President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a new Battalion of the Nigerian Army, as well as a new Police Area Command, in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, as part of measures to scale up the Read more
The Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday that at least 13 soldiers were killed in Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Taraba and Kaduna during the Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Operation Cat Race). The DHQ said 147 herdsmen were arrested and seven soldiers wounded during Read more
The Nigerian Army said arrangement has been completed for the burial of 11 soldiers killed by suspected bandits at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The army said a beffiting burial will be given to the slain soldiers Read more
The Nigerian army on Tuesday began Operation Cat Race, an exercise aimed at ending conflicts and other criminal activities in the north central. Ahead of the formal inauguration of the operation, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Read more
Soldiers on duty around the University of Maiduguri have gunned down a suicide bomber, averting what would have been a tragic suicide attack. The suicide bomber, strapped with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) made his entrance through the University Printing Press Read more
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 46 captives and destroyed a “highly fortified” Boko Haram camp inside Sambisa forest in Borno state. Onyeama Nwachukwu, deputy director, army public relations, “Operation Lafiya Dole”, disclosed this in a statement issued in Read more
The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that it will begin Exercise Ayem Akpatuma covering Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states in order to tackle the cases of kidnappings, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes among others. The Chief of Training and Operations, Read more
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has disclosed that the Nigerian Army would soon deployed its personnel to various parts of the country to contain ongoing threat to security in the country. He said the troops would Read more
Insinuations and allegations that the attacks and killings are happening because President Buhari is Fulani are both unkind and incorrect. These attacks long predated the Buhari Government. In 2013 no fewer than nine cases of herdsmen attacks were recorded in Read more
The Nigerian Military has deployed Special Forces to Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states amid tensions of attacks on communities in the states. The Presidency announced this on Wednesday, hours after President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the Federal Executive Council meeting Read more