Tag: Nigerian Army

Nigeria has consistently been one of the largest troop contributors to ECOWAS peace support operations, providing personnel, logistics and leadership ...

We have absolute confidence in the professionalism and capacity of our security agencies to unravel this unfortunate incident that happened ...

This is another part of a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive series on the failed coup against President Tinubu revealing how the ...

Anthony Atolagbe, a retired general, says the expansion of the army from eight to 12 divisions is a decisive step ...

Under the new structure, the Nigerian Army will operate twelve divisions, strategically positioned across the country.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the acting spokesperson for Operation Hadin Kai, Mohammed Goni, identified the man as Aboubakar ...

“The operation, carried out on 17 July 2026, resulted in the arrest of a suspect, recovery of ransom proceeds, and ...

"They (the kidnappers) carried the youngest three children. The secondary school girls carried some of the smaller pupils, while the ...

The senior military officer said while handing over the rescued survivors to Oyo State Governor Makinde on Monday that security ...

The release followed months of operations involving security forces from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the State ...

The mob killing, police said, triggered reprisal attacks that threw the community into chaos.

On 5 June, insurgents suspected to be members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), launched an overnight attack on ...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Waidi Shaibu, a lieutenant general, approved the strategic reshuffling,

Mr Fayoade declined to comment on reports suggesting that the abductors had made demands involving ransom payments or the release ...

"Above all, if General Abubakar had not left the Nigerian Air Force to join the Nigerian Army, would he have ...

The authorities said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects had lived in Ogun State for about six months before their ...

The Nigerian Army said the arms hideout was discovered when its troops in collaboration with personnel of the State Security ...

Troops of Operation Savannah Shield, a joint task force in North-central Nigeria, have arrested five suspected terrorist informants in separate ...

The army, however, noted that the attack was repelled by troops of Operation Hadin Kai, a joint task force in ...

Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued a woman and her six-month-old baby after gunmen abducted five members of a ...

He said the ambush was conducted on 30 May, following intelligence that terrorists were planning kidnapping activities within the Jakura ...

MASSOB had recently directed churches in the South-east to hold memorial and thanksgiving services on Sunday, 31 May, in honour ...

"The deployment was aimed at deterring potential security threats, reinforcing public confidence and supporting a peaceful democratic transition..."

The organisations lauded the COAS's visionary approach, which has demonstrably boosted military performance, eradicated past issues of desertion and premature ...