THE Nigerian Army have destroyed a camp belonging to suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliates the Eastern Security Network (ESN) where activities of cannibalism and ritualism were allegedly practised. Naija News reports the Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA II cleared four …
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TROOPS of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna states, have uncovered a gun factory at Kafachan, Jama’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Oya said the …
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JOINT troops of 82 Division of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Police have neutralised three combatants of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in a fierce encounter. Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations, said in a statement on …
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The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed as fake, an online advert by fraudulent individuals claiming to be conducting recruitment on behalf of the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, on Friday in Abuja. Nwachukwu …
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Troops of section 1, Operation Haderin Daji, on Friday, rescued the former Provost of the Federal College of Education Technical, FCET, Gusau, Dr. Hassan Abubakar Augie and his son who were abducted in Gusau, Zamfara State capital. Newsextra24 gathered from a credible source that the troops deployed at Forward Operating …
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The Nigerian Army has said it has no partnership with ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, or his security outfit. The ex-militant leader had in an interview on a Podcast anchored by Channels Television’s Seun Okinbaloye claimed he had a military company engaged by the government to work alongside the …
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TROOPS of the Nigerian Army’s Operation Hadarin Daji in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Friday night neutralized four bandits. The troops, according to a source engaged the bandits in a gun duel when they were about to attack a community in the local government. The source explained …
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The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 24 victims abducted from a location in Zamfara State. Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement on Friday night, said the troops also eliminated some of their abductors during exchange of fire. He said “troops of 223 Battalion, …
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THE military troops of the Four Special Forces Command, Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals at Angwan Yara in the Keana Local Government Area of the state. The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of the command, Maj. Joseph Afolasade, stated this during a press briefing …
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Barely 24 hours after assumption of office, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army (NA) to command, instructional and staff appointments across Army formations and units in the country. This was contained in …
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