Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, has said the Nigerian troops have eliminated a total of 13,541 terrorists and apprehend 17,469 criminals across the country between May 2023 and February 2025. Badaru disclosed this during a ministerial briefing on the activities of the ministry on Wednesday in Abuja. He said...
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Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru on Monday inaugurated the first phase training for 800 special forces personnel tasked with conducting high-impact operations with precision, speed, and efficiency. Badaru while inaugurating the Special Operations Forces for the Armed Forces of Nigeria at camp Kabala in Jaji military cantonment, Kaduna...
The Minister of Defence, Mr Mohammed Abubakar has requested the House of Representatives to provide additional 50 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) in the 2025 budget to flush out bandits in the country. Abubakar made the request on Tuesday at the 2025 budget defence session organised by the House Committee...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has assured the people of the South East of enhanced security in the region. The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru gave the assurance while addressing officers/personnel of 82 Division/Joint task force south East Operation Udoka during his operational visit to Enugu State. This...
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar, has reiterated Federal Government commitment to flush out Lakurawa and other terrorists groups in the country. Abubakar gave the assurance when he inspected newly established Airforce component of military operation against banditry, terrorism and kidnappings ‘Operation Fansan Yamma” on Monday in Sokoto....
The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, has expressed confidence that the end of Banditry is near, urging the troops to synergize with ground forces and other stakeholders to defeat the enemies of the country. His confidence follows tremendous successes recorded in the last one week by the troops of...
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 Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has directed the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, to ensure adequate security for the repairs of affected electricity towers in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the grid collapse had resulted in widespread power outages...
By CHRISTIANA LOT,Jos – The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, has called for prompt and collaborative efforts to address the escalating security challenges in Plateau State. Addressing key leaders from Barkin-Ladi, Bokkos, Mangu, Riyom, and Wase local government areas during a stakeholders’ engagement at the 3 Division Auditorium in...
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Armed Forces led by the Chief of Defence Staff has succeeded in getting the Republic of Niger back into the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in consolidating efforts to end insurgency. Ababakar, represented by the the Permanent Secretary,...
The escalating level of insecurity in the nation is forcing many citizens to wonder if the government can still save Nigeria. The minister of state for defence just ordered the service chiefs to relocate to the North West after militants seized two Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured vehicles from...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa to fish out the killers of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State. Matawalle gave the charge in a statement on Friday in Abuja, by Mr...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has donated 4,860 rams and N390million to the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders, stakeholders and less-privileged families in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. The rams as...
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has said no fewer than 9,300 bandits and terrorists have been neutralised within the last one year by the Nigerian Armed Forces. Badaru disclosed this at the Ministerial Sectoral Briefings, organised by the Ministry of Information, to mark the first anniversary...
Without a doubt, the war against insecurity is still being fiercely fought on different frontiers. But there is a blowing wind of hope which attests to the fact that the Ministry of Defence and all the allied agencies under it are not sleeping on duty. Minister of Defence, Mohammed...
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has said Nigeria would not tolerate crude oil theft and illegal refining as they are very serious crimes in the country. “Such crimes will not be tolerated in any form and at any time or level and this extends to other natural resources...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has directed mining new marshals drawn from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation’s mining laws. Alake gave the directive while inaugurating the first batch of...
Ministry of Defence on Monday condemned as unacceptable, Thursday’s killing of 16 officers and men of the 181 Amphibious Battalion at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta by youths of the community. Youths of the community killed the battalion’s Commanding Officer, Lt.-Col. AH Ali, two...
The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, has said that the military operatives in the last few months killed no fewer than seven top leaders of the insurgency in the country. The minister said this in an interview with newsmen after addressing the members of Senior Course 46 of...
The Senate on Tuesday went into a close door session to take briefs from Service Chiefs and some Ministers on the general state of security in the country. The closed-door session followed a motion moved by Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti). Those at the meeting include National...