Tag: MILITARY
Northern Governors Forum Lauds Military On Fight Against Terrorism
The Northern Governors Forum lauded the Nigerian Armed Forces for stepping up their operations against bandits, terrorists and insurgents.Spokesman of Plateau’s Gov. Simon Lalong,...
Funds For Minimum Wage Arrears Included In 2022 Budget – Military...
Military Pensions Board says funds for payment of the 24 months minimum wage pension arrears to military pensioners has been included in its 2022...
Operations: Defence Chief Urges Media To Galvanise Public Support For Military
The Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor has called on the media practitioners to use their reportage of the military operations stimulate public support...
Anti-Military Protesters To March On Sudan’s Presidential Palace
Protesters plan to march across Sudan and on the presidential palace on Tuesday in the latest protest against military rule following last month’s coup.Neighbourhood...
Coup Rumour: Defence Headquarters Says Story Is Handiwork Of Mischief Makers
The Defence Headquarters says an online newspaper publication claiming that the Nigerian military had cautioned politicians and officers against a coup were false and...
Sudan’s Civilian Leaders Arrested Amid Coup Reports
Members of Sudan's transitional government and other civilian leaders have been arrested amid reports of a military coup.Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is among those...
Lekki Massacre Phantom – FG Insists
The Federal Government has reiterated that the military did not shoot at protesters and there was no massacre at the Lekki Toll Gate on Oct. 20,...
ISWAP: Military Confirms Death Of Leader, Al-Barnawi
The leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) jihadist group, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, is dead, Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor,...
Terrorism: 6 Suspected Communist Rebels Killed In Southern Philippines
Philippines, military has killed six suspected communist rebels in two separate clashes with government troops in the southern province.Military Spokesman Mayor Francisco Garello Jr,...
Terrorisms: Military To Arraign Surrendered Boko Haram Members
Military authorities have said that plans to prosecute surrendered boko haram members, other terrorists in the North-east and promised to stop the recruitment drive...
Guinea: Military Junta Detains Former-Minister For Hours For Violating Commitment
Guinea’s military leaders have arrested a Former Minister Tibou Kamara and ransacked his home before releasing him hours later.Armed men in uniform raided Kamara’s...
Guinea Coup: Military Leaders Free 80 Prisoners, Cape Verde Extradites...
Guinea Military leaders have free about 80 prisoners ahead of a summit of the West African grouping ECOWAS.The leaders of the ECOWAS bloc are...
Plateau Killings: Military Warns Residents Against Taking Law Into Their Hands
Following increasing insecurity in Plateau, the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Monday warned residents against taking the law into their hands...
Catastrophe Unfolding In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region – UN Chief Laments
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says a military confrontation that started 10 months ago in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is spreading with serious...
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...
Security Forces To Intensify Joint Ground, Air Surveillance In Tsafe LGA
The Zamfara State Police, military and other security agencies have intensified joint ground and air surveillance patrols on the Gusau to Tsafe-Yankara road in...
Security Challenges: President Buhari Threatens Sack Of Military Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed readiness to make changes in security personnel and architecture should the need arise in a move to halt challenges...
Military Should Kill All Bandits, Bomb Forests — El-Rufai
The Kaduna state Governor Mal. Nasir El-Rufai said the only way to make schools safe is to kill all bandits. According to the governor on...
Bunkering :Military Destroys Illegal Refineries, Recovers Stolen Crude
The Defence Headquarters says military has intensified its aggressive fight against crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism, bunkering, economic saboteurs and other criminal activities in...
Peacekeeping: Coronavirus Hits Senegalese Troops Deployed To The Gambia
Scores of Senegalese soldiers deployed to neighbouring Gambia have tested positive for Coronavirus, a Senegalese army official said on Thursday.The soldiers are part of...
