Tag: Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army has given its version of the incident.

The new redeployments take effect on 3 July.

The army said the operation was undertaken by troops of 5 Battalion operating under 16 Brigade on Sunday, at Azuzuama ...

President Bola Tinubu retired Mr Yahaya and other service chiefs on 19 June.

President Bola Tinubu appointed Mr Lagbaja, a major general, as the 23rd chief of army staff on Monday.

There have been a series of attacks and reprisal attacks between pastoralists and farming communities in recent times in the ...

“I am a participant in this war, I side with the government of Nigeria.”

The host communities accuse the Nigerian Army of disobeying a court order stopping it from constructing a perimeter fence around ...

President Bola Tinubu has sent commendations to the troops, according to the military chief.

The army says Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus, were rescued on 21 April by troops of 114 Taskforce Battalion Bitta ...

Addressing the contingent, the Chief of Operations, Army, Taoreed Lagbaja, reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria to deploy quality peacekeepers as ...

Mr Buhari says the army’s fighting power prior to his assumption of office in 2015 was at low ebb.

The colours of several units in the army had either been damaged or worn out since 2007.

The army says the last trooping and presentation of Colours Parade for its units was conducted in 2007.

A retired colonel alleges that over 40 armed soldiers stormed his residence and evicted his family.

An army official says the retired colonel was occupying the house illegally.

The army says the review is expected to take place during the forthcoming Chief of Army Staff First Quarter 2023 ...

The lawmaker, Kpam Sokpo, and others were allegedly assaulted by soldiers of the 401 Division of the Nigerian Army on ...

Mr Diya, who died on Sunday morning, would have turned 79 on 3 April.

Reuters reported that the Nigerian military since 2013 carried out “a secret, systematic and illegal abortion program in the country’s ...

The victim may have spent up to 30 days in captivity.

The Army says the release of the hotlines is part of its move to support the police, which is the ...

Mr Fani-Kayode, via a tweet last week, alleged that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, ...

The students started protesting after their lecturers refused to conduct examinations.

He said that unlike other professions, recruitment into the Nigerian army remained a national call to defend the territorial integrity ...