Calm has returned to seven warring communities after no fewer than 23 persons were feared dead with several others injured in an attack in Ovia South West Local Government of Edo. The affected communities included Marindoti, Gbelemontin Domiju, Kola Village, Taiye Camp, Eto Camp, Dipe Community, Bala Dele Community, and Thousand Community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that …

The 6 Division, Nigerian Army has said its operatives have destroyed 18 illegal refining sites, ten boats used for the illicit activity, and arrested 17 suspects in the Niger Delta region. The Army further said no fewer than 25,000 litres of stolen products were recovered during a raid of selected spots in Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states, respectively. The Acting …

The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has announced the destruction of 21 illegal oil refining sites, the arrest of 11 suspected oil thieves, and the recovery of 190,000 litres of stolen petroleum products in the Niger Delta. The Army stated that these successes were a result of its intensified operations, conducted in collaboration with other security agencies, aimed at …

The Nigerian Army has donated houses to 20 wounded-in-action soldiers in Abuja. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, presented the keys to the houses on Wednesday during the commissioning of 400 Housing Units under the Affordable Home Ownership Option for All Soldiers (AHOOAS) Phase 1 in Abuja. In his remarks, The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher …

The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has ramped up its campaign against illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, dismantling 56 illegal refineries, recovering over 1.2 million liters of stolen crude, and arresting 17 suspects. The operations, conducted between 25 November and 1 December 2024, spanned Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, and Akwa Ibom states, according to the acting Deputy Director …

The acting chief of army staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, has directed an investigation into the alleged brutalisation of a Nigerian by soldiers, following an argument captured in a viral video. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the director of Army public relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu. He said:” The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has …

The Nigerian Army’s 17 Brigade on Saturday handed over nine rescued kidnap victims, including two nursing mothers, to the Katsina State Government. The victims, who are Katsina State residents, were rescued from captivity in Kaduna State after spending three harrowing months in kidnappers’ den. Sources told PUNCH that the victims, initially abducted from Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina, were …

The Nigerian Army Headquarters has commenced an investigation into corruption allegations against the immediate past Commander of the 3 Brigade Kano, Brigadier General M. A. Sadiq. The General was said to have been dismissed following accusations of withholding benefits meant for his subordinates, along with other allegations of misappropriation during his tenure as commander. A military source told The PUNCH …

The Nigerian Army has nabbed one Adeleye Ayomide, 23, the suspected killer of Idowu Christiana, the abducted 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Ogun State. Also, the Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed that the Army handed over Ayomide. The deceased was kidnapped by suspected abductors along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road in Lagos State on Monday, …

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Operation Forest Sanity operating within Saulawa general area of Birnni Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, weekend, foiled an invasion of the community by scores of terrorists, killing two of them in a shootout. The Army said: “The troops, while conducting a fighting patrol to Saulawa, cleared Maidaro and Ngade Alha villages before …