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Nigerian military troops were ubiquitous in Boro town, Kaiama in Bayelsa state on Monday to prevent the Adaka Boro Avengers militant group from declaring a republic of Niger Delta, Punch reports. According to Punch, the intimidating presence of the military forced the militant group to cancel...

The Nigerian army has announced that it repelled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on a Borno village on Monday night around 8pm. According to Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, the soldiers were accompanied by Civilian JTF to thwart the attack on Yauri Community at the outskirts of Maiduguri...

The wife of the Emir of Bama, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 has been rescued by the Nigerian army. The mother of five was forcefully snatched from her husband’s domain in September 2014 with two of her kids, a teenage boy and his baby sister. The General Officer...

About 19 soldiers were injured and others missing when military troops were ambushed by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno on Thursday. According to a statement from the Nigerian Army, the troops were on clearance patrol at Guro Gongon village and its environs to rout out remnants of Boko Haram...

The Nigerian military has launched Operation Accord, which is aimed to tackle herdsmen sacking settlements all around the nation. A committee set up by the DHQ has already visited some flash points of recent clashes in the country to assess the situation, Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, CDS...

Troops of the Nigerian army prevented 3 suicide bombers from blowing up IDPs fetching water at a camp in Monguno, Borno state today, AIT reports. “Today at about 6.15am, 3 female Boko Haram terrorists suicide bombers attempted to attack innocent Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) fetching...

There are strong indications that the federal government might deploy war-tested soldiers from the north-east to the Niger Delta area to combat militants blowing up oil installations, Punch reports. The soldiers who've been battling the Boko Haram insurgency will be part of the new Operation...

The Director of Army Information (DAPR), Col. Sani Usman has quashed reports that authorities of the Nigerian Army had, in the last 17 months, been engaging in illegal deductions from soldiers salaries. An aggrieved soldier had written a letter alleging that deductions were being made by...

Some of the army officers who were placed on compulsory retirement by Army authorities have decided to fight back. The officials said their retirement was done out of mischief and vendetta, and that many of them never appeared before any board of inquiry, neither did their offices have...

A group of Boko Haram terrorists met their waterloo when they attacked a military formation near Sambisa forest on Sunday. According to a statement from the Nigerian army, the terrorists "came through Banki axis of Sambisa forest, attempted to inflict damage on our troops. But the vigilant...

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Tukur Buratai, has stated that the recent retiring of 38 top officials of the Nigerian army is timely. "There is no better time than now because everything has been taken into consideration and procedures have been followed to ensure that we don’t pick the...

Nigeria's Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, has given reasons for the recent retirement of 38 top officers of the Nigerian Army. According to him the exercise is part of an ongoing reform in the Armed Forces of Nigeria, rather than a witch-hunt. Related: Nigerian Army Sacks 38...

The Borno State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps on Sunday uncovered two bomb-making factories in Dikwa. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure in an interview with theNews Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri. Abdullahi said that the...

Nigerian troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion, both of 25 Task Force Brigade, staged a deliberate ambush against the terrorists logistics elements on motorcycles and bicycles crossing from Sambisa forest to Alagarno general area around Nyaleri yesterday night. During the...

Troops of 21 Brigade and rugged team of Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) on Operation CRACKDOWN inside Sambisa forest while on harbour for refitting, came under Boko Haram terrorists attack at about 1.45am today morning. A statement released by the Army Spokesperson, Col. Usman Sani however...

No fewer than 16 suspected Boko Haram members yesterday surrendered to troops in Balazala and Ahamdaga Makaranta villages in continuation of its cleanup of the Sambisa forest. This was disclosed by the Army spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, who explained that, “out of 16 male adults that...

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has revealed that plans are on ground to make the Nigerian army a formidable force. Speaking during the establishment of a new army division in Borno, he said the Army would "embark on an ambitious expansion programme to address manpower needs of...