The Nigeria Army School of Infantry, NASI has a new commandant. He is Brigadier General A. O. Folorunsho.
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations made by the Committee saddled with the responsibility of investigating the Defence Equipment Procurement from 2007 to 2015, for further investigation of those involved, after the committee found a number of irregularities in the contract awards. Buhari’s approval follows the Thursday release of the Third Interim Report of the... Read More
The Nigerian Army has said that only 38 senior officers were retired from the military. Colonel Sani Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, in a statement released on Sunday, urged Nigerians to disregard all published names and figures of purportedly retired senior officers. The Army spokesperson said only 9 Major Generals, 10 Brigadier Generals, 7... Read More
The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, revealed that it has sent some senior officials on compulsory retirement following findings that the top Army officials were either involved in the mismanagement of the Arms deal fund or complicit in electoral malpractice during the 2015 general election. It is unclear the total number of officials that were retired but reports... Read More
The Nigerian Army, in continuation of the war against insurgency, has destroyed 8 camps belonging to the Boko Haram terrorist sect in Yajiwa, Alagarno Forest, Borno State. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said on Friday that the camps were destroyed by troops of 156 Task Force Battalion of 29 Task Force Brigade,... Read More
In furtherance of its anti-terrorism campaign, Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, announced that it had rescued more than 236 persons including 12 infants from Boko Haram hideouts in Borno state. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Army Public Relations, Sani Usman. “The Nigerian troops deployed in Operation LAFIYA DOLE and their... Read More
Here are the top five stories to monitor today. 1) List of looters The Presidency has failed to make good its promise to release names of persons who stole Nigeria’s assets and others from whom stolen funds were recovered. However, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, declared that the list will be released by the... Read More
The Nigerian Army ‘has arrested’ 10 suspected members of the Niger Delta region. The Commander, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, Farouk Yahaya, revealed this on Sunday while addressing journalists. He said the suspects were apprehended during a cordon and search exercise conducted in Oporozoa community and its environs in Delta State. Niger Delta Avengers... Read More
Moviedom in Nigeria awaits the premiere of a game-changing film rooted in the events of the botched 1976 coup. One of the most arduous tasks in the production of the movie, according to its Executive Director, Prince Tonye Princewill, was the effort to secure a working relationship with the Nigerian Army. Meticulously executed, the pre-production... Read More
The victories recorded by the Nigerian Army over terrorist sect, Boko Haram has in recent times started taking full effect in the liberated communities in the North East. Apart from the rescue of thousands of Boko Haram captives by the Army and the commencement of the rebuilding process of some of the destabilized cities, another... Read More
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, fixed a date for the hearing of the N2billion suit the detained leader of the Shi’ite Islamic sect, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky slammed on the Federal Government challenging his continued detention in the custody of the government since December 14, 2015. Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who fixed the hearing... Read More
Another Chibok girl, Serah Luka was rescued on Thursday, May 19, in a joint operation carried out by – troops of 231 Battalion, 331 Artillery Regiment (AR), Detachment of Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) 2, Explosive Ordinance (EOD) Team and Civilian Vigilante group. The clearance operation was conducted at Shettima Aboh, Hong and Biladdili general... Read More
by Chi Ibe The Nigerian army has shared how another of the kidnapped Chibok girls was rescued yesterday evening. The army announced the rescue of Serah yesterday evening, a day after Amina Ali was discovered wit a four month old baby. “At about 11.00am today, Thursday, 19th May 2016, troops of 231 Battalion, 331 Artillery... Read More
Just in case this is your first stab at The Slab with Isime, here’s a brief education – The Slab is a weekly gabfest offering a newsroom perspective on the week’s trending topics. In this edition featuring Adebayo, Chuks, Oreoluwa, Emeka and Anire, the YNaija crew talks about the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) protest; Amina Ali,... Read More
On Wednesday, May 18, a girl believed to be one of the kidnapped Chibok girls was found loitering in the woods with a Boko Haram insurgent and a 15-month-old baby, by men of the Civilian Joint Task Force near Sambisa Forest. Thereafter, several versions of the story of how Amina Alli was found, surfaced on... Read More
