Tag: DHQ
-
BREAKING: DHQ reveals real figures of officers, soldiers killed in Niger ambush
The Defence Headquarters has provided detail on the soldiers killed in an ambush and the crash of Nigerian Air Force (NAF) MI17 helicopter on Monday in Niger State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba,
-
DHQ clarifies presence of UN fighting equipment in Nigeria
The Defence Headquarters has clarified that the UN Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo were meant for deployment for peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
-
Troops eliminate 46 terrorists, apprehend 50 in 2 weeks – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops have eliminated 46 terrorists, bandits and other criminals across North East, North Central and North West in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this during the biweekly news conference on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja.
-
Doguwa fired AK-47 as a ceremonial firing party in Falgore forest, says DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has explained that a viral video showing a federal lawmaker, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, firing an AK-47 rifle guided by military personnel was done during his participation in the firing exercise as a ceremonial firing party at Falgore Forest Military Training Camp in Kano State. Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House…
-
Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the video showing Alhassan Ado Doguwa, firing AK-47 rifle guided by military personnel was taken at Falgore Forest Military Training Camp in Kano State. Ado Doguwa is the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives from Kano State.
-
Military apprehends mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Whirl Punch have apprehended one of the masterminds of the March 28, 2022, terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna Train service. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, on Thursday in Abuja.
-
Just In: Fire outbreak at Defence Headquarters in Abuja
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Monday was gutted by fire in Garki Abuja. The inferno, whose cause was yet to be ascertained, was said to have occurred on the second floor of the DHQ.
-
Owo attack: DHQ clarifies identities of arrested suspects
The Defence Headquarters has given details of the suspects arrested in connection with the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, had on Tuesday during a parley with media executives and editors revealed the names of the terrorists who masterminded the Owo…
-
You’re insensitive, incompetent – Fani-Kayode fires back at Military
Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has frowned at the Defence Headquarters for quickly responding to his statement and not channelling the same energy to the recent spate of banditry and terrorism attacks, making reference to the recently attacked Kuje Custodial Centre.
-
