•The victims Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 13 Brigade have rescued 18 passengers, including two infants, following a boat hijacking incident along the Nigeria–Cameroon waterways. The incident occurred yesterday, Sunday, January 11, 2026, when suspected sea pirates hijacked a passenger boat operating along the Kombo Fishing Port axis within Cam...
•Lt.Col. Appolonia Anele The Nigerian Army has raised the alarm over social media accounts created and operated by unscrupulous individuals who claim to represent or be associated with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu. Army’s spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Apollonia Anele raised the alarm in a statement today. A...
•Kwara Police PRO, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the receipt and subsequent release of six vigilante members who were earlier arrested by personnel of the Nigerian Army in Edo State. The Command, in a statement yesterday by its Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the vigilante...
The Nigerian Army has suspended all statutory and voluntary retirements for certain categories of officers following the nationwide security emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu. Over 600 cases of mass abductions were recorded in November alone. Some of the incidents included the kidnapping of over 300 students in Niger State, 38 worshi...
•Nigerian soldiers The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has cautioned the police and the Army against militarising the Anambra governorship election or issuing threats capable of scaring voters ahead of Saturday’s poll. Intersociety warned the Nigerian Armed Forces — including the Anambra State Police Co...
The Nigerian Army has commenced an investigation into the circumstances that led a soldier, Lance Corporal Akinyele Femi, serving at 221 Battalion, Wawa Cantonment, Niger State, to kill his wife and commit suicide on October 11. Capt. Stephen Nwankwo, the Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, explained ...
•Nigerian soldiers The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointments of some senior officers to key command, instructional, and staff positions across various formations and units of the Nigerian Army. This was contained in a statement made available to defence correspondents in Abuja...
•Stakeholders at the 6 Brigade Conference Room in Jalingo for the peace dialogue The Nigerian Army has brokered a peace agreement between the Tiv and Fulani communities in the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State to end years of recurring clashes. The dialogue, held yesterday at the 6 Brigade Conference Room in Jalingo, brought […...
•Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said the military had killed Mohammed Sinwar, the presumed leader of Hamas in Gaza and the brother of slain former chief Yahya Sinwar. “In 600 days of the ‘War of Revival’, we have indeed changed the face of the Middle East,” Netanyahu told parliament. ...
Authorities of the Nigerian Army, yesterday allayed the fear of residents of the Federal Capital Territory over an explosion that happened in Abuja. Recall that there was an explosion at a bus stop in front of the popular Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja along Abuja-Nyanga road in the early hours of the day, reports Daily Trust. […]
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