by Chi Ibe Amina Ali Mkeki, one of the missing Chibok girls who was rescued today by the Nigerian army, near the Sambisa Forest, had some bad news as to some of the other missing girls. According to army authorities, she reported that six of the girls have died, others have been married off commanders of... Read More
The best person to ask how the war against Boko Haram has gone in the last year is Boko Haram. They must know that they have been in a battle. Little more than a year ago, they strolled through the north-east of Nigeria, swagger on a hundred thousand trillion, and raised their flag on what... Read More
Efforts to completely reduce the fighting capacity of Boko Haram terrorist group has yielded more positive results as Nigerian troops on Wednesday, May 4, discovered the field hospital, administrative and harbour base of the insurgents at Ngula and Kukuruk villages in Alagarno general area of Borno. This information was disseminated in a statement released by... Read More
A man suspected to be responsible for the murder of General Mamam Shuwa has accused the Nigerian military of framing him up. General Mamam Shuwa was killed in his residence on November 2, 2012 by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The alleged murderer, Mohammed Sani Nafiu told reporters in Kano that he knows nothing about the... Read More
A Major-General in the Nigerian Army has warned that the attacks carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen will soon assume the magnitude of devastation caused by terrorist group, Boko Haram, if something is not done urgently. The Head, Defence Headquarters Committee on Persistent Clashes between Herdsmen and Farmers, Major General Edward Nze, during a visit... Read More
Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian Army to urgently investigate the recent revelation by the Kaduna government – that 347 members of the Shiite Muslim sect were buried in mass graves. The Nigerian Army had in December 2015, clashed with the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, in Zaria, Kaduna and while several members of the... Read More
The Nigerian Army, on Friday, disclosed that its troops in the Northeast have successfully foiled an attempted suicide bombing by Boko Haram insurgents during the early hours of Friday. According to a statement by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the terrorist were intercepted and neutralized by the Nigerian army at... Read More
Troops of the Nigerian Army have ‘rescued no fewer than 11,595 persons’ held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists within the last one month. A statement was released to this effect on Wednesday, by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations. “On 1st March 2016, troops of 155 Task Force Battalion received 10,000 refugees... Read More
Alagarno, the spiritual headquarters of Boko Haram in Borno State, has been captured by the Nigerian Army. This development was made known on Tuesday, in Maiduguri, by the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, the counter-insurgency operations in the North-East, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor. Maj. Gen Irabor said the offensive against insurgents in Alargano, which... Read More
The Nigerian Army in the last one month have been on the “charm offensive” to improve its human rights records and reinvigorate its Civil-Military Relations (CMR). This can be seen under the leadership of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai through the re-absorption of some dismissed soldiers and officers accused of acts... Read More
The Nigerian army, on Saturday, announced another victory against Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast – the sect has terrorized the region for years now, leading to a high loss of life and properties. The announcement was made in a statement signed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations. The Nigerian... Read More
During an offensive clearance operation in Borno state, troops of the Nigerian Army destroyed the ‘spiritual power base’ of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram. The operation on the insurgents’ power base in Alagarno forest was conducted by troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion of 25 Task Force Brigade, 7 Division Nigerian Army.... Read More
Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti is reported to have been recommended for release from custody by the Nigerian Army Council. Ransome Kuti was arrested in January 2015 and tried for abandoning his duty post in Baga while serving as commander of a joint multinational task force in the war for Boko Haram. The Brigadier General was also accused of... Read More
4 persons suspected to be informants of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, have been arrested by the headquarters of 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, Bauchi. One of the arrested informants was said to have carried out surveillance on the Madalla church before it was bombed. The informants are- Victor Moses, Abubakar Shettima, Salisu Mohammed Bello... Read More
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