Tag: Nigerian Army

Several people were displaced from their communities during a military operation to flush out hoodlums.

The police say the two officers were traveling from Maiduguri in Borno State to Kaduna in a vehicle with Registration ...

The incident occurred around Marke village of Kebbi State on Tuesday.

The COAS saluted the courage, patriotism, loyalty and commitment of Nigerian Army troops in defense of the nation.

Notable amongst the new appointees is B.O. Sawyer, a major general, who becomes the new Director Defence Information.

The appointment of the new commanders comes few weeks after the redeployment of some senior officers

The army said the troops also recovered some weapons.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported the attack by bandits in Yauri, which led to the abduction of some students and teachers ...

Soldiers and other security officials have been the target of deadly attacks in Nigeria’s South-east and South-south regions.

The army says some of the wounded personnel got treated and discharged with different forms of deformities but others are ...

The Army says its recent onslaught against the Boko Haram insurgents dealt decisive blow on the terrorists.

The shakeup came about two weeks after Faruk Yahaya, a major general, was appointed the chief of army staff by ...

Onyema Nwachukwu takes over from Mohammed Yerima, who was appointed in February.

Mr Gulak, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), was killed by unknown gunmen on May 30 while ...

The incident occurred on Monday while the soldiers were returning from Marti, a town in Borno State to Maiduguri, the ...

Faruk Yahaya was appointed the chief of army staff last Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The army says its men in conjunction with the operatives of other security agencies invaded the group's camp in Rivers ...

Mr Yerima says "the terrorists came in their numbers mounted on gun trucks and attempted to infiltrate the main entrance ...

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is deeply saddened over the crash that claimed the life of the army chief and ...

Two rifles, five motorcycles, a Lexus jeep and one 18 seater bus were recovered from the gunmen.

“Such a man is too old to be recruited into ESN, let alone being Ikonso's Second in Command,” IPOB says.

The ESN top official is the assistant to the late commander of the group who was killed few weeks ago.

The army stated that the suspects were arrested by troops of the 3 brigade in Kano.

The spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Mohammed Yerima, said the attack was by members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), ...

"Sometimes when the police send case files for advice, we discover there is no sufficient evidence or investigation to prosecute ...