Tag: ARMY
Army Foils Terrorist Attack On Forward Operating Base In Borno
The Nigerian Army has said that troops of Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI deployed alongside Cameroonian Defence Force have foiled an...
SON Partners Army On Intelligence Sharing, Surveillance, Enforcement
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON says it is seeking partnership with the Nigerian Army on intelligence sharing, surveillance and enforcement against sub-standard goods...
Professionalism: Guards Commander Decorates Officers, Tasks Them On Loyalty
The Commander, Guards Brigade, Brigadier General Mohammed Usman has decorated the 10 newly-promoted army officers with their new ranks of Major and urged them...
Insecurity: Army Launches Exercises In South-East, Three Other Regions
The Nigerian Army has launched three field training exercises to tackle the security challenges in four geopolitical zones of the country.These exercises – Still...
Nigerian Army Debunks Dismissed Soldier’s Claims, Caution Public
The Nigerian Army has debunked clams by a dismissed soldier, Trooper Temple Ahunanya that he was arrested, tried and sentenced to death for requesting...
Terrorism: GOC Says 8,000 Boko Haram Have Surrendered In Nort-East
The Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, 7-Division, Brigadier General Abdulwahab Eyitayo says over 8,000 Boko Haram insurgents have so far surrendered to troops from...
Professionalism: Yahaya Tasks RSMS On Restoration Of Traditions,...
The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has challenged the Regimental Sergeant Majors, RSMs to restore the traditions and discipline of the...
Troops Foil Terrorists’ Attack On Yobe Town, Capture Equipment
The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Hadin Kai foiled an attempted attack on Babangida town in Yobe by terrorists belonging to Boko Haram.The...
Security Challenges: Yahaya Says Army Requires New Tact, Innovation To Tackle...
The Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has tasked the military to be more tactful, ingenious and innovative in its operations to...
Challenges: GOC Urges Army Veterans To Support Local Security Outfits To...
The General Officer Commanding, GOC 3-Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, Major General Ibrahim Ali has appealed to army veterans to support...
Kaduna-Abuja Road Killings: Ndume Urges Army To Fish Out Bandits, Kidnappers
The Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, on Monday urged the Nigerian Army to fish out bandits and kidnapper that reportedly...
Security Challenges: Army Kills 7 Bandits, Destroys Hideouts In North-West
Nigerian troops under special operation, Exercise Sahel Sanity, have killed seven bandits in three theatre areas in Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto States.Acting Director of...
Banditry: Troops Kill 6, Recover 34 Bikes, Arms
Troops conducting Operation Sahel Sanity and backed by helicopter gunship have killed at least six armed bandits in an encounter at the criminals’ enclave...
Gubio Killings: Go After Terrorists, Buhari Orders Army
President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his shock over the mindless killing of innocent villagers by members of Boko Haram/Islam in West Africa Province (ISWAP), President...
Kagame Accuses Burundi Army Of Fighting In Dr Congo
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has accused Burundi's army of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, even as he denied claims of deploying his...
Sudan: Former Leader’s Allies Trying To Infiltrate Country’s Army
The Head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, the body leading a three-year transition to civilian rule, has blamed members of the former ruling party of...
Boko Haram: Buratai Relocates To North-East
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has moved to the North-East to supervise and coordinate troops of the Nigerian Army in...
Army Destroys Suspected Boko Haram Foods, Logistis In Borno
The Nigerian Army has impounded and
destroyed some foods, assorted provision and vehicles alleged to be logistics
being transported to Boko Haram in their enclaves in...
Smuggling: Army Seizes 85 Bags Of Rice In Ebonyi Community
The Nigerian Army has captured eighty five bags of smuggled
rice in a compound in Abor-Uwani community in Afikpo-North Local Government
Area of Ebonyi State. The...
Yuletide: Army Extends South-East, South-South Operations, Others
The Nigerian Army has extended Operation
Atilogwu Udo in the South-East, Crocodile Smile in the South-South, and Ayem
Akpatuma in the North-Central zone by two weeks,...
