By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Lucky Leo Irabor, has commended the successes recorded by the troops of Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command Headquarters, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. The CDS further urged the troops to maintain the tempo and...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigeria Army, Gen. Marcus G. Kangye, says issues relating to human rights violations and abuses by troops during internal security and counter terrorism operations have significantly reduced to the minimum level within the Nigerian Army. Gen. Kangye also added...
Defence Headquarters says the troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe, have in the last two weeks destroyed 39 illegal oil refining sites in the South South zone. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on military operations...
Troops of 177 Guards Battalion, in conjunction with troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, have raided and neutralised two bandits in their enclaves in Idu, Chikara, along the boundaries of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Abaji FCT and Koton Karfe in Kogi. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have neutralized eight bandits and seized six motorcycles during ambush patrols in the Chikun/Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affair, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have eliminated 103 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province (ISWAP) in the past three weeks in the North-East. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami stated this while reviewing progress of military operations on Thursday in Abuja. He said the...
Nigerian Troops have intercepted some surveillance cameras and combat drones in the southeast. Multiple sources who confirmed the development told PRNigeria that the drones, which were deployed by terrorists of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were on surveillance and combat missions to some communities in the southeastern region....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – At least three abducted victims, including an 85-year-old woman have been rescued by troops of Operation Forest Sanity during fighting patrols in 3 LGAs of Kaduna State. The troops also destroyed several bandits’ camps during the operation. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and...
The Defence Headquarters says the military has eliminated more than 50 terrorists and rescued 50 victims in land and air offensives in North East and North West in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on...
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops on Oct. 29 repelled an attack by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists at Wawa Cantonment in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of armed...
Troops of Operation Delta Safe have deactivated 74 illegal crude oil refining sites and apprehended 39 oil thieves in the Niger Delta in the last two weeks. Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations...
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...
Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kadin eliminated more than 36 terrorists and several others in air strikes across North East in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have foiled a kidnap attempt by bandits and rescued a father, his daughter and one other person in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, revealed this in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops have cleared the camp of a notorious bandit, Lawal Kwalba, in Rafin Dawa area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the declaration in a statement he issued on Thursday...
Four informants suspected to be leaking information to terrorists about troops’ locations and movements around the outskirts of Abuja have been arrested.. The criminals are already in the custody of a security agency. An intelligence operative told our PRNigeria that the suspects were arrested with sophisticated equipment including Walkie-Talkies,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked a military checkpoint on Thursday night, near Zuma rock in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. The location, near Madalla Town in Suleja LGA is close to Zuba, along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. It was learnt that the...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai recently eliminated no fewer than 20 suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Nigeria’s North East region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, made this known at the Bi-Weekly news conference...
The House of Representatives has called for the deployment of more troops to Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba in a bid to dislodge terrorists and restore normalcy in the area. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Rimamnde Kwewum (PDP-Taraba) at the...
There is now calm at the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, following a deadly attack on the facility by gunmen on Tuesday night, PRNigeria reports. Recalled that suspected terrorists Tuesday night attacked the Kuje prison, freeing hardened criminals into the nation’s capital. PRNigeria gathered that...