Nigerian army

The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday, August 23, defended the purported abandonment of internal security activities by the police by stating that its agents are collaborating with military agents to purge the nation of insurgency.…

The Federal Government, headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, was urged on Monday, August 8, by the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) to hire mercenaries to aid the military in its fight against the terrorists'…

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has disclosed the Defence Headquarters is implementing several new strategies that will bring about an end to various security challenges in the country. Irabor stated this while…

President Muhammadu Buhari's order to the Nigerian Army to battle "terrorists, insurgents, and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to our country" has been criticised by the Yoruba sociopolitical group Afenifere as being…

Mal Tukur Mamu (Dan-Iyan Fika), a Kaduna-based publisher and media consultant to Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Gumi, on Saturday, July 8, successfully secured the release of 11 of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022,…

Nigerian Army affirmed that the attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State by bandits who killed scores of security operatives, included soldiers and police. According to reports, at least 43 people, including 30 soldiers…

Two former Chibok schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram extremists eight years ago have been found by Nigerian troops, the military announced on Tuesday, June 21, liberating some of the final captives from the 2014 kidnapping.…

Borno Police Command has revealed that security operatives have arrested a Boko Haram suspect, Mubarak Alhaji Jubunai, in Gamborun Ngala Local Government Area of the state. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abdu Umar, confirmed…

Nigerian Army has stated that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) has exploded, inflicting injuries on its own members.…

Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Wednesday, June 1, has called for the establishment of Ministry of Nomadic Affairs to address the grievances of bandits and herders terrorizing the country. Gumi made the call at Pastoralists and…

Nigerian Army has debunked the reports going round on social media reports as regards its alleged involvement in the recent kidnap of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche. Director, Army Public…

Nigerian Army has debunked reports alleging that some Nigerian villages were attacked by Cameroonian (Ambazonian) separatists on Sunday. Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu refuted the claim in a statement on…

A Lance Corporal has been arrested in connection with a trending video that showed some officers of the Nigerian Army assaulting and brutalising a police traffic officer in Ibadan, Oyo State. This was made known in a statement issued on…

Judicial panel set up by Lagos government to probe cases of police brutality — including the Lekki toll gate shooting on October 20, 2020 — says nine #EndSARS protesters were killed. The panel, in its 309-page report seen by MDB, listed…