No fewer than 40 bandits camps were destroyed by a coordinated military operation around Sunke and Bagega general area in Anka local government area of Zamfara, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A credible military source told NAN on Saturday in Gusau that the operation was conducted between Monday and Friday. He said that the […]

The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have recently killed about 26 bandits in different locations in Zamfara and Katsina States. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Onyeuko said that the troops, acting on credible intelligence, killed two […]

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has called on the Nigerian Army to take the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East to the insurgents’ enclaves to clear the remnants of the terrorists in the region. Zulum, made the call when he visited the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Monday in Abuja. […]

The Nigerian Army on Monday commenced training engagements with Californian National Guards of the United States. The engagement which is ongoing at the Warrant Officers Academy in Jaji, Kaduna, was part of the measures toward curtailing security challenges in Nigeria. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, noted that the engagement with the Californian […]

The Nigerian Army has intercepted a petrol tanker conveying 100 bags of foreign rice in Nsukka axis of Enugu State. Brig.-Gen. Christopher Ataki, Commander 82 Division Garrison, Enugu, disclosed this while handling over the tanker and other smuggled items to the Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Enugu on Friday. Ataki said that […]

•Urges spiritual solution to end insurgency •Faults claims of Islamisation Agenda Senator (Engr.) Kabir Abdullahi Barkiya representing Katsina Central has said that apart from the military action already being waged by the Nigerian Army at the war front, fervent prayers and fasting can also bring to an end the decades of Boko Haram’s terror in […]

By Omonobi, Ndahi Marama & David Odama Soldiers at the Nigerian Army Brigade, Malam Fatori, Borno State, currently fighting the Boko Haram insurgency were thrown into mourning, yesterday, as a depressed soldier, who allegedly got information that someone was sleeping with his wife, turned his gun at seven of his colleagues and later shot himself. […]

By Festus Ahon & Perez Brisibe – Delta Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education and indigene of Uwheru kingdom, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, on Sunday,  insisted that soldiers from the 222 Battalion, Agbarha-Otor vowed to destroy Agadama community if the community failed to produce the corpses of those reportedly killed by armed herdsmen. Muoboghare while responding […]

As the Ministerial team sets to deploy Military Police By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Federal Capital Territory FCT Ministerial Task team on Traffic Management has announced stricter measures to ensure route compliance in the face of continued intimidation of its operatives by armed uniform personnel. The development came following Sunday’s attitude of a Nigerian […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has commended troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) for their recent feat in the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the northeast. Buratai also expressed confidence in the ability of the theatre commander, sector commanders, and commanding officers as well as the troops to end the war. The Acting […]