Irabor tasks military personnel on peaceful elections

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, says the nation is looking up to the armed forces and other security agencies to ensure peaceful and smooth elections.

Irabor, who was...

ISWAP frees Medical Doctor Abducted in Gubio
By: Zagazola Makama
Dr Geidam Bulama, a Principal Medical Officer, PMO, who had been  held captive by  the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP), has been released.
Bulama was...

FCT, 32 states in Nigeria risk high floods, severe consequences, FG warns 

The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu has warned that 178 Local Government Areas(LGAs) in 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) fell...

Troops neutralize seven bandits in Chikun LGA 

A combined team of troops of the Nigerian Army and Navy have neutralized seven bandits during clearance operations in the Kasso general area of Chikun LGA.

Operational feedback to...

Reuters And The Burden Of Proof

By: Zagazola Makama

The Reuters report, early December, 2022, accusing the Nigerian military of forcing the abortion of the pregnancies of over 10,000 Boko Haram female abductees since 2013 has raised...

Irabor backs review of military laws, unveils book in Abuja

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Thursday expressed support for calls to review the Armed Forces Act to make it more professional and...

Insurgency: UN ready to provide humanitarian response to vulnerable communities

By: Zagazola Makama 

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed UN readiness in providing...

Polls: Police to deploy 300,000 personnel to 176,846 polling units nationwide

Zagazola Makama

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, says over 300,000 police officers and men have been mobilised for deployment nationwide to...

Nigerian Army reacts to killing of soldier by Policeman in Lagos

The Nigerian Army on Thursday reacted to the alleged killing of a Soldier by a Policeman on Wednesday in Lagos State.

The reaction is contained in a statement signed by...

Protests rock Ibadan over naira, fuel scarcity

Protesters, in their thousands, on Wednesday, blocked major roads within Ibadan metropolis over the scarcity of fuel, new naira notes and the rejection of the old notes by...

Police neutralise 2 terrorists, rescue kidnapped victim in Katsina

 Police operatives in Katsina State have neutralized two terrorists and rescued a kidnapped victim while repelling attack on two communities.

The command’s Public...

Troops nutrialised 8 Boko Haram in Banki, recover weapons 
By: Zagazola Makama 
Troops of 152 Battalion Banki of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have neutralised eight Boko Haram terrorists in Banki, in Bama local government area of Borno State....

Nigeria military is overstretched as Armed Forces arrest 492 vessels in 8 years–Magashi

The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Bashir Magashi has said that the Nigeria Armed Forces is overburdened because of inadequate manpower and numerous security...

Theartre Commander OPHD applauds 7 Division's proactiveness in sustaining operational successes in NE

 By: Zagazola Makama 

The Theatre Commander (TC) Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) Major General...

Sector 3 Commander urges troops to remain focused, resilient and avoid being distracted 

By: Zagazola Makama

The Commander Sector 3 Operation HADIN KAI, Major General Abdulsalami Abubakar has charged the...

Armed forces will never be part of plot to truncate democracy – DHQ

 The Defence Headquarters has dismissed as malicious propaganda, the report peddled by some unscrupulous elements of plot by some military officers to disrupt the forthcoming...

Terrorists ambush Niger soldiers, kill 10, injured 13 and 16 missing 

By: Zagazola Makama

No fewer than 10 Nigeriene soldiers

died in an ambush by a group of 'armed terrorists' in southwestern Niger, close to the border of...

Military neutralizes 4 bandit-terrorists in Kaduna

Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army and Air Component Operation Whirl Punch have neutralised four bandits and captured arms and ammunition in an operation that lasted for about 48 hours in Kaduna...

Troops clears 4 Boko Haram hideouts, killed 7 insurgents  in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
The Nigerian troops have cleared four suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts and killed 7 insurgents  in the North East of Bama in Borno State.
In a...

Super Tukano Rain Bombs on Boko Haram gathering in Sambisa,  killed scores 

By: Zagazola Makama 

Strikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Tucano fighter jets have killed scores of  Boko Haram terrorusts during their...