Be vigilant, block ‘soft targets’ for bandits and other terrorists, Badaru urges military
Badaru explains the purpose of his tour to the press The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammed Badaru Abubakar, has urged ...
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Troops rescue 24 kidnap victims from abandoned village in Zamfara, kill abductors
Some female kidnapped victims rescued by the troops Nigerian soldiers have on Friday rescued 24 kidnap victims at an abandoned ...
You’re trained to withstand extreme challenges in battle, GOC tells Army graduands in Kaduna
A group photograph during the graduation ceremony The General Officer Commanding (GOC) I Division and Force Commander of Operation Whirl ...
Soldier goes berserk, kills commander, sergeant-major in Sokoto
A soldier of the Nigerian Army, Lance Corporal Nwobodo Chinoso, has shot dead the Commander of the Forward Operating Base ...
New defence spokesman assumes office, seeks support from media
The new Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Tuesday took over the Directorate of Defence Information from the ...
Insecurity: We’ll not fail Nigerians, Army assures
The Nigerian Army has assured that it will not fail the citizenry in delivering on its constitutional mandate to defend ...
General Lagbaja commends troops for discipline, endurance during training
The General Officer Commanding (GOC)1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has commended the troops of Exercise Shining ...
Soldiers kill bandit, capture 3 others in Kaduna
A group of soldiers yesterday killed a bandit and captured three others during gunfights in some communities in Kaduna State, ...
Nigerian Army dismisses 2 soldiers over killing of Islamic cleric in Yobe
The Nigerian Army says it has dismissed from service two soldiers, Lance Corporal John Gabriel and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon, ...
Maj.-Gen. Lagbaja is new Army GOC, 1 Division Kaduna
Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja assumed duty as the 39th General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna on Monday. Lagbaja ...