The Nigerian Army has assured corps members in camp and others serving in different parts of Ondo State of their security. The Brigade Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure, Brig.-Gen. John Lar, gave the assurance on Saturday at the permanent orientation camp, Ikare-Akoko, while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members. “The Nigerian Army has security arrangements …

The 2024 Nigeria Army Day celebration which was held in Plateau State came to an end on Saturday (today) with a charge on the army by President Bola Tinubu not to allow violent groups to overrun the citizens in the country. Tinubu gave the charge on Saturday while speaking at the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment in Bassa Local Government Area of …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has charged the media not to limit the collaborative engagement between the army and media to reporting conflicts, terrorism or security threats alone but to extend their engagements in national development, peacebuilding and community engagement. Lt. Gen. Lagbaja stated this during the 2024 second quarter media chat on Nigeria Army civil-military …

2 Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have dismantled a training camp belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Abia State. The NA disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Thursday. The statement revealed that, in collaboration with Task Force Tactical Patrol Squad, the Army raided the camp located in …

Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted and arrested eight members of a syndicate smuggling fuel from Nigeria to Ambazonian rebels in Cameroon to facilitate terrorist activities. A statement by the Nigerian Army on its official X handle said they were arrested during a sting operation yesterday along Abong-Kurmi Baissa Road in Taraba State at the border between Nigeria and …

The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army to reopen the Banex Plaza in Abuja for business activities It also urged the authorities to use modern technology, such as surveillance and closed-circuit television, to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the attack on Army personnel in the plaza recently. The House mandated its Committee on …

The Nigerian Army said on Sunday that it rescued no fewer than 386 people, mostly women and children, from the Boko Haram insurgents’ stronghold, Sambisa forest in Borno State. The acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division,  Brig. Gen. AGL Haruna said the abductees were rescued during a just-concluded 10-day clearing operation in Sambisa. According to him, some of the …

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has reassured Nigerians that the service personnel are determined to eradicate terrorists, bandits, and other threats. The Army Chief added that he was determined to bring peace to the country. Nigeria is battling security challenges ranging from terrorism, banditry, to kidnapping. In his Easter message on Sunday, the Army Chief …

Nigerian Army says troops of the 7 Division have eliminated five Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, and JAS terrorists and rescued 78 victims comprising 35 women and 43 children. A statement by Army Headquarters, yesterday, said the troops cleared six villages where terrorists hibernated with their hostages including Ngurusoye, Sabon Gari, Mairamri 1 and 2, Bula Dalo, and …

The Nigerian Army has trained eleven officers in the operation of 15 newly converted compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. Disclosing this on Thursday at Bonny Cantonment of the Nigerian Army, Victoria Island, Lagos, the Commander, Corps of Supply and Transport, Maj. Gen. A.A. Adeyinka said the conversion of the vehicles from petrol and diesel engines to CNG-powered engines would boost …