The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has said that the Nigerian Army (NA) is set to deliver optimum services in the new year, having been satisfied with the achievements of 2021. COAS Yahaya said this during the occasion of the 2021 Nigerian Army Finance Corps (NAFC),...
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The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the Federal Government is committed to providing more platforms for the military. This, he said, was to sustain the tempo of operations against insurgency, banditry and other security challenges across the country. Magashi gave the assurance at the end of...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Police operatives from Kwara State Command have arrested a transborder suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Alo, in the forest of Baruteen Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement said that the suspect, a citizen of Benin Republic, was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed a report by an online medium alleging that personnel of the Nigerian army lamented delay in payment of their January salary and that many soldiers were paid peanuts. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a...
The Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy on Friday said that the command had deactivated 175 illegal refining sites and arrested 27 vessels within 11 months. The outgone Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Eastern Naval Command, Rear Adm. Sanusi Ibrahim, stated this in Calabar while handing over the leadership...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commenced an operational tour of the North East(NE) Theatre of Operations, where troops are currently leading the onslaught against Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province(ISWAP) terrorists. The COAS arrived Headquarters Theatre...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday said Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, leader of the violent Islamic State group, ISIS, blew himself up during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. military forces in northwest Syria. “Thanks to the bravery of our troops, this horrible terrorist leader is no more....
Suspected armed thugs on Thursday attacked the campaign office of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osogbo. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the building, popularly known as “Oranmiyan House”, located along ever busy Gbongan-Ibadan road in Osogbo, reports that empty bullet shells...
Gunmen have attacked the residence of the ASUU Chairman of the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS), Mr Abdurrahman Adamu. According to information gathered, six persons were kidnapped during the attack on the ASUU chairman’s home in Damba Quarters, an outskirt of Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. A staff of...
Dozens of people are said to have been abducted by terrorists in a fresh attack on Ruwan Godiya village in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Tuesday....
Police authorities in Ogun State have paraded four teenage suspects believed to have killed a young girl for a ‘money-making’ ritual in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while parading the suspects on Monday said the suspects confessed to have lured their victim to an...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Nigeria Police Force on Monday said it have neutralize no fever than 23 bandits believed to be members of the notorious terrorist leader, Bello Turji, in various operations carried out between 20th to 29th January, 2022. The operations according to the Deputy Inspector...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) in consolidating on their operational feat against Boko Haram(BH) and Islamic State West Africa Province Terrorists (ISWAP) have eliminated the criminal elements in a fierce encounter at Goniri, Yobe State on Saturday 29 January 2022. A statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National President of Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA), Hajiya Salamatu Farouq Yahaya has charged members of the association across the country to always be supportive, serene and prayerful for their husbands who are busy fighting insurgency and crimes in the north east...
No fewer than 11 people have been killed during an attack by suspected bandits at Kurmin Masara community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when the attackers were said to have stormed the community while the residents...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday attacked Boko Haram terrorists’ enclave in Douro area near Damasak in Borno State, prompting the insurgents to flee for their lives. The Nigerian Army disclosed this on Sunday via its official Facebook page, saying the insurgents abandoned...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Kabir Muktar, has charged officers and men of the division to be diligent in the discharge of the 2022 training activities. Muktar gave the charge on the occasion of the year 2021 West African Social Activities (WASA), held at...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Suspected armed robbers have attacked some motorists plying Oro Ago-Omu Aran road in the Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State, dispossessing innocent passengers of their money and other valuables. The spokesman of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, Babawale Afolabi,...
The Nigerian Navy has released the posting of 54 Rear Admirals following the recent promotion of senior officers in the service. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, in the postings, Rear Adm. Saidu Garba,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has assured that only the best candidates who are medically and physically fit would be recruited into the Nigerian Army. COAS Yahaya stated this when he visited the Nigerian Army Battle Fitness Centre in Falgore,...