The Nigerian Army has initiated an investigation following the emergence of a viral video showing a Major General and some soldiers purportedly assaulting a couple in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The altercation was said to have happened after the soldiers stopped the couple for “unlawfully overtaking” their convoy, reports Daily Trust...
•Nigerian soldiers The 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke has apprehended a 73-year-old suspected bandit informant, Alhaji Buba Maru, in Bakin Dutse, Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba. The Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde Oni, disclosed this today in a statement ...
•Late Army chief Lagbaja lying in state yesterday A major redeployment of top Generals in the Nigerian Army is imminent, following the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. Findings by our correspondent yesterday showed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would soon pronounce the newly promoted Lieutenant General Oluyede as ...
•Major General Oluyede The acting Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, a Major-General, will assume duties from today, Friday November 1, 2024. The assumption ceremony, which is expected to be brief, will hold at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, reports Daily Trust. Oluyede was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in acting capacit...
•Army chief, Lt. Gen. Lagbaja and Asari Dokubo The Defence Headquarters has responded to a viral video featuring ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, who claimed he had the capacity to bring down military aircraft allegedly hovering over his house during the recent Rivers State local government elections. Dokubo implied that the aircraft wer...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-General Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered a probe into alleged administrative discrepancies at 3 Brigade in Kano. General Lagbaja also ordered the suspension of the Brigade Commander, Brigadier General MA Sadiq, to ensure a thorough investigation, reports The Nation. The probe was launched after reports of admini...
•Discharged female soldier, Ogunleye Ruth A former female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, who was discharged from service after accusing a senior officer, Colonel I.B. Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment, has appealed to the Nigerian Army to publish the outcome of its investigation into the matter. In January 2024, via her TikTok page, @Ogunleye...
•Ruth Ogunleye Authorities of the Nigerian Army, today announced that it has discharged a female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, who accused a senior officer, Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment. Army specifically said the female soldier was eased out of the service on medical ground after the conclusion of its probe, adding that by ...
•Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that the Nigerian Army will resist all calls for undemocratic intervention in governance by the Armed Forces of Nigeria, saying it is not poised to lose the new prestige it has painstakingly built in the past 25 years. The […]
•Palestinians flee from a school where they had taken refuge, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis City on Saturday, after retrieving the bodies of five Israelis and warning of new operations. […]...
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