Tag: Armed Forces of Nigeria

“The strikes followed credible intelligence and careful operational planning aimed at degrading the operational capabilities of the terrorists while minimising ...

The troops also recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition, including automatic rifles, machine guns, RPG tubes, locally fabricated weapons, ...

The controversy stems from an incident on Tuesday, 11 November, when Mr Wike was reportedly prevented from accessing a construction ...

Dozens of retired military personnel had on several occasions blocked the main gate of the Ministry of Finance in Abuja, ...

DHQ said the troops also recovered huge quantities of assorted arms including various kinds of machine guns, RPG tubes, automatic ...

The defence chief says Nigeria deserves respect and that it must not tolerate disrespect from Canada and any other country.

“Consequently, coordinated airstrikes were launched over the location, and the targets successfully engaged."

Mr Musa, a General in the Nigerian Army, described the deceased as an elder statesman, a core patriot and a ...

He said the Nigerian government, through ECOWAS, stood united with the government and people of Guinea-Bissau.

Mr Nwachukwu said that the Nigerian army was a composite national institution and not an ethnic militia.

The DHQ said the terrorists were killed in operations involving land and air interdictions across the theatres of operation in ...

The military troops also rescued 139 hostages and recovered 141 assorted weapons and 1,463 assorted ammunition in various operations across ...

The military says troops destroyed illegal refining sites and have sustained momentum against crude oil theft in the Niger Delta ...

Troops of the armed forces killed the terrorists in various operations in the three geopolitical zones in the north in ...

DHQ also said the military rescued 82 hostages.

DHQ says the operations were carried out in the three geopolitical zones of the North in the last two weeks.

DHQ said the armed forces were engaged in several operations across the six geopolitical zones to tackle the security challenges ...

"It needs to be stated that the Armed Forces of Nigeria is a professional military that is loyal to the ...

Mr Irabor said the armed forces do not take instruction from state governments.

Some aggrieved personnel had, in an impersonal letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, reportedly accused top army officers of corruption.

The DHQ says that the campaign posters of some governors, dressed in military camouflage uniforms, were displayed in noticeable areas ...

The pulling out parade was among activities at the ongoing Infantry Corps annual leadership lectures and biennial reunion, at the ...

Mr Olonisakin, a general, resigned his position, alongside other service chiefs, on January 26.

Mr Enenche says in the North-West, 5,281 livestock, 6,951 rounds of ammunition and 120 assorted rifles were recovered from the ...