As revealed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, information provided by an arrested suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Lawan Abbai, led troops on Operation LAFIYA DOLE to carry out mine and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) clearance yesterday morning at Gombori which was along the troops main supply route. The troops located and […]
Continue ReadingA classified document revealed that the Nigerian Army has uncovered plots by Boko Haram terrorists to attack Lagos, Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi, Bauchi, Katsina, Imo, Yobe and Borno states as well as the Federal Capital Territory. The intelligence document indicates that terrorists’ targets include markets, schools, police stations and formations, prison facilities and the just re-opened […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General VU Ezegwu on Wednesday inaugurated a General Court Martial (GCM) in Maiduguri.The Court was inaugurated to dispel all pending disciplinary cases that occurred in the Theatre of Operation LAFIYA DOLE particularly cases that could not be tried summarily. A total number of 20 military […]
Continue ReadingAccording to information from Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, following covert surveillance and intelligence reports on the activities of some gun runners and armed bandits in Kopa, Dagma and Gagaw villages of Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State, troops of 31 Artillery Brigade, 1 Division Nigerian Army, in conjunction with Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingThe Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sanni Usman, said there are no more Boko Haram camps in the Northeast. Col. Usman spoke with reporters at the inauguration of Strategic Communication Course for senior officers at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information, Bonny Camp, Lagos. Usman, while assuring Nigerians that the military […]
Continue ReadingToday morning, troops on clearance patrol at Guro Gongon village and environs to rout out remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating therein, destroyed the terrorists’ makeshift camps and recovered quite a number of weapons, equipment and foodstuff in the process. The recovered items include 1 Gun truck mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun, a MOWAG Armoured […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has assured residents of North West that the army will clear the remnants of cattle rustlers and bandits terrorising their communities in few days.He said the myriad of security challenges in the North West would be largely addressed by the end of the army’s training in Bakura […]
Continue ReadingBy Wale Fatade This title is not original to me. It belongs to a former chief of army staff, Salihu Ibrahim, who used the phrase in 1993 at his passing out parade. Over two decades after the general challenged soldiers to remain professional and true to their calling by not operating “mini-armies within the larger […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army said on Saturday that the essence of joint military training with British Military Advisory Training Team was to introduce the military to contemporary training method. Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff made this known while speaking as the Reviewing Officer at the 74 Regular Recruits Intake Passing Out Parade (POP) held […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Army wishes to inform the general public that quite a number of senior officers of the Nigerian Army were retired from service yesterday. Those retired were mainly some Major Generals, Brigadier Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels and a Major. Their retirement was based on Service exigencies. It should be recalled that not too long […]
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