Amid the escalating security crisis across Nigeria, the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force are grappling with gross underfunding, particularly in the acquisition of security and defence equipment, according to records from the federal government’s Open Treasury Portal. Details of the 2025 budget performance posted on the portal showed th...
•Late Lieutenant Jude Ude The bereaved family of late Lieutenant Jude Osondu Ude has called for urgent justice and a full-scale investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death, raising alarming concerns over alleged internal sabotage within the Nigerian Army. In a strongly worded press statement issued on Saturday and titled “Blood ...
The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have confirmed that personnel involved in a clash between operatives of the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Army in Bayelsa State have been identified and taken into custody. The development follows a viral video circulating on social media showing an altercation between the two military services yesterday, Fri...
•Soldiers Troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), and local volunteer forces yesterday successfully foiled what locals said would have been a large-scale attack by bandits on Bagna and Erena communities in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. Credible security sources disclosed that the move by the operatives ...
Members of the community where kidnappers abducted worshippers during Easter Service have denied the claim that 31 victims were rescued. It was earlier reported how bandits invaded a branch of The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in Arikon community, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing five persons and abducting worshipp...
•Stop-and-search by soldiers Troops of the Nigerian Army, under Operation Enduring Peace, have commenced a comprehensive stop-and-search exercise across the Jos metropolis in Plateau State, following a recent attack in Jos North in which over 28 people were killed and more than 50 others injured. A statement signed by the Media Information Off...
A Niger Delta sociocultural group, the Wakirike (Okirika) National Congress of Ogoloma, Okrika in Rivers State, has called on the Nigerian Army to vacate the community’s Skills Acquisition Centre for Youth and National Development without further delay. In a statement made available to journalists in Warri today, the group expressed concern th...
•The troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) The Nigerian Army says more Boko Haram suicide bombers may have deployed multiple suicide bombers in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, after multiple blasts rocked the city last night. In a statement today, the spokesperson of Operation Hadin Kai, said suspected Boko Haram suicid...
•Kits belonging to fallen soldiers Troops of Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have buried soldiers killed during an encounter with Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. The solemn burial ceremony took place at the Maimalari Military Cantonment Cemetery in Maiduguri this weekend, reports Sunday Trust. In a statement, the...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N3 million in damages against the Army and seven others over the brutalisation of a Deputy Director at Command Secondary School, Ipaja, Ambrose Akhigbe. The court held that the severe beating constituted a threat to Akhigbe’s life, adding that he was very fortunate to survive the incident, […]...
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