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A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer, Squadron Leader Fredrick Oyenusi, on Friday won the prestigious “Tie of Merit", awarded to only distinguished student of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, who obtains a ‘B’ grade. According to reports, Squadron Leader Oyenusi’s feat...

Major General Abba M. Dikko has been appointed the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force fighting the insurgent Boko Haram in the.... Read more via P.M.EXPRESS – https://ift.tt/2vbjfwh Get More Nigeria Metro News

Boko Haram fighters aboard dozens of vehicles raided a base near a key city in northeast Nigeria, in their latest assault on the.... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2vbkHPc Get More Nigeria Metro News

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have launched a deadly raidon the military formation in a village in Borno State, leading to fears that scores may have been killed. A vigilante source told SaharaReporters that the insurgents rode on utility vehicles to the military base and police station in...

A mass burial has been held for soldiers killed in the recent Boko Haram ambush in Yobe and Borno State. They were buried amidst tears in the presence of their senior colleagues and loved ones.... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2Ljjq3i Get More Nigeria Metro News

“Troops of 233 Battalion deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole have killed scores of Boko Haram insurgents while countering an ambush staged by elements of Boko Haram insurgents…” The military has said troops in the counter-insurgency operation … Read more via – The Sun News –...

PREMIUM TIMES has obtained exclusive details of how insurgents ambushed a detachment of Nigerian troops and hours after overran a fortified military base, inflicting maximum damage. In an assault that has now created fresh complications for the military operation in war-ravaged North-east...

The enrolment of the Nigerian Army in the central pay system, Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) scheme begins on July 30. The federal government said it has concluded arrangements to begin the enrolment of all military personnel. The Accountant-General of the...

The Nigerian Army has alerted of the emergence of another deadly Islamic sect known as “Hakika Islamic.” The army said the group has strange doctrines similar to that of Boko Haram. The sect, according to the army, is headed by one Yahaya Ibrahim and … Read more via The Sun News –...

Troops in Borno have rescued a “female child” abandoned by Boko Haram terrorists, who fled on sighting them, army spokesman, Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu has said. According to a statement issued by Chukwu, the troops on a “clearance operation” also recovered three … Read more via The Guardian...

Over 35,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) returned to their ancestral homes from various camps in Borno North in the last two weeks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN quoted the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, as giving the figure of returnees in … Read more via...

Acting Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. John Agim, has stated that the military will arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah and their sponsors if ongoing investigations by the military established that they had a hand in the bloodbath in Benue State READ MORE HERE

Governor El Rufai of Kaduna state has declared that the holy Quran is against fake news. The governor disclosed this on his.... Read more via Naija.ng News – https://ift.tt/2Ktlrtm Get More Nigeria Political News

A young Nigerian soldier, who hails from Enugu State has reportedly been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State. According to the late militant’s friends, the assailant chopped off his penis after killing him... Read more via YabaLeftOnline – https://ift.tt/2KyMlzj Get More...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Friday pleaded with Nigerians to desist from celebrating insecurity by helping terrorists and criminal elements in spreading their propaganda on.... Read more via Topix News – https://ift.tt/2IGAvOK Get More Nigeria Metro News

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai said some external forces may be behind the recent violence on the Plateau and in some North-Central States to destabilise the country. “We’re not ruling out the possibility of external forces destabilising the country,” Buratai declared at a press...

Report reaching DAILY POST from Benue State has it that two Nigerian soldiers were killed and two others injured in an ambush by suspected militants in Benue State. It was gathered that the attack, on Tuesday, happened as soldiers were travelling between Branch Umenger and Bakin-Korta, Mbadwem...

The street journal Usman Saliu, a Fulani boy, has been killed by a stray bullet from a soldier in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The 19-year-old was returning from his school, Ajowa Community Primary School, when he fell to the bullets … ead more via...

The assistant director, army public relations, Major Ojo Adelegan, says a Fulani community in Ondo attacked a team of soldiers on a peace mission – The killing of a 13 year old boy in the community is said … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 –...

The Borno State Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu, yesterday said two female suicide bombers died while attempting to infiltrate the military Mammy Market of 333 Artillery on Wednesday night in Maiduguri..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and World News –...