Tag: Nigerian Army

Mr Musa said the army would “remain apolitical, neutral and totally insulated from any form of politics.”

There were reports that soldiers shot and killed at least one person.

Mr Usman hands over to a colonel as he proceeds on a voluntary retirement after 'a fulfilling career'.

The army said 95 per cent of troops would be engaged in security duties during the forthcoming general elections.

The president had earlier visited Akwa Ibom and Delta States and had commenced the tour of South West states with ...

The terrorists came on Monday evening in their numbers through the border town of Kanama and began to shoot sporadically.

At least 15 generals were affected by the fresh exercise, whose reasons were not immediately made available.

“The army has uncovered the employment of deception by Boko Haram terrorists to win the confidence and support of locals ...

The army says between January 22 and 28 it rescued 89 persons taken hostage.

The sacked officer says the claim by the Nigerian Army is false.

The deaths come two days after the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control announced a Lassa fever outbreak in the country.

Lassa fever is a deadly disease caused by a virus carried in the urine or faeces of an infected rat.

The court ordered the army to reinstate the officer to his post "with all his rights and privileges.”

Magumeri is about 50km from Maiduguri, the state capital.

The army narrated how it occurred.

Who takes the blame over the army’s recent invasion of the premises of Daily Trust?

The soldiers were ambushed on their way back to Kaduna by the terrorists on Damaturu-Maiduguri road on December 24.

The army said patrols and arrest of criminal elements will start immediately.

The army says the arms were recovered from some criminal gangs and militia operating in Nasarawa, Benue and Taraba.

Motorists said they were stopped from plying the key route early Wednesday.

The army chief says the exercise gave soldiers an avenue to respond to real life war situations.

Daily Trust's Uthman Abubakar has reportedly been handed over to the SSS for further interrogation.

Sunday's raid has drawn wide condemnation with calls for detained journalists to be immediately released.

Daily Trust gives details of how armed soldiers laid siege on the company's corporate headquarters and regional offices.

"The action of the military is also a threat to democracy with the presidential elections, less than two months away. ...