The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has expressed sorrow over the passing of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The Army chief died on Tuesday after a brief illness at the age of 56. Musa, in a statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen....
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, has ordered rescheduling the Federal Executive Council meeting till another date to be announced. Initially scheduled for today, the council meeting was postponed in honour of Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has regret to announce the death of Lt.-Gen.Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56. Special Adviser, Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that Lagbaja died on Tuesday night in...
President Bola Tinubu has decorated the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Olufemi Oluyede with a higher rank of Lieutenant General. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga confirmed the development on Tuesday which took place at the President’s office. If confirmed by the Senate, Oluyede will become the substantive army chief,...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has said two people were killed in the Agyaragu community in Obi Local Government due to a clash between a police special constabulary and an army personnel. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this at news conference...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
By OLA MODUPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti State Governor, Abiodun Oyebanji has congratulated Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede on his appointment as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by President Bola Tinubu. Oyebanji also thanked the President for finding the Ikere-Ekiti born Gen. Oluyede worthy of the appointment. A statement by...
Major General Olufemi Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna. President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the...
Nigerian Army has described the claim by the Niger State House of Assembly that insurgents have taken over its Training Area in Kontagora, as untrue. The Director of Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, dismissed the claim in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu described the claim as...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt — The Nigerian Army has arrested 35 suspected oil thieves accused of operating illegal refineries and breaking into pipelines to siphon crude oil across four Niger Delta states. The spokesman of the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, who disclosed this in...
Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army and the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named “Operation UDO KA” say they have smashed camps of two armed groups operating within the South-East. This is contained in a statement by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division, Army Public Relations, on Wednesday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has denied rumors circulating on social media about the death of Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The rumors claimed that Lagbaja had died of cancer in a hospital abroad, but the Army has debunked these claims as “Fake News”...
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 Nigerian Army on Saturday pulled out 15 Generals of the Artillery Corps who retired from active military service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that out of the 15 retired artillery officers pulled out of active service at the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), in Kachia...
The Nigerian Army has dismissed insinuation that there is a leadership vacuum in with regards to personnel posting and promotion as army Chief is on annual leave. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the...
The Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated 101 terrorists, apprehended a terrorist commander, Usman Maisaje, and 182 others in different operations across the country in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on the operations of the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, adjourned a N2 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Mr Lucky Okodeh, a former Caretaker Chairman, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa until Nov. 28. Justice Binta Nyako adjourned the case following an oral application by Okodeh’s counsel, Asmau...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has dismissed reports mostly circulating on social Media that his convoy was ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists yesterday. Senator Ndume made the clarification on Wednesday at his Maiduguri residence, soon after he returned from condolence visit...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday appealed to indigenous youths to enrol in the military. The Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, made the appeal during the quarterly meetings with the Chairman and members of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), in Ikeja. Salu-Hundeyin said that security of...
The Nigerian Army has again cautioned the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against issuing an unpatriotic warning to youths of the South East to shun the ongoing recruitment into the army. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Tuesday...