2, earlier declared wanted by Nigerian Army By Joseph Erunke Troops of the Nigerian Army engaged in the fight against insurgency in the North East, captured 16 top Boko Haram commanders in Borno State. The success was achieved by a combined troops of 26 Task Force Brigade, 21 Special Armoured Brigade and elements of Civilian […]

The Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, has pledged the cooperation and support of the people of Zaria Emirate for the Nigerian Army in all its activities in the area. Shehu gave the pledge when the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, led top officers of the Nigerian Army on a courtesy visit to […]

Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued three villagers abducted from their farms on Wednesday in Maro village along Kaduna-Abuja highway. The Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Col. Ezindu Idimah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna that one of the kidnappers was killed in the […]

ABUJA–THE Nigerian Army has renamed Operation Python Dance to Operation Dance for Peace.

ABUJA-A joint committee of Non-Governmental Organisations,NGOs,and the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights setup to investigate allegations of human rights abuse made against the Nigerian military by some foreign media organisations has absolve the country’s troops of wrong doing.

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja A joint committee of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights set up to investigate allegations of human rights abuse made against the Nigerian military by some foreign media organisations has absolved the country’s troops of wrongdoing. Rather, the committee, in the report, sighted by […]

Following the cold-blooded murder of five members of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, by renegade elements of the 92 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Jalingo, Taraba State, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered investigation of the incident. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, set up a seven-man joint investigative panel, comprising officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Police, Department of State Services and the Defence Intelligence Agency under the headship of Rear Admiral. I. T. Olaiya. Their remit was to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of the IRT men. The Olaiya panel released its findings about a week ago without appearing to have moved the investigation any further from where pandemonium struck, leading to the back and forth between the Police and the Army, after the premeditated killing of the IRT officers on August 6. The summary of the panel’s report has an echo of General Yakubu Gowon’s reconciliatory statement at the end of the Nigerian Civil War: No victor; no vanquished.

As the Chairman,  Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday alleged that a total number of Eight hundred and Forty Seven (847), soldiers were killed and buried in the Military cemetery in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, the Nigerian army challenged him to provide a prove to substantiate his statement.

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Hundreds of Army and other security agencies in the Southeast region have been trained to commence the operation python dance (Egwu Eke) for the fourth time in the region. Vanguard gathered yesterday, that the training conducted by the Commander of 82 Division Garrison Enugu, Brigadier General Sylvester Oloyede, took place […]

The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and the Nigerian Military have decried the wrong portrayal of the military in Nigerian movies, saying it is undermining the military’s enormous sacrifices and its personnel.