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The Nigerian Army has accused the Okuama community where military personnel were killed in Delta State of resorting to propaganda. It said the development confirmed that the killing was a communally orchestrated attack. At least…

In response to Monday's attack on an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) by no fewer than five yet-to-be-identified soldiers, the Nigerian Army said that it will launch a campaign to encourage traffic…

The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army made substantial victories against criminal elements in the states of Enugu and Cross River through a series of coordinated operations with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Department of State…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday appointed Major General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja as the Chief of Army Staff. Read Also: Kayode Egbetokun: What You Should Know About New IGP Major General Lagbaja replaces Lt-Gen Faruk Yahaya, who was…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has challenged Course 30 participants of the National Defence College (NDC) to be relentlessly innovative in developing national security and defence strategy to address security challenges. Osinbajo made…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya has said the army is concerned over the frequent leakage of classified and secret operational documents in the media. Yahaya raised the concern at the ‘Chief Clerk’s Convention 2022’…

A forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, has testified before Lagos state Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution set up to unravel details of the brutal shooting at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, at the peak of #EndSARS…

Nigerian Army authorities have confirmed the death of an officer and six soldiers in a counterinsurgency operation in Mainok, Borno State. Five other soldiers who sustained various degrees of injuries have been evacuated to the military…

President of Chad, Idriss Deby has been killed on the front line after a clash between the army and rebels at the border, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. The 68-year-old’s death, comes days after he won a sixth term in office. Deby,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Samuel Adebayo, a major-general in the army, as head of defence intelligence agency. According to NAN, Adebayo took over the helm of affairs of the agency from Gbolahan Oyefesobi, deputy chief of…

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on crisis-ridden Orlu Local Government Area and nine other neighbouring communities. According to reports, the root cause of the crisis was as a result of a…

Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo, Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos State, has said contrary to widespread reports, the Army is not searching for popular disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, better known as DJ…

Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations and 81 Division’s spokesperson, Major Osoba Olaniyi, has said the military will not disclose the number of its personnel deployed in the Lekki tollgate. It would be recalled that soldiers…

Colonel D.C Bako of the Nigerian Army has been killed in a Boko Haram ambush. Colonel DC Bako and some soldiers were attacked, on Sunday, September 20, when their vehicle was ambushed near Damboa, about 85 kilometres from Maiduguri, the…

Eleven people have reportedly been killed and many injured in a fresh attack by gunmen between Monday, August 16 and Wednesday, August 19 at Ungwar Gankon village in Zango Kataf and Maro village, Kajuru Local Government Areas (LGA) of…