Retired military personnel on Tuesday October 13 blocked the entrance to the Military Pensions Board office in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, protesting the formula adopted for calculating adjustments to their pensions. The protesting veterans barricaded the entrance with canopies and chairs, expressing dissatisfaction with the implementation of pension increases expected...
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The National Leadership and entire members of the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement has expressed profound shock and deep sorrow over the news of the tragic crash involving a Nigerian military aircraft which claimed the lives of gallant officers of the Nigerian Navy and other personnel on board on Monday in...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi have expressed deep sorrow over the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash in Ondo State that claimed 25 lives. In separate condolence messages issued on Tuesday, the three...
Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, MON, has expressed profound grief over the death of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel involved in an aircraft accident near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on Monday, 05 October 2026. The Nigerian Air Force ATR-42...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched an immediate search and rescue operation after one of its ATR-42 aircraft crashed near Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State during a routine mission on Monday. The aircraft was travelling from Benin to Lagos when it was involved in the...
Many people are feared dead after a Nigerian military aircraft carrying 32 people crashed near Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday, prompting an emergency search and rescue operation. The aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, was travelling from Benin to Lagos when it disappeared...
The Armed Forces of Nigeria said its troops rescued 1,736 kidnapped victims and neutralised 554 terrorists and other criminals during nationwide operations carried out between July and September 2026. The Defence Headquarters disclosed this on Wednesday during its combined monthly and third-quarter briefing on military operations across the country....
In a major boost for Nigeria’s armed forces, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has told newly commissioned military officers that the nation is counting on them to defend the country with honour and dedication. Speaking at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Combined Passing Out Parade held on September 26, 2026,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has charged newly commissioned officers of Direct Short Service Course (DSSC) 29/2026 to provide purposeful, professional and decisive leadership as the Nigerian Army expands its manpower, force structure and operational reach to address evolving national security challenges. Lieutenant General...
A prominent northern youth leader, Alhaji Ibrahim Dan-Musa, has lauded the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, noting that the nation is currently witnessing the tangible impact of a revitalized military force. Speaking in Lafia following a meeting of the Northern Ethnic Youth Group Assembly, Alhaji...
Katsina State Governor, Dr. Dikko Radda, has lauded the Nigerian military, the Department of State Services (DSS), and vigilantes.for stopping scores of bandits from attacking and mass-kidnapping residents of Gidan Iyado, Kakumi Ward, Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Internal...
Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA (OPFY), have rescued 23 kidnapped victims, foiled terrorist attacks and arrested four suspected members of the Lakurawa terrorist group during separate operations across Sokoto State. Media Information Officer, JTF North West, OPFY, Lt. Col. Aliyu Danja, confirmed...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment to developing indigenous technological capacity as part of efforts to strengthen national security and improve the skills of its personnel. General Shaibu made this known during a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the...
The Air Force War College Nigeria (AFWCN) on Friday, 18 September 2026, graduated 45 senior officers of Air War Course (AWC) 12/2026 after nine months of intensive professional military education, strategic analysis and operational engagements. The graduands comprised officers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and four allied countries—Botswana,...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Garrison has witnessed a change of leadership as Major General Raymond Terungwa Utsaha assumed command from Major General Alechenu Mike Alechenu. The handing and taking over ceremony took place today, Friday, 18 September 2026 at DHQ Garrison Headquarters, Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja. In his inaugural...
In a solemn and emotionally charged atmosphere, the remains of late Colonel Adetokunbo Olorunfemi Ojomo was committed to the mother earth on 11 September 2026, at All Saint Church Cemetery Jericho-Ibadan, Oyo state. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Auwalu Mahmuda, while reading...
Air strikes by the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have hit a terrorist enclave at Tumbunma Baba in the Tumbuns area of Borno State, neutralising more than 18 fighters and destroying structures used for meetings and logistics. The Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters JTF North East OPHK...
Nigerian Army has opened an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse involving a serving officer, Captain Etim Essien, attached to Headquarters 3 Division, Jos. The Army said it became aware of reports circulating online about the allegation and had taken steps to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding...
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Vice-President Kashim Shettima is scheduled to unveil a posthumous biography of the late Brigadier Musa Usman, the pioneer Military Governor of the former North-Eastern State, on Monday, September 14, 2026. A press release, signed by Hassan Tanimu Musa Usman (FCA), on behalf of the family, says...
Two suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have surrendered to troops of the Nigerian Army in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State, in what security officials described as another breakthrough in the ongoing counter-insurgency campaign in the North-East. The suspects, identified as Jidda Modu,...