By Andrew Orolua The Chief Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya on Tuesday directed all General Officers Commanding (GOCs) and other Formation Commanders of the Nigerian Army (NA) to secure conducive atmosphere in their Areas of Responsibility (AOR)for the successful conduct of the coming 2023 elections. Gen Yahaya handed down the directive while formally flagging […]
A cross-section of security experts from across the country has scored the Nigerian Army high on its efforts in combating insurgency, especially in the last one year. The security experts who spoke at the presentation of the Annual Report On The Federal Government’s War Against Insecurity/Insurgency In Nigeria by the Centre for International And Strategic […]
The Nigeria Army on Tuesday launched three special military operations in the South East, South South, South West and North Central, to tackle rising insecurity across the geopolitical zones. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, flagged-off the exercises at the Nigeria Army 6 Division Step-up Headquarters in Ahoada, Rivers. He said the exercises […]
The Nigerian Army has produced pamphlets to guide the conduct of its personnel during the forthcoming 2023 general elections. The Commandant, Nigeria Army Institute of Science Education and Technology (NAISET), Major General Bello Alhaji Tsoho, made this known during the graduation of the 3rd quarter courses of the institute in Ilorin. Kebbi govt plans to […]
By Andrew Orolua The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed Lance Corporal John Gabriel and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon from service for allegedly involved in the killing of an Islamic cleric, Sheik Goni Gashua Aisami in Yobe state. The soldiers were dismissed after facing trial at the Headquarters 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru on Saturday 27 August […]
By Nosa Akenzua As part of activities to commemorate the 2022 Nigerian Army Day Celebration, the 90 Amphibious Battalion in Koko on Friday distributed educational materials and instructional aids to primary schools in Sapele, Okpe, Ethiope West and Warri North Local Government areas of Delta State. The primary schools visited included Adana-Okpe Model Primary School […]
By Chibuike Okafor, Awka Residents of the Ogbaru community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State have decried the military invasion of their communities. They accused the soldiers of killing their innocent youths in the guise of fighting crime and criminality in the area. Ogbaru is one of the communities where a curfew had […]
The Nigerian Army’s seeming disregard for rule of law has come to the fore again with another revelation regarding Lt. Colonel Abdulfatai Mohammed, a Boko Haram nightmare. The military unit is refusing to reinstate him in spite of separate court judgements and National Assembly intervention. His fate is similar to that of Colonel Auwal Suleiman, […]
The Nigerian Army has said troops conducting Exercise GOLDEN DAWN have neutralised one of the Biafran National Guard (BNG) gunmen who attacked their location at Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State on Thursday 28 October 2021. BNG is a new armed separatist group operating in Nigeria’s Southeast, with stated mission to declare an […]
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have warned members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria led by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky against protest in any part of the state. The warning is contained in a statement signed by the Military Information Officer, Maj. Ishaku Takwa ”Intelligence report available to Operation SAFE HAVEN indicates […]
On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army stated that arms alone will not be enough to combat the country’s current security problems. Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, a spokesman for the Nigerian army, said the country’s numerous security concerns required a diverse approach to overcome. Nwachukwu stated this while taking over as Director, Army Public Relations at the Army […]
*Military says retirement is voluntary Andrew Orolua, Abuja The military high command has dispelled rumours about mass retirement of senior army officers with the appointment of a new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major-General Farouk Yahaya. Speaking on behalf of Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Irabor, on Thursday in Abuja during a media briefing on […]
The appointment of a replacement for the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru is being delayed by some factors. The determinants include the experience, competence, tribe and region of the incoming successor. It is believed the presidency is yet to decide due to the number of recommendations from the military circle […]
Tom Okpe, Abuja The House of Representatives has postponed a scheduled security summit in honour of late Army Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers who lost their lives in the air crash that occurred in Kaduna, Friday evening. The two-day summit which was to hold at the NIA premises in Guzape, […]
*DHQ mourns late COAS, orders investigation *Buhari expresses shock over Attahiru, others’ death, receives briefings from Defence minister Senate, Northern Govs mourn COAS, others Andrew Orolua, Tom Okpe, Abuja & Gabriel Idibia, Kaduna The Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru and ten military personnel died in an ill-fated Nigerian Air Forces plane […]
By Dilibe Michael The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Borno has arrested Abubakar Mohammed for allegedly impersonating an army captain, according to the state NSCDC commandant, who spoke to journalists in Maiduguri on Tuesday. “A patrol team on Damboa Road, Maiduguri, arrested the fake army captain in army uniform. He was […]
The Nigerian Army has said it neutralized 11 members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, who launched an attack on the police command of the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday night. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Friday, said the assailants were members of […]
The Nigeria Army is reportedly cracking down on Igbo youths and secretly murdering them, according to Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization. Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the group’s spokesperson, said the army was labeling random youths in the area as members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) as […]
Members of the House of Representatives on Saturday met behind closed-doors with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja. It was gathered that the meeting was held by the lawmakers and the army chief to discuss the secessions and agitations threats going on in the country. […]
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports of killing of 20 soldiers by Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North-East Theatre of Operation Lafiya Dole. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammad Yerima via a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, said the information was false. Yerima described the report by an […]