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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
Samson Folarin There has been widespread condemnation of an alleged public harassment of a yet-to-be identified lady by some military officers. A picture of the incident, which has been trending on the Internet, showed the victim being forced to pull down her trousers as her underwear jutted out. A military man, who was supervising the […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Oil Politics
Sunday, July 30th, 2017
The Nigeria Army on said it has recovered 21 additional bodies in an operation to rescue oil exploration crew abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Kukasheka, in a statement, said that the army recovered vehicles and various calibres of weapons in the operation. “So far […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Kaduna, Navy, State News, Taraba
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
From Molly Kilete, Abuja, Agaju Madugba, Katsina The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday, said it had deployed two of its fighter jets to Taraba and Kaduna states to restore peace and and order. This is coming just as it announced the establishment of a new Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Kafanchan, Kaduna State to stop […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Navy
Friday, June 16th, 2017
Navy redeploys 21 senior officers In line with the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas, effort to reposition the Nigerian Navy, 21 senior officers were redeployed on Thursday to head different formations and commands. The Director, Naval Information, Capt. Suleiman Dahun, Spain in a statement in Lagos, said that the posting was to […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Headlines
Friday, June 16th, 2017
Nigerian Air Force gets new platforms, reactivates old aircraft TOP HEADL PHOTO: en.wikipedia.org The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said it had acquired new platforms and was currently reactivating the existing ones to combat security challenges. Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, stated this in Lagos during the inauguration of newly-built Air […]
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Armed Forces, Cross River, Headlines, Navy, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Normalcy has returned to Calabar, the Cross Rivers State capital after a clash between Navy and the Nigerian police in a part of the city on Tuesday. Addressing journalists after an Emergency State Security Council Meeting in Calabar, Governor Ben Ayade, urged the citizenry to go about their legitimate businesses. Ayade said, […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
OLALEYE ALUKO The Nigerian Army may have begun an internal search for soldiers and officers suspected to be engaging in political meetings, a top military source has told SUNDAY PUNCH. The source said that some arrests may have been made, but that the information was being kept as top secret so as not to add […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Headlines
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
Nigerian Air Force to unveil new aircraft on 53rd anniversary — 18th April 2017 From: Fred Ezeh, Abuja The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has concluded plans for the public presentation of two newly acquired Mi-35M sophisticated attack aircraft. The new airplanes, which would be unveiled at the 53rd anniversary of the Nigerian Air Force scheduled […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Headlines
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
Following the deployment of soldiers to Ogoniland to curb increasing insecurity created by some gangs, there had been reports of molestation of innocent citizens going about their daily activities. On Saturday March 11, soldiers reportedly molested women along the Biara axis in Gokana local government area while they peacefully conducted their petty trade business at […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Lagos, Navy, State News
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli Afeez Hanafi The Fleet Commander, Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos State, Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli, has allegedly shot himself dead in his residence in the Apapa area. It was learnt that a service pistol, expended and live ammunition, were recovered at the scene by police detectives who visited the residence. READ […]