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Military has deployed special forces and additional troops to reinforce the existing operations to curb violence in Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, made this…

Federal Government has appealed to the world powers not to deny the country of vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the appeal on Thursday, August 13 when he…

President Muhammad Buhari has commissioned 114 medical officers into the Nigerian Air Force, to boast the nation’s fight against insecurity occasioned by insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling. The Officers among whom…

Defence Headquarters has said the alarm raised by the US about the infiltration of Al-Qaeda militants into the north-west region of the country is not a new information. At a briefing earlier in the week, Dagvin Anderson, commander…

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has insisted that Governor Babagana Zulum’s convoy that was attacked last week was not perpetuated by soldiers as claimed but by Boko Haram.  The attack happened in the company of security personnel,…

A female soldier who was dismissed from the army for getting pregnant after she was raped by suspected bandits while travelling to Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has appealed her dismissal. Army board of inquiry (BOI) investigated the incident…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has said Nigeria is safer now than it was five years ago. He made the remarks on Sunday during a sit-out with soldiers Wounded In Action (WIA) who are receiving treatment…

Senate has called for the dismissal of service chiefs as the country continues to grapple with security challenges. The resolution of the upper legislative chamber followed a motion sponsored by Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno…

Global rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the treatment of children arrested for allegedly engaging in terrorism. Amnesty International claimed that the children are usually locked up with adult terrorists who sexually…

The Nigerian Army's Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Plateau State has on Wednesday admitted to the gruesome killing of Rinji Peter Bala, 20-year-old student at the University of Jos. According to reports, Bala and his friends while…

A 20-year-old boy identified as Rinji Peter Bala was allegedly arrested, then killed by some officials of Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau State, it has emerged. According to unconfirmed reports, Bala also known as Bobo and his friends…

Troops of the joint military Operation Whirl Stroke, at the early hours of Friday reportedly engaged suspected armed militant herdsmen in fierce gun battle in Anyiibe in Logo Local government area of Benue State. Saturday…

The son a Nigerian who was captured by Boko Haram in the viral video has cried out on social media, also accusing the Nigerian army of negligence. A twitter user with the handle @best0211 has said the viral video circulating on…