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The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA), Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh wednesday described as embarrassing, incidences of fights between operatives of the police and other security agencies.... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2JSwRXo Get More Nigeria...

“It is pertinent to state categorically that there is no concrete evidence on the ground to back the claim,” Brig.-Gen. John Agim, the Acting Director Defence Information said on Wednesday in Abuja. The Defence Headquarters has said that there was no concrete … Read more via pulse.ng –...

Boko Haram fighters killed nine soldiers and wounded two others in northeast Nigeria, according to military sources, just days after 43 civilians died in deadly suicide bombings. Both attacks came as the government, which says the jihadists are on the verge of defeat.. Read more via...

The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of three gang members of the wanted militia leader, Mr Terwase Akwaza, who confessed to the killing of the Senior Special Assistant to the Benue state governor on Special Security, Mr Denen Igbana. The Commander, Operation Whirl Stroke, Major General...

The troops of 32 Artillery Brigade on Saturday said it rescued ten kidnap victims inside a forest at Erio-Efon Alaaye road in Ekiti state. A statement by the Assistant Director Army... Read more via Daily Post Newspaper – https://ift.tt/2l1CJyJ Get More Nigeria Metro News

Fatima Bukari, one of the alleged victims of rape by soldiers and Civilian Joint TaskForce (CJTF), has revealed the ordeal they have had to endure in exchange for food in the North-East. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2IMB6ix Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Army on Tuesday said it arrested a suspected spiritual head of a militia armed group in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State after destroying..... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2IHp39u Get More Nigeria Metro News

Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, has disclosed that the military will soon lunch an operation in Northern Borno and Yobe to enable residents return to their various communities. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2K1GluV Get More Nigeria Metro News

It was reported that two soldiers were killed on Wednesday in a gun battle with armed bandits in a village in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The soldiers lost their lives in a fierce shoot-out between them and the bandits. The army in a press statement released by the director...

The Nigerian army has lamented doing the job of the police in a country where Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and Niger Delta avengers are stretching the capacity of the security forces. Soldiers have been deployed to keep the peace across Nigeria even though the constitutional role of the military...

The remains of the 11 soldiers killed by bandits in Kompanin Doka village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State were laid to rest thursday in Kaduna with full military honours. The state government also donated N500,000 to each family of the deceased soldiers during their burial...

The Nigerian Army has spoken for the first on the claim by one Sergeant David Bako, who alleged that there was a top level conspiracy that stage-managed the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls on the 19th February. Bako had claimed in an online publication that the Dapchi school girls’ abduction...

Following the release of the kidnapped girls by Boko Haram, a resident of Dapchi in Yobe state, Abubakar Mohammed, has said that soldiers at a checkpoint in the town fled when the insurgents returned the schoolgirls on the morning of Wednesday, March 21, The Cable reports. Read more via...

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New evidence showing that the Nigerian military was informed that Boko Haram was planning mass abductions in Yobe State has emerged. A document obtained by SaharaReporters indicated that the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) was notified by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) of plans by Boko Haram...

The minister of defence, Mansur Dan Ali on Monday, February 19, offered cheques worth over N800 million to Next Of Kin (NOK) of deceased soldiers who died in the line of duty. Speaking at a ceremony to distribute over 122 cheques to the beneficiaries, the minister said the scheme commenced in...

No fewer than 156 Boko Haram insurgents have been killed and 3,475 civilian hostages rescued by the military in an offensive to clear the insurgents from their stronghold. Theatre commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, said in press conference yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno...

The Nigeran Army has said that its troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in continuation of operation Deep Puch 11 against Boko Haram on Sunday crushed fleeing terroriststs in, Gonori area of Yobe State. Read more via Leadership Nigeria Newspapers – http://ift.tt/2H2GeyJ Get More Nigeria Metro...

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will begin Exercise Ayem Akpatuma covering Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states in order to tackle the cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others. The Chief of Training and Operations, Maj Gen David Ahmadu, who...

Fayose said there was no need to approve $1bn (N370bn) from the Excess Crude Account for anti-insurgency fight following the defeat. The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole,Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, on Sunday said the Nigerian Army has completely defeated the Boko Haram insurgents. He...