Army

A joint security team consisting of troops of 302 Regiment of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Navy, Department of State Services and Nigeria Police Force have dislodged camps belonging to…

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), a political and cultural group of northern leaders, has asked the federal government to prosecute repentant insurgents. Over the past…

The Nigerian Army says more than 70 insurgents, with their wives and children, have surrendered to troops in Borno state. Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesman, disclosed this in a…

The Defence Headquarters has said the fighting force of the Boko Haram Islamic sect has been grossly depleted by the mounting offensive launched by troops. It noted that…

Nigerian Army has said there is no plan to release surrendered Boko Haram terrorists after rehabilitation. The director army public relations Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu,…

The Nigerian Army says there is now a ‘welfare flight’ for soldiers and officers at the frontline who are on pass and wish to go see their families. A pass, in the military…

The Nigerian Army says top Boko Haram commanders have surrendered to its troops in Operation Hadin Kai. The army said over hundred Boko Haram fighters with their families surrendered to the…

The Nigerian Army said troops of 25 Task Force Brigade repelled terrorists attack on Damboa town in Borno State on Sunday. The troops were said to have overpowered the…

The Nigerian army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have taken custody of 28 Boko Haram/Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters who surrendered recently in Borno…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has empowered Regimental Sergeant Majors (RSM) of the Nigerian Army with vehicles to enhance their functionality…

The Nigerian Army said on Saturday its troops successfully repelled attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Gamboru-Ngala, Borno State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, said in a statement that one insurgent…

Ahmad Salkida, journalist known for having access to the leadership of the Boko Haram sect, has again, taken to Twitter with new information on the Chibok schoolgirls. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Salkida had said 98 of the…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai has ordered the establishment of standing court martial to try any officers who show partisanship.Buratai speaking at the Chief of Army Staff 1st Quarter Conference warned…

The Nigerian Army has set up a panel to probe the allegations made by Theophilus Danjuma, former minister of defence. Speaking at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University, Danjuma alleged that the army had lost its…

The Presidency on Saturday said the recent call made by a former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), that Nigerians should not rely on security agencies but defend themselves in the face of killings across the…

According to reports, A woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband while he was fast asleep following an accusation of infidelity. The woman was said to have stabbed her husband to death in his sleep for having a baby with…

A video of General Danjuma has emerged in the last few days. He has been recorded saying a few concerning and controversial comments. In the absence of a clarification since the emergency of the video, I believe it is fair to take the…

The Ministry of Defence said on Monday that it had received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as regards the farmers and herdsmen’s clashes and had put such soldiers through “disciplinary procedures.”The ministry…

PDP’s grand conspiracy theory of last week alleging that the Buhari Administration orchestrated the abduction and rescue of Dapchi schoolgirls for diabolical 2019 reasons had not run its full course when another, even grander conspiracy…

The Nigerian army says a statement credited to Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence, is unfortunate. On Saturday, Danjuma, a retired general and former chief of army staff, called on Nigerians to defend themselves against…

1. A recent comment by one of the elder statesmen alledging that the military collude with bandits to kill people and therefore, call on them to rise and defend themselves outside constitutional provisions. This is highly…

The Nigerian army has reopened the Maiduguri-Bama-Banki international highway in Borno state.  Rogers Nicholas, the theatre commander, operation Lafiya Dole, announced this on Saturday at the inauguration of the highway in Maiduguri.…