•Nigerian troops Military investigation into the alleged coup plot has reportedly uncovered a trail of N45 billion disbursed from the bank accounts of the Niger Delta Development Commission to some politically exposed persons and the soldiers detained in connection with the rumoured conspiracy to topple President Bola Tinubu’s administration. ...
•Soldiers and Tinubu Military investigators probing an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu are reportedly grilling a Managing Director of a federal government agency in the South South region. Two intelligence officers confirmed that the MD was arrested for allegedly transferring a huge sum of money to a former Minister of State fo...
•Nigerian soldiers Troops of the Operation “Hadin Kai”, OPHK, said they killed more than 50 terrorists and repelled multiple coordinated attacks on military locations in Borno and Yobe States. Lt. Col. Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force North East, OPHK, in a statement in Maiduguri, said the simultaneous attacks oc...
•Tinubu and Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as misleading a report by an online publication insinuating that the cancellation of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary was linked to an alleged attempted military coup. The report claimed that 16 military officers,...
•Chinese President Xi Jinping China said today it has expelled two top Generals from the military and ruling Communist Party, part of corruption investigations into nine high-ranking army officials. The announcement marks the latest push in a sweeping drive to root out graft at all levels of the party and state since President Xi Jinping [&hel...
•Madagascar soldiers An elite military unit told our correspondent today it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. •Deposed President Andry Rajoelina The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down, going into hiding after weeks of anti-gove...
•Major-General Markus Kangye The Military High Command has dismissed the ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria that nullified a rule in the armed forces of Nigeria, which mandates personnel to sever for a minimum of 15 years before resigning. It specifically said since the law that established the military – the Armed Forces [&hel...
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja has nullified the rule in the Nigerian military mandating a minimum of 15 years of service before resigning from the service. Justice Emmanuel Subilim, who delivered the ruling on Tuesday, declared the rule as unconstitutional and oppressive for forcing servicemen into “modern-day slavery in th...
•Armed military men and protesting retired soldiers The Defence Headquarters has ordered retired soldiers protesting at the Federal Ministry of Finance Headquarters in Abuja to vacate the premises. It was earlier reported how dozens of retired soldiers who voluntarily exited the Nigerian Army in 2024, returned to streets after last month’s pro...
•General Christopher Musa The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has admitted that bad road networks and difficult terrains are limiting the military’s ability to respond swiftly to terror and bandit attacks across Nigeria. General Musa, who addressed the state of insecurity on Channels Television last night, said many Nig...

