By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, joined Vice President Kashim Shettima, Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, and other prominent personalities to attend the closing ceremony of this year’s African Military Games, AMGA24, held in Abuja. The closing ceremony was held on Saturday at the...
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the abuse of social media, arms and drugs trafficking by the personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces will not be tolerated. Musa read the riot act during the passing out parade for the 87 regular recruits intake and Depot...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has emphasised the need to cut off the lifeline of terrorists by targeting their informants and logistical networks. Musa, speaking at a two-day Security and Justice Symposium in Abuja on Monday, stressed that denying insurgents access to logistics had proven...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has expressed happiness with the arrest and detention of the factional leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Simon Ekpa by the Finnish authority. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, made this...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has appealed to the officers and men of the armed forces to recommit to the task of defeating the nation’s enemies. “That was what the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja stood for,” Musa said at the burial...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has sent a high-powered delegation to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa over incursion of a new Islamic sect known as Lakurawa into the state. It would be recalled that the sect had on Friday,...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has hailed the outcome of investigation on the allegation of forced abortion leveled against the Nigerian military by the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC) and Reuters. Musa made this known in a statement by the Director Defence Information,...
The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, and his State counterpart, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, led service chiefs to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the death of Lagbaja was...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has expressed sorrow over the passing of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The Army chief died on Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 56. Musa, in a statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – All preparations are now complete for the official launch of the book titled: ,”Judicial Terrorism (On the 1992 Zangon Kataf Mock Trial) – A Macabre Trial and Death Sentences on Major-General Zamani Lekwot and Five Others”. The event will take place on Tuesday, November...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has charged top officers and commanders of the Armed Forces to continue to cooperate to ensure an end to all forms of insecurity across the country. Musa gave the charge during the taking over of office by Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede...
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has commended the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), for rescuing Dr Ganiyat Popoola and her nephew. Alausa also commended the military and other security agencies for the safe rescue of the kidnapped victims after 10 months in captivity. Alausa, who is...
The newly appointed Acting Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, on Friday, assumed command as the first officer to be so appointed in that capacity in the history of Nigerian Army. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Bola Tinubu had on Wednesday appointed Oluyede as...
COMMUNIQUE OF THE NORTHERN STATES GOVERNORS’ FORUM MEETING WITH CHAIRMEN OF NORTHERN STATES COUNCIL OF EMIRS AND CHIEFS HELD ON MONDAY 287H OCTOBER, 2024 A joint meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Northern Traditional Ruler’ Council (Emirs and Chiefs) was held today, Monday 28 October, 2024. The...
The Chief of Defence Staff ( CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has again, advocated the need to embrace the Whole-of-Society approach to solve the prevailing security challenges bedeviling the country. Musa made the call on Monday when he attended the meeting of the Northern Governors Forum in Kaduna. This is...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono has seeks for greater collaboration with Nigerian Armed Forces in the forthcoming National Research Fair. He made this requests during the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa’s visit to the...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has sought the support of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike for the upcoming Africa Military Games. Musa, who made the appeal when he visited Wike in Abuja on Wednesday, said that 40 countries would participate in...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that wanted terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji, is in a state of panic following the renewed military onslaught on terrorists in the North West. Musa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the...
The Nigerian Army on Friday won the Nigerian Armed Forces Games 2024, with a total of 264 medals. The Nigerian Army won the games with 172 gold, 60 silver and 32 bronze medals, clinching the first position in the games held in Kaduna. The Nigerian Air Force came second...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the Armed Forces and other security agencies are unwaveringly committed to restoring total peace in the country. Musa made the commitment at the Regimental Dinner night in honour of the passing out cadets of the 71 Regular Course, Direct...