•US Army soldier in universal camouflage uniform Foreign nationals seeking opportunities to serve in a foreign military can apply to join the armed forces of several countries, although eligibility depends on nationality, immigration status, military experience and the recruitment programme available. Countries such as France, the United Kingd...
•General Tukur Buratai (rtd) Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai (rtd), has said the $1billion approved for defence procurement during his tenure as Army Chief was released to the Ministry of Defence. Buratai stated this at the Defence Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (DECAN) Conference in Abuja today. According to the ...
•Troops Security agencies have heightened surveillance around schools, NYSC orientation camps, places of worship and other vulnerable locations following intelligence indicating plans by terrorists to launch coordinated attacks across the country. The Nigeria Police Force, in a security alert circulated to its formations nationwide, warned of ...
•Tinubu and terrorists The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declined to comment on allegations that the Tinubu-led federal government reached a secret ceasefire deal with Boko Haram in June 2026. A report published yesterday by The New Humanitarian alleged that the federal government and Boko Haram agreed to a ceasefire following negotiations li...
•Nigeria Police Force To prepare security officers, media, and other stakeholders for a peaceful and credible 2027 general election, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Zone 2 Command, today flagged off a training on election security management, charging participants to be neutral, professional, and patriotic. The event, themed: “Professionalism,...
•Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede The Defence Headquarters has raised the alarm over a fabricated artificial intelligence-generated video falsely portraying the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, as making partisan political statements. The military described the video as a deliberate attempt to deceive the public,...
The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that its official X account has been compromised in an attempted unauthorised access. The DHQ, in a statement yesterday by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, said the incident was being treated as a cybersecurity matter, with technical measures activated to secure the account....
•The suspects Operatives of the Department of State Services and troops of the Nigerian Army yesterday foiled a major attempt by members of the outlawed Eastern Security Network to kidnap scores of students writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination in some Southeast states. The targeted schools for the abductions w...
•Terrorists The Nigerian military has raised the alarm over possible terror attacks by Boko Haram and ISWAP at densely populated locations across the North-East during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The spokesman of the Headquarters Joint Task Force (North-East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Lt. Col. Sani Uba, gave the warning in a s...
•Major General Michael Onoja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has dismissed claims that any terrorist group has established a permanent operational base in the South-West geopolitical zone of the country. The clarification followed reports in some quarters alleging that terrorist groups had established operational bases in the region after the r...
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