As reported by The Nation, a passing out ceremony was organised on Friday for 464 military retirees at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) in Oshodi, Lagos. The retired personnel, is made of 449 soldiers, 13 air force officers, and two naval personnel. Mohammed Dan-Ali, minister of defence, urged them to collaborate with those […]
Continue ReadingThe attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to another campaign of calumny and distraction by faceless criminal gang of economic saboteurs that hide under the aegis of Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) alleging that some officers of the Nigerian Army approached them for support to overthrow our duly elected present democratic government. […]
Continue ReadingThe Joint Task Force operation in Niger Delta – Operation Pulo Shield – has been replaced with a joint military operation tagged OPERATION DELTA SAFE. This is contained in a statement issued by Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday by Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar. It said the adjustment was in line with […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army on Thursday said Boko Haram terrorists now evade drones and aircraft surveillance by hiding in makeshift camps covered with shrubs. Col. Sani Usman, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, revealed this new tactic in a statement in Maiduguri. Usman said in the statement that the discovery was made during a clearance […]
Continue ReadingThe attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to speculations and rumours regarding the number and names of the senior Army officers affected in the recent retirement exercise. This is worrisome as some individuals and media houses went to the ridiculous extent of publishing outrageous figures and names of serving officers as being retired. […]
Continue ReadingThe military force deployed to protect oil facilities in the Niger Delta, codenamed “Operation Pulo Shield” on Tuesday confirmed that three soldiers were killed in a gun duel with pirates and militants. Isa Ado, a colonel and spokesman of “Operation Pulo Shield’, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army has responded to the new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, which has threatened to cripple the nation’s economy through targeted destruction of oil pipeline and kidnap of workers in the region. The Defence Headquarters, in a statement released on Tuesday by its acting Director of Information, Rabe Abubakar, said it would […]
Continue ReadingThe bombing of a Chevron Offshore facility by some members of a militant group in the Niger Delta, about 11:15pm on Wednesday, has been confirmed by the Defence Headquarters on Thursday. Chevron, an operator of a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said the attack occurred on Wednesday. It is the latest […]
Continue ReadingNigeria Defence Headquarters says it has established a rehabilitation camp for repentant Boko Haram members. Defence spokesman, Rabe Abubakar, in a statement on Tuesday, said: “In line with the federal government’s commitment to the war against insurgency in the northeast and in furtherance of its efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate surrendered and repentant Boko Haram […]
Continue ReadingInformation from the office of Colonel Sani Usman Kukasheka, Director Army Public Relations, says that the headquarters of 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army Bauchi, has arrested 4 persons suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists spies that include the one that carried out surveillance on the Madalla church before it was bombed. The men Victor Moses, Abubakar Shettima, […]
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