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�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,…

Armed Forces Remembrance Day: ‘Nigerian soldiers most underrated, underappreciated in the world’, Citizens’ react

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Aminu Imam

The 2023 edition of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Nigeria, which is an annual event to commemorate the nation�s servicemen and fallen heroes, was marked yesterday across the country. The Armed Forces Remembrance Day is an annual event celebrated every January 15 in honour and recognition of fallen heroes and gallant men and women of the Nigerian Army who paid the supreme price during the colour of defending the unity, peace, and prosperity of the nation. The day is aimed at the sober reflection of the sacrifices and commitment…

Army orders 120 generals, others to proceed on compulsory leave � Report

January 1, 2023January 1, 2023 Aminu Imam

The high command of the Nigerian Army has directed more 120 Major-Generals, Brigadiers, Colonels, Lieutenants, Captains and others to proceed on compulsory retirement. According to a report, the affected officers, who include those who failed their Senior Staff Course Examinations, were ordered to submit their letters of voluntary retirement or face summary retrenchment. The exercise, it was gathered, was in accordance with the Revised Public Service Rules and the Armed Forces of Nigeria Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service, 2017 (HTACOS). It was also gathered that the number of senior…

Imo: ‘Efforts still ongoing to rescue abducted female officer’ � Army PRO�

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Army says efforts are still on-going to rescue the newly-commissioned female officer, Lt. PP Johnson, abducted in Imo allegedly by the banned Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, (IPOB). Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who stated this yesterday in Abuja, said that the female officer was abducted on Dec. 26 while visiting her grandmother in Aku-Okigwe in Imo. That was shortly after the completion of her cadet training and subsequent commissioning as a lieutenant into the Nigerian Army, he added. Nwachukwu stated that the video footage of her…