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Army destroys IPOB hideout in Delta, recovers arms

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army destroyed the hideout of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Delta state yesterday. The Asaba enclave was destroyed during a clearance operation carried out by troops from the 6 Division. According to Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, the members of the group engaged the troops in a fierce gun battle but were defeated. The statement read: “In a sustained effort to rid Nigeria of criminality, troops of 63 Brigade Garrison under the auspices of 6 Division, Nigerian Army and the Department of State…

Troops intercept truck filled with smuggled ammunition en route Anambra

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 Aminu Imam

An international ammunition smuggling syndicate has been busted in Ogun State, the military authorities has said. The syndicate was reportedly intercepted while transporting a large cache of smuggled ammunition to Anambra. The military hierarchy made this known in a statement issued yesterday by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nywachukwu. According to the Nigerian army, the criminals were apprehended by troops of 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA) operating in 81 Division Area of Responsibility. Nywachukwu disclosed that the operation took place on Saturday, along Ajilete-Owode Road in Yewa-North local government…

N/W Insecurity: “Give us free hand to wipe out terrorists”, Army tells Governors

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army has ruled out amnesty again for bandits terrorising the North-West zone of the country, asking State governors for a free hand to eliminate terrorists. The army warned the criminals to flee the country with immediate effect, saying they would be given close marking and blocked from entering other parts of the country if they attempt to flee North-West. Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who stated this at Army Headquarters, Abuja while playing host to the Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, called on the governors to…

�Nigeria�s peace guaranteed with Musa as New Defence Chief� – Irabor

July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 Aminu Imam

The former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor (rtd), has said the peace of the nation would be guaranteed with the appointment of Major-General Chris Musa as his successor. General Irabor, who spoke at a reception organised for him by the Ika nation at the weekend, gave an assurance that with General Musa as CDS, the defence of the nation is in good hands. Irabor thanked the Ika nation for the honour done him and his family, adding that he would remain grateful to the Nigerian military for…

New COAS, Lagbaja vows to run discipline-driven Army

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 Aminu Imam

The new Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has said that he is ready to run an army that will be driven by discipline and professionalism. Lagbaja said this at the handover ceremony at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja yesterday, while addressing a mammoth group of senior military officers and heads of various departments within the army. He added that the Army has witnessed unprecedented prudent management of resources and procurement of military hardware under his predecessor. The 23rd Chief of Army Staff also promised to improve on…

Sahara Reporters�planning to destabilise Nigeria – Nigerian Army

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army has accused Sahara Reporters, an online news platform, of mischief and systematic smear campaign aimed at inciting troops, heating up the polity and destabilising the country. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-General Onyema Nwachukwu, made the allegation in an issued statement yesterday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the medium was planning to destabilise the nation through �spurious, baseless and false alarm on corruption, nepotism, ethnic and religious bigotry within the Nigerian Army�. According to him, a report by the online medium was in total dissonance and aberrance with…

Kaduna: Troops Kill 5 bandits, recover arms, ammunition

April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 Aminu Imam

Troops of One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army have neutralised five bandits during a clearance operation in Chikun local government area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations of One Division, Lieutenant-Colonel Musa Yahaya, in an issued statement on Friday, said the troops operating in Chikun LGA conducted a clearance operation. The troops was reportedly carried out the operation along Kanti-Tantatu Road in Kubusu Forest and Kaso Hills general area to incapacitate the bandits and create an enabling environment for economic activities and legitimate businesses…

Insecurity: “Conduct counter-terrorism operations”, UN urges Nigerian Authorities�

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Aminu Imam

United Nations (UN) Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice Nderitu, has urged the Nigerian authorities to conduct counter-terrorism operations in line with international human rights and humanitarian law. Nderitu, who voiced concern over the seemingly worsening security situation in Nigeria on Thursday, urged the authorities to address the killings. She condemned the Jan. 24 airstrike in which at least 40 herders, mainly ethnic Fulani, were killed, with scores of other civilians were injured in a village on the border of two States of Nasarawa and Benue. The…

“We�re steadily winning war against crude oil theft, militancy in Niger-Delta” – Army Commander

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Aminu Imam

Commander of 16 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 2, ‘Operation Delta Safe’ (OPDS), says the military is winning the fight against militancy and crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. Yakasai spoke on Sunday at the end of the 2022 West African social activities (WASA) held at camp Tukur Buratai barracks, Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa state. The crude oil theft has been a source of concern to the government, with huge revenue diverted to the pockets of the perpetrators. Recall that in October 2022, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)…

2023 Elections: Armed Forces will not tolerate acts inimical to successful conduct of polls” � DHQ warns

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Aminu Imam

…Says troops are on red alert Ahead of the General Elections, the Military High Command yesterday warned that the Nigerian Armed Forces, in collaboration with other security forces in the country, would deal decisively with any act inimical to the successful conduct of the coming polls. Fielding questions during the bi-weekly briefing of Defence Correspondents in Abuja, on the troop activities and operational successes being recorded in the various operational theatres within the six geo-political zones of the country in the past two weeks, Director, Directorate of Defence Media Operations,…