By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has directed the troops of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army to strengthen operations against oil theft to ensure a significant increase in the nation’s oil production. The COAS issued this directive during...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC) Borno South has distributed 25 bulls to all Army formations in his constituency to enable them celebrate the 2024 Christmas and the New Year 2025. The Senator in his usual gesture has also distributed food and non-food items to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army held an investiture ceremony on Monday, December 23, 2024, to decorate 35 newly promoted Major Generals at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess 1 in Asokoro, Abuja. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, who was the Special Guest...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division and Commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar, has reassured residents of Plateau State of the Nigerian Army’s unwavering commitment to their safety during the festive season. Speaking at the 2024 West African Social Activities...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Troops of the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 of the Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested four suspected members of Ambazonian rebels in Taraba. Ambazonia is a rebel group operating in neighbouring Cameroon Republic. A statement on Saturday in Jalingo by Capt. Olubodunde Oni,...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has said the Nigerian Army will in coming months, invest more in modern technology to aid in training and ultimately fight the wars against insecurity. Oluyede made this known at the closing of the 2024 COAS Annual Conference on Wednesday...
The special brigade of the Nigerian Army has neutralised scores of Lukurawa bandits and destroyed about 22 camps in Sokoto and Kebbi states. The Theatre Commander of Operation FANSAN YAMMA, Maj.- Gen. Oluyinka Soyele, disclosed this to the newsmen on Friday in Sokoto. Speaking through the Acting General Officer...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Troops of 6 Brigade, Sector 3 of the “Operation Whirl Stroke” (OPWS) have thwarted a planned banditry attack in Taraba and arrested two suspects with AK 47 rifles. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations in Jalingo, Capt. Olubodunde Oni, the success was as...
The Nigerian Army on Monday, performed a symbolic lowering and hoisting of command flag at Army Headquarters as Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, assumed command as the 24th Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Oluyede was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Oct. 30...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Troops of the Joint Task Force South-East Operation UDO KA, have cleared the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi states. The spokesman for the task force, Lt.-Col....
By SADIQ ABUBY, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has announced that the Nigerian Army is re-evaluating its strategies to address the prevailing security challenges in the North East and other parts of the country. During his working visit to Maiduguri on Saturday,...
The troops of 6 Brigade, Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have destroyed several bandits camps and recovered ammunition in Taraba. This is contained in a statement on Sunday in Jalingo signed by Capt. Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations. It said the successes were recorded...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3 Division and Commander of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH), Major General AE Abubakar, has emphasized the critical importance of effective planning as a fundamental approach to addressing the nation’s evolving security challenges. Speaking during a sensitization lecture...
The Senate, on Wednesday, screened the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, behind closed doors. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua, before the screening, recalled that the senate, had, at its sitting on Tuesday, read President Bola Tinubu’s request urging them to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu on Friday sent a letter to the Senate seeking confirmation of Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede’s appointment as the substantive Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 5 soldiers have been killed by Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in an attack in Gubio LGA of Borno State. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General Edward Buba, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has ordered an immediate investigation into an alleged brutality by certain officer and soldiers of the Nigerian Army. The COAS gave the directive in a statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema...
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, paid their last respects to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed away on November 5 at the age...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday held a Service of Songs in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed on after a brief illness on Nov. 5. The service of songs marked the commencement of the burial rites for the late COAS whose...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Gunmen suspected to be IPOB terrorists have killed two soldiers at a checkpoint on Umuahia-Owerri Road in Ekeneobizi Community in Abia State. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force for South East Operation UDO KA of the Nigerian Army, by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unukhalu , confirmed...