Security & Defence

GUNMEN have killed a Major General of the Nigerian Army, Hassan Ahmed and abducted his wife in an attack in Abuja. Ahmed, who was recently appointed a Director at the Army Headquarters, was shot dead in Abaji area of the Federal Capital…

THE Nigerian Army has debunked reports that it released captured Boko Haram fighters in Borno State. A statement signed by Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, today, said the freed 1,009 persons are suspects, not Boko…

THE first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets purchased by the Federal Government has left the United States for Nigeria, the Nigerian Air Force has revealed. Director of Public Relations and Information,, Air Commodore Edward…

TWO soldiers were killed yesterday in Enugu when members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) engaged troops in a gun duel, the Nigerian Army said. The incident took place at Adani community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu…

PRESIDENT Buhari, yesterday, admitted that the country has been besieged by insecurity in the last 12 years. The President stated this at the graduation ceremony of participants of Senior Course 43 at the Armed Forces Command…

SUSPECTED Boko Haram terrorists have killed about 24 villagers in Dabna community, Hong Local Council of the state. Scores have reportedly fled their ancestral homes for safety due to the attack. Reports say the outlaws bombarded the…

PRESIDENT Buhari has charged troops of the Nigerian Army to change their strategies to tackle the insurgency and other emerging security threats in the country. The president acknowledged that the army had saved Nigeria from…

THE Chief of Amry Staff (COAS), Major General Faruk Yahaya, has assured Nigerians that the troops will not relent on the war against insurgency. The COAS, who made this vow at the special interdenominational church service at…

GOVERNOR Babjide Sanwo-Olu has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation into the death of a teenage girl allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba nation rally in Ojota area of the state. The girl simply…

Former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim has been appointed Force Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force N'Djamena. This follows the approval by the…

TROOPS of 152 Task Force Battalion yesterday killed 12 Boko Haram fighters in a failed attack in the state. The Director of Army Public Relation, Brig. Gen. Onyeama Nwachukwu, confirmed the development in a statement today, however, said…

TROOPS of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) yesterday foiled a bandit attack on Gidan Zaki town in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement in…

THE Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya, yesterday, charged the Armed Forces in Yobe State to destroy all Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in their various enclaves. In a statement by…

THE Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government Areas of the state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen.…

THE Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor has dismissed claims credited to Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on the military's collusion with bandits in the North-West. Irabor, who addressed retired senior military officers in…

By Lawrence Audu The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has urged military veterans to be drivers of peace, unity and progress within their neighbourhood. The CDS made the appeal today 24 June 2021 at a one day…

THE Nigerian Army has warned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to avoid utterances capable of escalating the current security challenges in the nation. The Army described as ”sad and unfortunate”, the comments made by Gumi…

THE Nigerian Army says its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle travelling from Zuru to Ibadan during a stop and search operation on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations,…

A TEAM of security operatives comprising the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force has rescued an additional three students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Major General Farouk Yahaya was at the Theatre Headquarters Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) on his maiden operational visit to the Theatre from 16-19 June to assess the operational and…

A TOP Boko Haram commander, Bakura Modu, has presumably assumed the leadership role of the jihadist group following the death of its leader Abubakar Shekau. Modu, also known as Sahaba, in a short video in Arabic, urged his faction’s…

By Lawrence Audu The Armed Forces of Nigeria says it has sustained onslaught on all forms of criminal elements in their enclaves with scores decimated and cache of arms recovered in the various theatres of operation across the nation.…

By Lawrence Audu The Service chiefs have arrived Maiduguri the Borno State capital ahead of the presidential one day official visit to the state. The service chiefs along side the Inspector General of Police are led by the Chief…

The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu has stated that the complex nature of security challenges being experienced in the country require a multi-disciplinary approach and the role of the media as a…

THE Nigerian Army High Command has debunked speculations that troops were on a revenge mission in the state, following the alleged killing of a soldier. Army spokesperson, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, who dispelled the rumour in…

