Nigeria has ranked fourth among countries whose citizens were granted U.S. citizenship through military naturalization between 2020 and 2024. During the period under review, the United States naturalised over 52,000 military service members across different countries. According to data obtained from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday, 3,270 Nigerian-born service members were granted U.S. citizenship, trailing only the …

The Coalition of Concerned (Military) Veterans (CCV) has commended President Bola Tinubu for hournoring his word on military pensions warfare. In a press statement by Abiodun Durowaiye-Herberts, the Retired Members of the Nigerian Air Force (REMENAF) said: “Following a successful and non-violent peaceful protest on the 4th and 5th December 2024 by the Coalition of Concerned (Military) Veterans and its …

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he plans to declare a national emergency on border security and use the US military to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented migrants. Immigration was a top issue in the election campaign, and Trump has promised to deport millions and stabilize the border with Mexico after record numbers of migrants crossed illegally during …

The military high command, on Thursday, paid last respect to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, who died on Tuesday, 5 November, after a brief illness. Lagbja’s corpse departed for Abuja on Thursday morning shortly after top military personnel and other dignitaries, including the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, and other dignitaries paid …

The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has charged the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to intensify efforts to dominate the airspace and end insecurity in Nigeria, particularly in the North-West region, saying, “Please, end insecurity now”. During a visit to the Headquarters 213 NAF Forward Operating Base in Katsina State, the Minister said, We are deploying additional platforms, including attack …

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) has accused the Bola Tinubu-led administration of assassinating its Biafran land National Coordinator, Mr. Ikechukwu Ugwuoha. In a statement on Monday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, IPoB alleged that Ugwuoha was assassinated around his residence on Friday in Aba, Abia State by agents allegedly recruited by the Nigerian government. Powerful …

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has requested the establishment of a military operation base in the eastern part of the state to address rising criminal activities. The governor made this appeal during a courtesy visit by the General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Farooq Mijinyawa, at the Governor’s Office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Wednesday. Abiodun …

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday received with relief the news of the string of successful operations against security threats in the northwest by troops of the Nigerian military. This came as troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, on Thursday, neutralised a wanted bandit leader, Halilu Sububu, who had been terrorising residents of Zamfara, Sokoto, and other parts of the Northwest. The …

President Bola Tinubu has assured troops of the Nigerian Army of his administration’s full support to crush armed bandits in the country. The President stated this on Tuesday in Sokoto while addressing troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, at 8 Div Headquarters, Sokoto State. Represented by the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, who was accompanied by the Chief of …

The Nigerian Army said troops recovered three AK-47 rifles, two fabricated rifles, two single-barrel guns, and two Dane guns, among others, during the operation. The post read, “Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other security agencies, acting on credible intelligence, have successfully captured 15 terrorist gunrunners and logistics suppliers and neutralised one in an encounter. “On 30 August …