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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, National Politics, Navy
Friday, January 15th, 2021
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja As the country marks the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Friday, the Presidency has declared that the activities of Boko Haram insurgents have been weakened compared to what obtained in 2015. This is even as it said that more than 2,403 criminals, including terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and criminals of other sorts, were […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Latest Politics
Wednesday, January 13th, 2021
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku An army court-martial sitting in Maiduguri has found Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi guilty of killing his colleague and thus sentenced him to death by firing squad. Trooper Maduabuchi in July 2020, murdered Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi, the adjutant of his unit for refusing to grant him a welfare pass. He shot Ngorgi from close […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian army will shame and disgrace the Boko Haram and the Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in 2021. Buratai gave the assurance at a sit-out night to usher in the 2021 New Year at the TY Buratai Institute for War and Peace, […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, National Politics, Navy, Nigerian Police
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
By Bayo Onanuga President Muhammadu Buhari, admitting the challenge of insecurity in the country on Friday spoke about his plans to rejig the Nigerian security architecture, to make it more proactive. He did not give a timeframe to accomplish this. He said his administration will “Re-energize and reorganize” the security apparatus and personnel of the […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines
Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Defence Headquarters(DHQ), said the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has bombarded a logistics base belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics base killing scores of their fighters in air strikes conducted at Tumbun Rego on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State. Coordinator Defence Media […]
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#EndSars, Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has insisted that the Nigerian Army acted professionally and kept to the rules of engagement in the handling the #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020. He disclosed this while reacting to a report by CNN on Wednesday, which revealed how soldiers of […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, November 8th, 2020
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Thunder Strike has eliminated several armed bandits in an air strike on Saturday in the forest at Kuzo area of Kaduna State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Maj. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the air attack was executed […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Armed Forces, Army, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, November 2nd, 2020
• Five Abductors Killed In Gun Battle With Kidnappers • Defence Headquarters Keeps Mum Over Operation The Multinational Joint Task Force(MNJTF) played a significant role in yesterday’s rescue of Philip Walton from his abductors, by a Naval Special Warfare group in the United States, better known as SEAL Team Six. Walton, a 27-year-old American, was […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 24th, 2020
Soldiers suspected to be attached to the 3 Battalion Nigerian Army, Effurun, Delta State, on Saturday allegedly brutalised a medical doctor and ordered him to swim and bathe inside a gutter full of dirty water. The soldiers, who were said to be enforcing the state government’s curfew, SaharaReporters gathered, confronted the medical doctor, Raphael Onyemekehia, […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
By Ifreke Inyang The Lagos State Government has reacted to the shooting at the Lekki toll gate on Tuesday night. The incident happened following the declaration of a 24-hour curfew in the state. In a statement signed by the state’s Honourable Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu advised security agents not to arrest […]
