The 81 Division Nigerian Army Military Police Personnel have arrested over 12 suspected impostors fully dressed in military camouflage uniforms portraying the Nigerian Army in bad light during OPERATION CHECKMATE within Lagos and Ogun States. A statement by the division’s spokesperson, Major Olaniyi Osoba, on Wednesday, said the suspects were paraded for the offence. Osoba…
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has explained that he had to undergo a surgical procedure recently to treat a long-standing lower back pain that was due to his sporting activities in his younger years in the Nigerian Army. He stated this while responding…
The Senator representing Taraba South, Emmanuel Bwacha, has raised the alarm that Nigeria’s territorial sovereignty is under threat, following the invasion of Manga community in Takum local government area by Ambazonia separatists from Southern Cameroon. Coming under a point of order, the lawmaker during the commencement of plenary bemoaned the killing of the village head…
The Nigerian Defence Academy has confirmed the attack on the institution by gunmen, saying its security architecture was compromised. A statement on Tuesday in Kaduna by the Public Relations Officer of the Academy, Maj. Bashir Jajira said two officers were killed while one was abducted The spokesman disclosed that the bandits gained access into the…
The Nigerian Army on Monday denied that soldiers have been embarking on a revenge mission against innocent people in Ohafia local government of Abia state following alleged killing of a soldier. Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Director, Army Public Relations who made this known in a statement in Abuja stated that no soldier was killed. The…
The Nigerian Army has announced that Boko Haram terrorists suffered a humiliating defeat in Rann, the headquarters of Kala Balge LGA of Borno State, barely hours into the tenure of the new Chief of Army Staff, Faruk Yahaya. A statement issued and signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Mohammed Yerima, on Saturday, May 29,…
The Nigerian Army has announced that it will take legal action against people that share indiscriminate pictures of killed or injured soldiers on social media platforms. A statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, on Tuesday, stated that it had become necessary to take legal actions in order to protect…
The Nigerian Army says the troops of 27 Task Force Brigade on the platform of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested suspected Boko Haram informant identified as Modu Ari, in Kamuya area of Yobe. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday issued by the Director Army Public Relations, Mohammed Yerima. Yerima stated that the informant…
The Nigerian Army has confirmed that 26 senior officers have so far tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division Port Harcourt, Maj. Gen. Johnson Irefin who died as a result of respiratory failure secondary to the complications of COVID 19 infection. Army Public Relations officer Sagir Musa, who…
One of the largest construction companies in Nigeria, Lubrik Construction Company, LCC, has donated a world class, clubhouse building to the Army Guards Polo Club. This special partnership with the Nigerian Army will produce a state-of-the-art club house building, at the Guards Polo Club, Abuja, in eight months. The brick laying ceremony which was held…