The Nigerian Army says a team of security operatives has foiled another attack on Police Area Command in Orlu, Imo, by suspected terrorists of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Yerima said that a gang of terrorists […]

House of Representatives yesterday requested the Defence Ministry and Nigerian Army to immediately deploy more personnel and equipment including surveillance and intelligence gathering technology to operation whirl stroke operatives in Benue State to tackle the resurgence of attacks by suspected herdsmen.

The Nigerian Army says that Lance Cpl. Adamu Galadima, who was arrested in connection with kidnap and murder of his neighbour’s child in Kaduna was dismissed in 2013. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Yerima said the suspect, who was alleged to have murdered […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo A suspect arrested in connection to the kidnap and murder of a neighbor’s child in Kaduna was a dismissed soldiers, the Nigerian Army has clarified. The Army in a statement, signed by Brig. Gen Mohammed Yerima, Director Army Public Relations, said its attention was drawn to a video which has gone viral […]

The Nigerian Army is yet to confirm the alleged shooting by unknown gunmen of two soldiers at a military checkpoint located at popular Timber Shade junction in Amasiri, Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi. Meanwhile, a top security source, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday at Amasiri on condition of anonymity, said that the […]

By Nwafor Sunday Following the death of the leader of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, Commander Ikonso, yesterday, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Sunday said that the military wing of the group has gotten a new commander. A tactical team of the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Army, and Department of State Services (DSS), in a […]

The Headquarters, 9 Brigade Nigerian Army (NA), Ikeja, has emerged Best overall in the just concluded 2021 Corporal and Below Competition. A statement signed on Friday by the Spokesperson  of the 81 Division, NA, Maj. Olaniyi Osoba said that the competition held at 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala Barracks, Abeokuta, Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has solicited  support of the Senate in ensuring appropriate funding for the Nigerian army to efficiently perform its constitutional roles and defeat all security threats. Attahiru made the call when members of the Senate Committee on Army, led by its Chairman, Sen. Ali Ndume, paid an oversight […]

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has said that as dastardly as the actions of the bandits in the Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue state were, the reaction of the Army was out of proportion.

AVM Ebenezer Alade, Commandant of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) Jaji, on Friday called for more synergy among security agencies to effectively combat the security challenges in the country. Alade made the appeal in Jaji, Kaduna State, while closing the 2021 defence and security symposium organised for students of Senior Course 43. […]