The 5,937 soldiers that recently passed out from the Depot will be deployed to fight banditry, cattle rustling and related crimes, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army of Staff (COAS), has said. Lagbaja disclosed this during the passing out parade for the 86 regular recruit intake of...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Tragedy struck on Thursday in Abaji Area Council of Abuja, as three individuals lost their lives in a fierce gun battle between a combined team of Nigerian Police and Military personnel, and a 15-man gang attempting to rob First Bank PLC. According to a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army’s 7 Division has refuted a report by an online medium (NOT NATIONAL ACCORD) alleging that soldiers at the Maimalari Military Cantonment in Maiduguri are lacking basic amenities such as electricity, water, and social services. The Deputy Director of Army Public...
Troops of the Nigerian Army, successfully thwarted a kidnap attempt by suspected terrorist group on the 46 Km Ughelli-Patani Road in Delta on Sunday. A post on its official X Handle on Sunday, the Nigerian army said its troops’ swift response to a distress call resulted in the...
Abia State Governor,Alex Otti, says the state government has started receiving credible intelligence on the killing of five soldiers which took place on May 30 in Aba. Governor Otti disclosed this on Thursday when he paid a morale boosting visit to the officers and men of the144 Battalion Nigerian...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army (NA) has denied allegation of mass killing in the South Eastern Nigeria, as alleged by Simon Ekpa, a self acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A), has confirmed an attack by smugglers on its personnel and the Nigerian Army while carrying out Anti-Smuggling operations. According to a press statement signed by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, SC Theophilus...
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, has has began a two-day combat swimming contest for soldiers within its formations and units under the division. The competition is part of the army’s 2024 training programme aimed at enhancing the swimming proficiencies of soldiers engaged in...
The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over eight students of Confluence University of Science and Technology Osara, Kogi State, who were rescued on Sunday, to Gov. Ahmed Ododo, at Army Headquarters Abuja. The handing over was conducted by the Deputy Chief of Operations (Army), Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Emekah, on...
In a significant victory for the Nigerian Army counter-terrorism efforts, a notorious terrorist commander known as Lawal Kwalba has surrendered to troops. The suspected terrorists’ commander turned himself in on Thursday, 28 May 2024, following intensified military operations targeting terrorists enclaves in Kaduna State. The army in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army, on Monday, confirmed the immediate reopening of the popular Abuja Banex Plaza following an understanding between the authorities, plaza management and traders’ association. It would be recalled that the plaza had been shut for over a week following a mob attack...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has dismissed as “false”, the claim by the Kano chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), that soldiers were involved in enforcing a court order restraining that state government from deposing five Emirs. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu,...
The story has it that in the past, the hyena kept a respectable distance from the cock. The hyena believed the cock carried fire on its head, which is why it was afraid of it. The hyena, however, was reassured by the cock that there was nothing...
Four dismissed soldiers have been arrested for the alleged murder of a personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger. The Police Public Relation Officer, (PPRO), Niger Command, SP Waisu Abiodun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the incident happened on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of Nigerian Army have intercepted and apprehended eight members of a syndicate that specialises in smuggling fuel from Nigeria to the Ambazonian rebels in the Republic of Cameroon to facilitate terrorists’ activities. The Nigerian Army, in a post on its official X Handle...
Former Maj.-Gen. Umaru Mohammed has dragged the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Taoreed Lagbaja, and the Nigerian Army before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged refusal to release a copy of the certified true copy (CTC) of the judgment of the Special Court Martial. Mohammed told...
The Divisional Police Officer of New Marte in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State has been killed by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, revealed why its troops shut down the popular Banex Plaza in the Wuse Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Army spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the plaza was shut after the incident on Saturday, May 18,...
The Nigerian Army has said the closure of Banex Plaza in Wuse II, Abuja was for extensive investigation to unravel circumstances surrounding the unwarranted attack on soldiers in uniform by a group of traders at the business centre. The unarmed soldiers were attacked on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at...
Soldiers and operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have taken over the popular Banex plaza in the Wuse area of the nation’s capital following a free-for-all involving traders and soldiers. A trader, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the incident, explaining that the fight ensued at the...