Tag: Nigerian Army

Armed soldiers had earlier Sunday raided and sealed two offices of Daily Trust newspaper in Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno State.

Daily Trust said military authorities were unhappy with its coverage of the recent losses to Boko Haram.

The exercise was launched to tackle already "observed upsurge" in security challenges ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The committees will cover logistics for the election and 'in-house' affairs.

The operation was carried out on Tuesday.

The army stages the exercise nationwide from January 1 to February 28.

The Army however said troops as at Thursday engaged the terrorists in a fierce battle to repel them.

The Nigerian army has suffered a string of losses in its nine-year-old war against Boko Haram, amid an upsurge in ...

The press conference will take place at the headquarters of Theatre Command of Operation Lafiya Dole.

The Nigeria army had earlier confirmed the attack but said it was repelled.

The army promises more update on the incident that ocxured Wednesday.

The Army says some of the fleeing officers were arrested over 60 kilometres away from a counter-terrorism training centre.

The army in a Twitter post said the troops engaged and neutralised the insurgents.

The fleeing officers were amongst the 2,000 sent on counter-terrorism induction exercise at the Nigerian Army Special Forces Training School ...

Soldiers defeated the insurgents in another attack, the military said.

Mr Buratai says allegations of human rights abuses by the military are "misleading".

Abubakar Maikobi, a major general, replaces Emmanuel Kabuk.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) assured all the accused persons seated at the court martial that the court will be ...

Mr Buhari also said he will keep reminding Nigerians about his performance in office so far.

The president is clocking 76 today.

The army said there is credible evidence that the organisation is working hard to destabilise the country.

The army said it successfully repelled the Boko Haram attack.

The groups made an FOI request to the army chief.

The initial suspension was condemned by Amnesty International.

The fighting is taking place near Metele, the village where soldiers were recently massacred.