Tag: NIGERIAN ARMY
Boko Haram didn’t kill 20 soldiers in north-east – Army
The Nigerian Army has dismissed reports that Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters killed 20 soldiers partaking in Operation Lafiya Dole in...
Nigerian Army appoints Mohammed Yerima new spokesman
The Nigerian Army has appointed Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima as its director of public relations.
Yerima replaces Brig.-Gen. Sagir Musa, who has been redeployed to the...
Nigerian Army debunks reports of secret execution of Igbo soldiers
The Nigerian Army has discredited allegations by a coalition that it conducted secret trials and executed six Igbo soldiers.
A group which identified itself as...
#EndSARS: Army pulls out of Lagos panel investigating Lekki shooting after...
The Nigerian Army has pulled out of the Lagos State judicial panel set up to investigate the October 20 Lekki toll gate incident involving...
I left army better than I met it – Buratai
The immediate past chief of army staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has officially pulled out of the Nigerian Army in a parade at Mogadishu Cantonment,...
127 soldiers quit Nigerian Army
No fewer than 127 soldiers have concluded plans to exit the Nigerian Army amid lingering security crisis in the country.
Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen....
After lashing out at military, Zulum offers Christmas package to soldiers
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has presented Christmas gifts to soldiers for gallantry in the commercial town of Bama.
This comes a day after he...
Zulum attacks military over fresh abduction of travellers
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has faulted the army over Friday’s abduction of over 30 travellers by Boko Haram insurgents along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
The governor...
Boko Haram kills soldier, four civilians in Borno town
Boko Haram fighters have killed one soldier and four other persons in an attack on Askira town in the southern part of Borno State.
It...
20 army generals test positive for coronavirus
About 20 generals of the Nigerian Army have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt,...