“Very disheartening is also the fact that over one hundred and fifty (150) persons amongst the peaceful protesters were abducted, and swiftly taken to unknown location(s) by the security agents…”

Troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army Calabar deployed for Operation Akpakwu, have rescued the abducted Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross Rivers, Associate Prof Gertrude Nnanjar Njar after 35 days in captivity.

The Nigerian Army has nabbed two fake military personnel in the Akwa Ibom state.

…as COAS conference holds in Sokoto Dec 4-10 The Nigerian Army is set to review its various operations across the country with a view to advancing its fight against criminal activities.  The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu stated this in Abuja during the news briefing on the fourth quarter Chief of Army […]

Troops kill notorious bandit, Kachalla Gudau, others in Kaduna 

The Coalition of Southern and Middle belt youth leaders on Wednesday called on the Army Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, to arrest and prosecute the suspected Fulani herdsmen behind the reported killings of 16 Timber traders at Udei and Yelwata communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, last Monday.

THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, replied to the military, accusing them of releasing a malicious and fallacious memo against IPOB and alleging the group plans to attack non-indigenes in the South East, including Northerners which was false.

By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo Officers of the 6 Brigade, Nigeria Army, Jalingo, Taraba State, have barricaded the road leading to their barracks after an explosion went off close to their base Tuesday night. Our correspondent, who passed the road leading to their barracks, was turned back alongside other commuters plying that route. Read Also: 6 […]

Against the backdrop of fresh threats by a group of retired ex-soldiers to initiate a nationwide protest action over alleged non-payment of their pension entitlements, authorities of the Military Pensions Board have explained that only ex-soldiers who spent up to 15 years in the military are entitled to pension benefits according to extant laws.

The Chief of Training and Operations, Defence Headquarters, Maj.-Gen Adeyemi Yekini, says the military will not rest until the killers of 15 villagers at Tiortyu, a community in Tarka Local Government Area of  Benue, are apprehended. Yekini, who served as the first Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), said he was at Tiortyu to commiserate […]