Tag: armed forces

By SUMAILA OGBAJE Abuja- The President, Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), Mrs Vickie Irabor, on Friday, distributed food items and cash to widows...

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awaal Gambo, on Friday advised the 329 graduate trainees of Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRIC)...

Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor has stated that the Nigerian armed forces have nothing to do with a coup because they have learnt...

AKWA Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has called on Nigerian politicians to eschew tendencies that are capable of heating up the polity or...

Over the weekend, the Director of Public Relations of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, virtually rolled out the drums celebrating the command...

The Defence Headquarters has frowned at the habit of wearing military uniforms and accoutrements for electioneering campaign posters by some politicians. The DHQ said campaign...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said insecurity is the major challenge faced by the Federal Government in 2021. He said this on...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya and Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Isiaka Amao feted troops of the Joint Task...

The Nigerian Army on Sunday said an unnamed female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service...

Fifty Generals in the Nigerian military have been ordered by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor to tender their resignation. They cut across...

The Unified Nigerian Youth Forum (UNYF) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations of corruption against the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has told participants at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland that the Armed...

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday acknowledged that in the build-up to the 2023 elections, Nigeria’s politics will be “necessarily rowdy”. He said: “The nature of our...

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed for second reading the 2022 Appropriation Bill and adjourned plenary till November 9 for budget defence. The President of the...

German Defence Ministry says it will, from Oct. 6, begin a debate on the lessons learned from the German armed forces’ 2nd decade-long mission...

According to a report by the Agence France Presse, AFP, military sources have revealed that a large group of Boko Haram jihadists have moved...

By Chijioke Kingsley JOS - The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has said the Armed Forces of Nigeria has a duty to create...

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) is currently reviewing its operational engagements in various...

Preliminary findings by the military authorities have revealed how the gunmen, who attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, gained access to the institution. The PUNCH...

Northern Elders have called for the review of security architecture and the immediate sack of the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd)...