The 27 Task Force Brigade and Nigeria Army Special Forces School, Buni-Yadi, Yobe, on Sunday neutralised scores of Boko Haram insurgents who attacked the military base. Major Nureni Alimi, the Assistant Director, Public Relations, 27 Task Force Brigade, disclosed this…
Army expresses readiness for general elections (Punch)
The Commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. James Ataguba, on Saturday said the army was ready for the forthcoming general elections. Ataguba stated this at the Brigade West African Social Activities of the Nigeria Army…
Army foils fresh attack on Borno community (Guardian)
The Army has said that three soldiers were lost while repelling Boko Haram attack on Rann Village in Borno State on Tuesday.Spokesman of Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement yesterday in Maiduguri, said that troops successfully foiled…
Nigerian army repel fresh Boko Haram attacks (Guardian)
07 December 2018 Soldiers have fought off attempts by Boko Haram fighters to overrun two army bases in northeast Nigeria, security sources told AFP on Friday, in the latest attacks to hit the region. Jihadists attacked a forward operation base…
Army to conduct bush exercise, advises residents to keep-off (Guardian)
The Nigerian Army says its Nigerian Military School (NMS) in Zaria will conduct bush exercise from Monday, Dec. 3 to Dec. 12 and advised residents of the exercise areas to keep-off. The Army said in a statement in Kaduna on…
Shiites’ protest rocks Abuja, army confirms killing three members (Punch)
Thousands of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria stormed the Kubwa Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday, to demand the release of the group’s leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and to protest the killing of Shiites by the…
1 killed in Benue as troops engage armed herdsmen in gun duel (SUN)
The military operation code named Operation WHIRL STROKE (OPWS), on Saturday, engaged a group of armed herdsmen who invaded some communities along Gbajimba, the headquarters of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, in a gun battle. The suspected herdsmen…
Flush out Zamfara Bandits- Buhari orders combined security force
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered urgent and decisive action against bandits terrorising the villages and towns of Zamfara State. The president has deployed a 1000-strong military force, comprised of the army, air force, police and the civil defence to the troubled…
Lagos working because of dedicated, diligent public servants –Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday evening said that Lagos State is working because of dedicated and diligent public servants in the state who, according to him, are daily working to make life comfortable for residents and investors. He…