The Nigerian Army has appointed Lieutenant Colonel Anele Onyinyechi Appolonia as the Acting Director, Army Public Relations — the first woman to hold the position. Anele, a member of Direct Regular Course 15 and the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), takes over from Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, who has been posted to the Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre. …

The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has promised to assist in sensitising Abia youths for recruitment into the Nigerian Army. Otti stated this in Government House Umuahia on Wednesday, while receiving in the audience, a delegation of the Year 2025 Nigerian Army Recruitment Awareness Team, from Army headquarters, Abuja led by Brig. Gen. Chima Ekeator. Otti’s position comes days after …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has urged youths in the South-East to avoid joining the Nigerian Army, warning that doing so may expose them to the dangers of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups. Instead, IPOB is encouraging young people in the region to return home and take up farming, arguing that the Nigerian state has consistently treated soldiers …

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 …