The Nigerian Army 34 Artillery Brigade Obinze Imo State has arrested a 27-year old man, Mr. Ejike Anyaibe from Ikeduru local government area of Imo State, for allegedly parading himself as an army captain and extorting money from unsuspecting Imo citizens with the aim of securing them opportunity in the on-going recruitment in the Nigerian Army. While parading the suspect at the command headquarters in Obin ...

The Nigerian Army, 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, Imo state has arrested a 27 year old man Mr. Ejike Anyaibe from Ikeduru local government area of Imo state for allegedly parading himself as an army captain and extorting money from unsuspecting victims with the aim of securing them opportunity in the ongoing recruitment. While parading the suspect at the command headquarters in Obinze, Owerri the Imo state c ...

The Nigerian Army has alerted the public on the use of military camouflage by members of the Boko Haram sect to perpetrate violence and create an impression that the military is responsible. The Chief of Civil Military Affairs of the Nigerian Army, Major General Mobolaji Koleoso, told a news conference in Abuja on Friday that most of the terrors unleashed on civilians which are blamed on the military are pe ...

The Nigerian Army has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew across Adamawa State, one of the three states that had a state of emergency imposed on them by President Goodluck Jonathan for a massive military onslaught to flush out members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. In a statement signed by the Nigerian Army spokesperson in Adamawa, Mohammed Nuhu, the army urged all the residents to abide by the curfew. Also, th ...

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday launched a military campaign with over 2,000 soldiers, to flush Islamist militants out of bases in the country's North East border areas. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States following unabated insurgent attacks by members of Boko Haram. Troops moved into the region in large numbers, part of a plan to rout an in ...

As part of measures to effectively tackle the current security challenges in the country, the military has revealed plans to introduce an anti-insurgency unit as obtainable in other parts of the world. The Chief of Defence Staff, Rear Admiral Ola Ibrahim disclosed this while receiving a delegation of course fifty-three of the Indian National Defence College in Abuja, adding that the planned anti-insurgency ...

The Nigerian Army has announced plans to host the first ever Combat Sports Championships in Kaduna from the 20th of May with the aim of discovering talents in boxing, judo, wrestling and teakwondo. Addressing a news conference in Abuja, Commander Infantry Corps of the Army and Chairman, Organising Committee, Major General Kenneth Minimah says the championship will help reposition the Nigerian Army as a majo ...

As part of enhancing the proficiency of the officers on operation planning for joint and single service operations, officers of the Three Division of Nigeria Army were engaged in operational and administrative competencies of commanders at all levels particularly those involved in internal security operations. General Officer Commanding Three Division, Major General Ebobowei Bona Awala, assured that the div ...

About 200 drums of “stolen”diesel have been destroyed by the the General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major General Olaniyi Adebayo in Odukpani Local Government Area of the State. Items destroyed are 200drums of diesel which was impounded by the Joint Tax Force, Operation Pulo Shield, in Calabar, One truck load of diesel, six generating sets, one J-5 bus and several houses rai ...

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the reported killing of 187 people, mostly women and children, in the town of Baga in Borno state during a clash between suspected members of Boko Haram and the Joint Task Force (JTF) last weekend. In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party also warned the JTF against engaging in extra-judicial kil ...