•General Abubakar Soldiers cannot return to power because military rule is outdated, former Military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), said yesterday. He noted that in the last 25 years, democratic rule has survived the onslaught of reactionary forces, reports The Nation. Gen. Abdulsalami said he was proud of laying a solid f...
•Terrorists Military authorities in Nigeria have confirmed the death of 22 troops during one of their operations in the North-East region of the country. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the incident came during a clearance operation at a renowned terrorist stronghold and enclave known as Timbuktu Triangle. “Overall, during the course of th...
•Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has said that he was fully aware of the military airstrike in the state which led to the death of some civilians. Dauda Lawal stated this during an interview on Channels TV. Recall that 16 residents including vigilantes were killed by military airstrike in […]
•Tinubu Nigeria’s military personnel are now expressly prohibited from engaging in homosexuality, lesbianism, bestiality, cross-dressing, and other acts deemed contrary to the ethics of the armed forces. The personnel are equally barred from body piercing, tattooing, disorderly behaviour, and drunkenness on or off duty, reports Sunday PUNCH. T...
•Defence chief, General Christopher Musa Nigeria’s Armed Forces has dropped to 39th in the 2024 Global Firepower (GFP) rankings globally. This marks the third consecutive decline after being ranked 36th in 2023 and 35th in 2022, reports Vanguard. 145 countries were considered in the annual Global Firepower review. On the African continent, the...
•Soldiers The military high command, today, provided an insight into what transpired between terrorists and personnel attached to Forward Operating Base, Sabon Gari Area in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. Specifically, it confirmed that 6 soldiers lost their lives during the encounter while 34 terrorists, who had attempted to surp...
•Tinubu and Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa President Bola Tinubu has approved $20,000 foreign medical treatment, bullet-proof SUVs and cooks, among other benefits, as a retirement package for service chiefs and generals, which the Nigerian Medical Association, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, and the ...
•Sokoto bombing site Days after military airstrikes killed at least 10 people in Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in the Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Christmas Day, some residents of the agrarian community have rejected claims by the military that those hit were terrorists. Reports indicated that the fighter jet was target...
A fighter jet mistakenly bombed two communities in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State in the early hours yesterday. The jet, targeting Lakurawa jihadists in the Surame forest, dropped bombs on assemblies of innocent villagers in Gidan Bisa, Gitta Rana, and Runtuwa villages of Silame Ward in Silame Local Government Area. According to ...
•Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede The family of the 81-year-old Pa Dennis Okugbaye, the treasurer of the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, who died in military detention on December 10, 2024, have explained the circumstances surrounding his death. The revelation came as the Delta State [...
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