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....
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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...
The late Chief Of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja will be buried on Thursday and Friday. His burial announcement issued by the Acting COAS, Lieutenant General OO Oluyode on Wednesday on behalf of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, said the service of songs for the late COAS who died on...
The Head of Lagbaja Family of Ilobu kingdom, Mr Demola Lagbaja, has said it is regrettable that the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, did not enjoy life outside the military. The family head spoke on Monday while receiving the St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo, Old...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto- The Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede while on an operational tour to Sokoto State urged officers to deal decisively with enemies of humanity and the country. Lt Gen Olufemi, who addressed officers of the 8 Division, Nigerian Army Sokoto while...
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 Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has called on the residents of Gongono Masallachi in Tangaza Local Government Area, Sokoto State, to support the Nigerian Army’s efforts to safeguard the country’s territory. Oluyede, who was on operational tour to Sokoto State on Sunday, said the...
Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Olanipekum Olukayode, has underscored the need for collaboration and capacity building of security agencies to tackle corruption. Olukayode said this during the graduation of the Executive Leadership and Strategic Management Course, Batch 5/2024, of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC),...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), says some terrorists’ leaders operating in the North Central zone have indicated interest to surrender and lay down their arms. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military on Thursday in Abuja....
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 death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, has thrown his native Ilobu Community into deep mourning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was in the town on Wednesday, reports that the whole area looked unusually calm. At the Palace of the Olobu...