Personnel of the United States army have trained Nigerian troops on a six-week advice-and-assist mission in Jaji, Kaduna State, the Pentagon has said. The US department...
The Federal Government is unhappy that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “escalated eight potential cases against Nigeria”, arguing that contrary to the premise of the...
The Nigeria military Monday said at least 15 persons including a soldier, were killed and about 83 others seriously injured on Sunday night which saw soldiers...
The Presidency Saturday responded to a call made by a former army chief, Theophilus Danjuma urging Nigerians to defend themselves against herdsmen attacks citing collusion of...
The 11 Nigerian soldiers killed by gunmen in Kaduna State last week were buried on Thursday. The soldiers were deployed to the state as part of the...
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has called on the federal government to prosecute a former minister of defence, Theophilus Danjuma, for calling on Nigerians...
The Nigerian Army has reacted to a story making the rounds on social media about the abduction and return of some schoolgirls from Dapchi, Yobe State....
The Nigerian Army has called on Nigerians, especially citizens in Taraba State not to take seriously an advise proffered by a former Chief of Army Staff,...
It was a moment of jubilation for the residents of Maiduguri and Bama towns of Borno State as the military officially reopened the major road that...
The Nigerian Military has levelled damning allegation against Amnesty International (AI) following its latest report on the Dapchi abduction in which it accused the military of...
The Nigerian Army Sunday announced the arrest, by soldiers from its 707 Special Forces Brigade, of six herdsmen, whom it said were caught in the act...
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the defunct Presidential Committee on Boko Haram during the Jonathan administration, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has said that...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the killing of two soldiers in Plateau State on Wednesday. The soldiers were reportedly riding in the convoy of their...
The Nigerian Army Sunday issued a stern warning to all parties to the herders-farmers clashes including killer herdsmen, farmers, militia groups and bandits operating in Benue,...
The Nigerian Army has reacted to the statement by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu suggesting the possibility of a coup owing to alleged anti-democratic acts by...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has insisted that Boko Haram was “no longer a serious fighting force”, despite mounting attacks including the recent daring abduction of 110 Dapchi...
No less than seven herdsmen have been arrested in separate operations in different parts of Benue State, so says the Nigerian Army in a statement released...
The Nigerian Army has yet to identify and produce soldiers involved in the killing of a 30-year-old fun seeker, Kehinde Adeleke, at Pete’s Bar and Lounge...
The Nigerian military has engaged local fishermen and farmers to help in the search operation for the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls. This was disclosed by the head...
The Nigerian Army Tuesday reacted to a newly-published memo being cited as documentary proof of its culpability in the abduction of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls, following...
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has asked security agencies to take responsibility for failing to stop the abduction of 110 schoolgirls in...
The Nigerian Army has admitted that its troops stationed in Dapchi, Yobe State, were “redeployed” prior to the attack by Boko Haram that led to the...
Nigeria Army has said that its troops in Borno State have killed five Boko Haram terrorists and captured a top commander of the insurgent group. It...
The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.-Gen. J.T.E. Chukwu as new Director, Army Public Relations. The army also appointed Colonel M.A. Anka as new Commandant of Nigerian...
There is now official confirmation that some of the missing girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi in Yobe State were indeed abducted by Boko Haram...
Reactions and conflicting accounts surrounding the actual status and number of girls said to be missing from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi following suspected Boko Haram...
Aishatu Abdullahi, one of the schoolgirls that escaped Boko Haram’s Monday night attack on Dapchi town of Yobe State, has said it was not all of...
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has declared completed, the operation to clear the Sambisa forest of “remnants” of Boko Haram insurgents. Buratai commended the...
The Nigerian Army says it is not aware of the whereabouts of the factional leader of Boko Haram terrorist sect, Abubakar Shekau. The Army in a...
The Nigerian Army now says leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau is under tremendous pressure from the counter-insurgency force, and has perfected a new...
Boko Haram has released three University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturers and the 10 women abducted from a police convoy in Borno State, months after. While the lecturers...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that suspected herdsmen engaged men of its 707 Special Forces Brigade in a gun battle in Makurdi, Benue State on Tuesday....
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has revealed in a new video that he was tired of “calamity” and longed for rest in “paradise”. “I am tired...
Troops of the Nigerian Army over the weekend arrested 84 nationals of Niger Republic who were smuggled into Abuja, in a truck carrying livestock. The Sakaruyi...
At least 12 people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday when a suicide bomb exploded around Muna Garage area of Maiduguri, the Borno State...
The Nigerian Army has deployed special troops to Benue and Nasarawa states to confront the spate of killings emanating from herdsmen-farmers’ clashes. Chief of Army Staff...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has spoken out against those he said were looking to benefit politically from the herdsmen killings in Adamawa and Benue states, accusing...
The Nigerian military on Saturday said the wife of Mamman Nur, the factional leader of Boko Haram whom it earlier reported had been “fatally injured”, was...
The Nigerian Army Friday claimed that a factional leader of the deadly Boko Haram terror group, Mamman Nur, has been “fatally injured” in its ongoing operation...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday removed the Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim, and appointed a new Major General to head...
The Federal High Court in Abuja Friday fixed December 13 as date for judgment in a suit seeking an order to compel the Chief of Army...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Thursday prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit seeking to compel him to produce...
The Headquarters of the 28 Task Force Brigade, of the Nigerian Army, says it has instituted a Board of Inquiry (BOI) to look into the shooting...
At least two persons were killed and many others feared injured as gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents attacked Maikadiri village in Askira-Uba Local Government...
Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, has alleged an attempt on his life by men of the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) and soldiers of the Nigerian...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari in a letter, urging him to “be humane by ordering the release” of Sheik Ibraheem...
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber Sunday struck outside the headquarters of the Borno State command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), located in the...
The Nigerian Army Saturday announced that it arrested at least 399 suspects for various offences in Lagos and Ogun states during its Operation Crocodile Smile II...
Some officials of four security agencies have been deployed to monitor the volume of fertiliser leaving the port daily. The officials were selected from Nigerian Army,...
Following intelligence reports from surveillance and reconnaissance, a large gathering of Boko Haram terrorists in Urga, close to Konduga, Borno State, was last Thursday targeted and...
