The war against illegal oil bunkering and oil theft received a huge boost on Wednesday as troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt uncovered over 40 dugout crude oil wells in Rumuekpe community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. The troops uncovered the site during a sweep-and-clear operation on the Trans Niger Delta Pipeline. The operation was …

The Military Special Task Force in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State said, on Tuesday, said that it rewarded eight personnel of Operation Safe Haven for rejecting N1.5m bribe from suspected cattle rustlers in the state. The spokesman for the task force, Capt. Oya James, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the eight personnel, deployed at …

Commander of Training and Doctrine Command of the Nigerian Army, Major General KO Aligbe, has assured officers writing the practical promotion examination 2024 from Lieutenant to Captain of fairness and transparency. Aligbe, who stated this in Jos, Plateau State venue of the event, said they shall in the conduct of the examination be guided by good conscience and the extant …

The Nigerian Army, 6 Division, on Wednesday, said it uncovered a massive illegal refinery camp and seized five million litres of stolen crude oil stored in a reservoir in Rivers State. The  General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Maj.-Gen. Jamal Abdussalam said the illegal refinery was uncovered along the Mirinwanyi channel of the Imo River in the Komkom area of …

The Nasarawa State Police command said the officers of the Nigerian Army have arrested a fake soldier in the Awe Local Government Area (LGA) of the state and handed him over to the command for interrogation. In statement made in Lafia, the state capital, on Thursday, by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superitendent Ramhan Nansel said the suspected criminal …

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, said the Army must remain non-partisan and “vigilantly pro-democracy” as it discharges its duty of maintaining Nigeria’s territorial integrity. This was as he promised to work assiduously and provide the military with the necessary support to keep the troubles of the nation at bay. “In this regard, the Nigerian Army must remain completely non-partisan but …

Twenty-five soldiers and an officer are currently being court-martialed in the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army for various offences. The personnel facing the trial are drawn from various formations within the division, whose area of responsibility covers the entire South-East states and Cross River. The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division, Maj. Gen. Hassan Dada inaugurated the court martial …

The Nigerian Army have commenced a security operation code-named ‘Exercise Still Waters III’ to tackle pipeline vandalism, cultism, illegal oil refining, kidnapping and other crimes in Bayelsa State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that the exercise was inaugurated on Tuesday in  Otuokpoti, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. Governor Douye Diri hailed the military for the exercise, saying …

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has directed an investigation into complaints of poor feeding of troops on the frontline in the North-East region, fighting insurgency. He assured the public and all personnel that a thorough investigation would be conducted to get to the root of the complaints. In a statement on Tuesday, the Director, Army …

The Nigerian Army has given reasons for the delay in the payment of feeding allowance of troops providing security for Chinese working at the Zungeru Hydro Electricity Dam Project in Niger State. It said the delay in the receipt of funds from the concerned institution caused the delay. The Army debunked a report by an online media outfit that the …