Tag: Army
Training, bedrock of any standing Army — Maj.-Gen. Adetayo
The Chief of Defence Simulation, Armed Forces Simulation Centre, Jaji, Kaduna State, Maj.-Gen. Adeyemi Adetayo, has described training as the bedrock of any...
Insecurity: Ex-Perm Sec drums support for Army
A retired Permanent Secretary in Zamfara, Alhaji Ahmad Gummi, has urged Nigerians to continue to support the Nigerian Army in its efforts to tackle...
Army Recruitment: We will recruit only the best – COAS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, has said that only the best candidates who are medically and physically fit will...
Army does not discriminate on basis of gender – GOC
The Nigerian Army says it does not discriminate between male and female soldiers in its internal security operations.
Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, the General Officer Commanding...
EFCC arrests fake army general enmeshed in N270m scam deal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested one Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, a fake major general, over alleged N270 million scam.
Mr Wilson...
Boko Haram: Schools, market at Damasak in Borno reopened after 7...
There was celebration’s galore for thousands of people of Damasak in northern Borno when the 5 Brigade Nigerian Army hosted the West African Social...
Again, History made as two brothers become Generals in Nigerian Army...
Abuja - For the second time in the country, two brothers have made history in the Nigerian Army.
This comes after the Gagariga...
22 newly promoted Brigadier Generals decorated in Maiduguri
The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force (Nortn East) “Operation Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, on Tuesday decorated 22 Colonels in theatre promoted to the...
Insecurity: Army, Police synergise on anti-banditry fight in Zamfara -GOC
Gusau - The Nigerian Army and the Police in Zamfara have begun collaborating in the fight against banditry and restoring security in the...
Zamfara: Army, Police synergise on anti-banditry fight — GOC
The Nigerian Army and the Police in Zamfara have begun collaborating in the fight against banditry and restoring security in the state, the GOC,...
At least 40 bodies found in Myanmar jungle area after army...
A Myanmar militia force fighting the army in a central part of the country and residents have found at least 40 bodies in jungle...
Army Disowns Soldier Arrested For Kidnap, Murder Of Neighbour’s Child
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that the suspect arrested for allegedly kidnaping and murdering his neighbour’s child in Kaduna was a dismissed soldier.
The Army...
Criminologist lists 16 critical solutions to insecurity in Southeast Nigeria
OWERRI - A criminologist, Mr Emeka Umeagbalasi, has identified 16 solutions to the current insecurity in the South East geo-political zone of Nigeria.Umeagbalasi, who...
Northerners Treated Boko Haram Like A Pet Snake Till It Grew...
The President of the late Frederick Fasehun's faction of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Wasiu Afolabi has blamed northerners for treating Boko Haram...
Group condemns military invasion of Benue Communities
A group known as Shanhgev-Tiev Assembly (STA) has condemned the military invasion of parts of Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State in which...
Army speaks on report of domination of recruitment by North
The Nigerian Army has rubbished an online report which alleges that candidates from the North dominated the list of those successful for the Short...
Tinubu seeks recruitment of 50 million youths into army
National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has advised the Federal Government to recruit at least 50 million youths into the...
Soldiers protest poor equipment, unpaid allowances in Borno
Soldiers of an unidentified battalion in Operation Lafiya Dole have protested their posting to a location in the Theatre of Operation.
The aggrieved soldiers, according...
Arms purchase: Calls for probe gain momentum
A top ex-army general has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the purchase of weapons earmarked for Boko Haram war in the North...
Abuja: Security forces battle to fence off attacks
As Nigeria’s security challenge continues to worsen, particularly the spate of banditry and mass abduction of school children, residents of the Federal Capital Territory...