Soldiers foil suicide attack at Nigeria army base
Nigerian soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber outside a military base in the northeast on Sunday, detonating explosives concealed in her handbag, a civilian vigilante and a military source said.
Boko Haram: New Army division takes over from JTF
ABUJA—Barely 24 hours after Vanguard’s exclusive report about the establishment of a new Infantry Division for the Nigerian Army with headquarters in Maiduguri, the Federal Government has directed that command of the military onslaught against terrorists in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states be taken over by the Army Headquarters.
Army expresses readiness to collaborate with other security agencies
The Nigerian Army on Friday expressed its readiness to collaborate with other security agencies in Kwara to secure lives and property of the citizens.
Army arrests 42 Boko Haram members
Nigerian Army, yesterday, in Lagos, paraded 42 suspected members of Boko Haram sect arrested in their hideouts in Lagos and Ogun states.
Nigeria yet to inform UN of plans to withdraw troops from Mali – Spokesman
The United Nations yesterday said it has not yet received an official notification from the Nigerian government over the country’s plan to withdraw its troops from the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA.
Nigerian Army recruits 16,000 in 2 yrs
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubike Ihejirika, yesterday, said that the Nigerian Army has recruited over 16,000 officers and men to beef up its operations within and outside the country in the last two years.
