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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…

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has inaugurated a six-member investigative Committee to find out all those connected to the illegal importations of military wears. Ali announced this in a…

Three hundred and twenty soldiers, who have completed a six-month training at the Nigerian Armed Forces Ressetlement Centre(NAFRC), Oshodi, Lagos, have retired from the service. The soldiers, comprising 262 from the Nigerian Army, 44…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has opposed reported moves by the Federal Government to recruit some former members of Boko Haram terrorists who recently underwent deradicalisation programme into the Nigerian Army and Police…

The Nigerian army who investigated the killings in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, has declared five men wanted. A statement released by the Nigerian army today reads; ”In line with the on going Military exercise…

The Nigerian Army yesterday inaugurated an investigative panel of inquiry to probe allegations by some Nigerians that its personnel were colluding with Fulani herdsmen in the killing of residents in Taraba and Benue states. At the…

A yet to be identified Nigerian soldier has called on the Nigerian army to consider and rotate soldiers due to increasing mortality rate of troops. The army officer who has been in the northeast region for two years now, revealed that …

The army and the police yesterday disagreed over who should carry the can for the February 19 abduction of 110 Dapchi schoolgirls. The Army said it “formally” handed over security in Dapchi to the police as its men moved to another…

The family of Queendaline Ekezie, a 15-year-old pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Obinze, Owerri, Imo State, are inconsolable after two soldiers in the school allegedly snuffed life out of her during a rigorous punishment. The soldiers…

Suspected militants have allegedly beheaded a soldier attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Etim Ekpo Local Government of Akwa Ibom State on Sunday February 18th. The Nation reports that the militants during a gun battle with the…

Boko Haram commander, Abdullahi Bello (alias Abu Zainab) has told the Nigerian Army that the wanted factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has escaped to Kolofata in neighbouring Cameroun. Army sources revealed that Bello…

A court in Niger jailed nine soldiers for between five and 15 years on Friday for an attempted coup against President Mahamadou Issoufou in 2017. In December 2015, the government said it had foiled a coup and arrested people planning to…

A soldier fell to his death as he tried to grab his mobile phone when he dropped it over a balcony while speaking to a friend on the phone. Lance Corporal Nicholas Githaiga fell three storeys to his death. Neighbours heard Githaiga’s…

Five hundred British troops deployed to Afghanistan were allocated a total of just £500 for Christmas, the Sunday Times revealed. Some said the defense chiefs’ frugality left the troops lagging far behind their foreign counterparts as…