Tag: Nigerian Army
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Exercise Clean Sweep: Nigerian Army to detonate unexploded bombs in Ogun communities
The Nigerian Army on Monday announced that it will dispose of unexploded ordnances recovered from the site of the 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast in an exercise code named “EXERCISE CLEAN SWEEP”.
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2002 bomb blast: Ogun residents will hear explosion as Army set to dispose unexploded ordnances
The Nigerian Army will dispose recovered Unexploded Ordnances from the 2002 Ikeja Cantonment Bomb Blast site, at the Army Range, Owode Ajilete in Ogun, an official has stated.
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Nigerian Army injects new set of battle-ready soldiers into operations
The Nigerian Army has graduated new set of battle-ready troops to confront insecurity in the country, after months of rigorous training at the Nigerian Army Training Centre, Kachia in Kaduna state. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, on Friday in Abuja.
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JUST IN: Army speaks on Leah Sharibu’s marriage to ISWAP commander
The Nigerian Army has dismissed claims that lone Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, had remarried another Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander.
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Discipline is an important attribute of a solider – Army Commander
The Commander Corps of Artillery, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, on Saturday encouraged soldiers to remain disciplined and professional in the discharge of their constitutional duties.
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Plateau: Wounded soldiers assured adequate medical treatment after attack
The General Officer Commanding 3 Armoured Division Nigerian Army, Major General AE Abubakar, on Wednesday paid a visit to soldiers at the Jos University Teaching Hospital in Jos Plateau State, who were wounded in action during the ongoing Operation Hakorin Damisa IV.
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Daring rescue operation: Army frees 17 abductees, recover cows in Zamfara
The Nigerian Army has said that Operation Hadarin Daji troops in a daring operation successfully rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cattle. This was disclosed in an official statement by Captain Yahaya Ibrahim, representing the Force Information Officer for Operation Hadarin Daji, it was revealed that on September 14, 2023, troops thwarted a kidnapping…
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Tinubu directs immediate payment of deceased soldiers’ insurance – COAS
President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate payment of insurance entitlements owed families of officers and soldiers who died while fighting to defend the nation.
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[Watch video]: Soldiers launch reprisal attacks on LASTMA officials in Lagos
In what appears to be a retaliatory clash, a group of Nigerian Army personnel launched a reprisal attack on officials from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Monday August 14th. The incident stems from a brewing feud that emerged after an altercation between a LASTMA official and a soldier a week ago on…
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Troops arrest 3 for railtrack vandals in Nasarawa State
Troops from 4 Special Forces of the Nigerian Army Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested three suspects for railtrack vandalism at Kwarra community of Keana Local Government Area (LGA). The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 4 Special Forces Command, Doma, Maj. Joseph Afolasade, made the disclosure at a news briefing in Doma on Monday. Afolasade…