decorated officers and soldiers of the theater command who have distinguished themselves in their assigned responsibilities in the forefront of counter insurgency in the north east operations. Maj....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has disclosed that about 2,295 teachers were killed in North Eastern Nigeria between 2009 and 2022. Also about 19000 others were displaced and over 910 schools destroyed or damaged due to conflicts. Registrar of Teachers Registration Council...
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, over an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Chief of Defence Staff U(CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor on Thursday urged graduating cadets of Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), to uphold discipline, loyalty, patriotism and professionalism, being the hallmarks of military career. The CDS stated this at the Academy Regimental Dinner night, organized in honour of graduating cadets of...
The Police Command in Lagos has begun investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some injections were allegedly administered to him in a hospital in Ogombo area of Lagos. The Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the situation to the...
The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the escape of the six security personnel abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Benishek on Monday. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Abdu Umar disclosed this during a conference with Devisional Police Officers on Wednesday in Maiduguri. “The terrorists abducted the...
Gunmen have killed no fewer than four soldiers and one civilian at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the incident took place around Zenith Bank axis of Umunze at about 12.40 p.m on...
A Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a civilian were killed by hoodlums during an attack on Igangan police station in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and a police inspector also sustained injuries during the attack and are currently receiving...
Military veterans have continued their protest on Tuesday over delay in the payment of N134 billion Security Debarment Allowance approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in April. The veterans began the protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Minister...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of “Operation Forest Sanity’’ rescued seven abducted persons during a fighting patrol between Birnin Gwari and Chikun LGAs of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna State, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the rescue in a statement he issued on...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya on Tuesday inaugurated the modernised and digitalised Museum of the Nigerian Army in Abuja. The museum, established in 1956 in Zaria, had housed the army’s historical artifacts in an analogue mode, until its recent transformation to the digital following its...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar on Tuesday announced that it has concluded plans to hold a field training codenamed ‘Still Water’. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 13 Brigade, Capt. Dorcas Oluwatope, who disclosed this in a statement, said the exercise would commence...
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 44 suspected criminals and recovered arms and ammunition from them. Mr Sikiru Akande, Commissioner of Police in the state made this known in Yola on Monday while briefing newsmen. Akande said that the suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from kidnapping,...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has so far arrested over 400 suspected oil thieves nationwide. The NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi, made the disclosure when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. “We have arrested over 400 suspects...
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, has begun a joint interagency stimulation training to secure all custodial centres in the territory. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, Mr Chukwuedo Humphrey said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Humphrey said that the maiden joint interagency...