Tag: Nigerian Army

The operation, conducted by troops of Operation Enduring Peace in collaboration with local vigilantes and hunters, followed the abduction of ...

Governor Mutfwang described the Mangu attack as barbaric, senseless and unacceptable

The Nigerian Army says it has adjusted its security architecture around Kebbe and adjoining communities after receiving intelligence that terrorists ...

Sokoto police confirmed the Friday attack on Kebbe town and said reinforcements had been deployed, while the Army declined to ...

The operations also led to the recovery of an AK-47 rifle, motorcycles and suspected rustled livestock.

A Nigerian Army battalion has begun operations in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, as part of a broader military deployment to strengthen ...

The victims were rescued after troops engaged suspected kidnappers in a gun battle along the Ajaokuta-Itobe Road.

The victims were rescued after troops engaged their abductors in a gun battle in Dekina Local Government Area.

An official said the suspect was arrested during “a coordinated intelligence-led operation” in the forest located in Gariki General Area ...

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 ...