Army Suspends Officer Retirements as Insecurity Escalates Nationwide
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Army has suspended all statutory and voluntary retirements for selected categories of officers, citing the nationwide security emergency declared…
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Buratai Rejects Terror Financing Claims, Demands Apology
ABUJA, Nigeria – Former Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai (rtd) rejects allegations linking him to terror financing, describing the claims as false…
Nigerian Soldiers Rescue Six Kidnap Victims in Kogi
KOGI, Nigeria – Nigerian Army troops have rescued six abducted persons during an operation in the Ejiba and Saminaka forests of Yagba East, Kogi…
Army Seizes 108kg Cannabis, Arrests Fake Officer in Kogi
LOKOJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Army has foiled a major drug-trafficking attempt in Kogi State, intercepting 108.8 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa and arresting a…
Tinubu Orders Maximum Security Alert as Nationwide Terror Threat Escalates
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s security architecture is now on its highest alert level as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu orders a full-scale national mobilisation against…
Four Soldiers Killed as Jihadists Ambush Troops in Borno
BORNO, Nigeria – The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of four officers following a fresh jihadist ambush on security forces in Borno State.…
Army Storms Forests, Rescues 23 in Kwara Anti-Kidnap Raid
KWARA, Nigeria – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has praised the Nigerian Army for rescuing 23 kidnapped persons during recent clearance operations across forested…
Boko Haram Resurgence: Army Commanders Killed in Borno Ambush
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Fears of a resurgent Boko Haram insurgency have intensified following the killing of several Nigerian Army officers, including two commanding officers,…
Boko Haram Attack Kills Four Soldiers, Injures Five in Borno Raid
DAMATURU, Nigeria – A deadly pre-dawn ambush by Boko Haram insurgents on a military outpost in Ngamdu, along the Damaturu–Maiduguri highway in Borno State,…
Army Captures IPOB Commander, Seizes Weapons Cache
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigerian Army has arrested Ifeanyi Eze Okorienta, alias Gentle de Yahoo, a notorious commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s…