THE Nigerian Army yesterday asked remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists to surrender and embrace peace. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. A.A. Eyitayo, made the call at a feast organised for…

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom says his people have cried enough due to unabated attacks by marauding herdsmen and now is the time to take decisive action. Ortom stated this yesterday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House during a media…

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Friday foiled a planned abduction on Prelude Comprehensive College, Kujama area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandit attack was foiled following receipt of credible intelligence by…

THE Nigerian Army has announced the redeployment of 11 Generals and other senior officers in a major shakeup. A statement by the army spokesman, Mohammed Yerima, last night said the posting was in line with the vision of the Chief of…

THE Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, says all existing vehicle tinted glass permits which were duly issued by the Nigeria Police Force remain valid. This follows an earlier  order by the IGP few days ago which suspended the…

THE Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) recorded losses yesterday evening in Dikwa town, Borno State. Troops deployed to the area repelled the sect members after a fierce battle. Scores of terrorists stormed the town in a…

AHEAD of alleged planned nationwide protests on June 12, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered all Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, Commissioners of Police in the 36 states and the Federal…

THE proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and not Fulani herdsmen are behind the insecurity in parts of the country, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has said. The group blamed rising insecurity and rampant killings across the…

THE Defence Headquarters today dismissed alleged planned mass retirement of senior officers in the Nigerian Army over the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major Gen. Farouq Yahaya. The new COAS is of Course 37 and has sparked…

THE Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, yesterday, inflicted heavy casualty on Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists. The army also claims that more than 50 of the terrorists died in the encounter in…

The Nigerian Army has disclosed that troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed 10 Boko Haram terrorists while trying to attack Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge Council Area of Borno State. The Director of Army Public Relations,…

Gunmen on Sunday, launched an attack on still another police command in Ebonyi state, killing one officer in the procedure. Loveth Odah, the police spokesman, said the incident happened at Ugbuodo divisional headquarters at Ebonyi LGA of…

Former Director Army Public Relations,  Brigadier-General Usman Kukasheka (retd), has showered tributes on late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru.  Attahru was among 11 military officers which died in a plane crash on…

A former Head of State,  Abdulsalami Abubakar, has advised the Federal Government to give more priority to security, diverting funds for infrastructures to the security forces to secure peace in the country. According to Abdulsalami, if…

THE Defence Headquarters has opted to keep mum over the alleged death of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. Shekau is said to have died after surrendering to Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters. He reportedly blew…

THE Nigerian Army has reportedly recalled a large number of its personnel studying in civil institutions (universities and polytechnics) across the country following intensified insurgency attacks.  This is according to a leaked memo by…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, has insinuated that salaries of legislators and other government officials should be used to fight insecurity. Ndume who also faulted the decision of southern governors to ban open…

CALAMITY was averted yesterday when troops of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ successfully repelled Boko Haram insurgents' attack in Maiduguri, chasing them out the city. The insurgents had stormed the Molai and Jiddari areas of the state…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to recall former servicemen and women to help the country fight insecurity. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate at the last general elections…

The Service Chiefs will on Thursday brief the Senate on the security situation of the country. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, announced the commencement of plenary today in Abuja. The service chiefs were to appear before the…

No fewer than four Local Government Areas in Bauchi state, on Monday, came under Boko Haram attack. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Sabiu Baba, who disclosed this at a press conference today said the radical sect…

Following worsened security situation across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to integrate Lt. Gen T.Y Buratai (rtd) and other immediate past service chiefs into the nation's security architecture.…

Boko Haram insurgents have continued to make incursion into communities in the Northeast region of the country forcing many residents to flee their habitations and take  refuge in the surrounding bushes. Just yesterday the insurgents…

The chairman of the Senate Committee on army, Ali Ndume, has expressed his displeasure over the paltry sum of N29b budgeted for army's capital expenditure out of a total budget of over 13t for  2021. Ndume said the amount allocated for…

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has said the country will emerge stronger  from the current challenges bedeviling it. Masari made the comment yesterday when he received a delegation from the house of representatives on a sympathy…