The Nigerian Army has announced the commencement of online registration for the 89 Regular Recruits Intake Exercise for Trades/Non-Tradesmen and Women. According to an announcement on the official X account of the Nigerian Army today, applicants must be single, Nigerian citizens by birth, and possess a valid National Identity Number (NIN) and ...
•Colonel Nasiru Salami A Nigerian Civil War veteran, Col Nasiru Salami (retd), has lamented what he described as the poor treatment of retirees of the Nigerian Army by military authorities. The 76-year-old civil war veteran was a guest on Channels Television today on the occasion of the 2025 Armed Forces’ Remembrance Day. In a touching [&helli...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army (NA) to various command, staff and instructional positions. In a statement, Army spokesman Major General Onyema Nwachukwu said the redeployment is a strategic move to enhance operational effe...
The Nigerian Army has remained silent on the death of two leaders from the Okuama community, Delta State. Okuama’s President-General, Pa James Oghoroko, and the 81-year-old community’s treasurer, Dennis Okugbaye, died in army’s custody within six days intervals, reports Sunday PUNCH. Both Oghoroko and Okugbaye were reportedly detained by the m...
•Fisayo Soyombo The Nigerian Army has released investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo. According to the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), this development followed an intense media campaign advocating for his release. In a social media post yesterday, FIJ revealed that the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers ...
•Soyombo The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has reportedly detained investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo. The Foundation For Investigative Journalism (FIJ) disclosed this via X this morning. According to the post, the arrest took place three days ago, reports Daily Trust. “The 6 Division of the Nigerian Arm...
•Nigerian soldiers on parade The Nigerian Army has opened its portal for 88 Regular Recruit Intake Exercise for Trades/Non-Trades men and women. Method of Application Interested candidates are advised to complete the free online application form, submit it online, and print a copy. Then, print and complete the Guarantor Form. The exercise runs...
•Ruth Ogunleye A former soldier, Ruth Ogunleye, while speaking with Sunday PUNCH, recounts her nightmarish ordeal of alleged sexual assault perpetrated by her superior, at the Nigerian Army Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo, Lagos. You made allegations of sexual assault against your superior while you were in the Nigerian Army. How did it happen?...
•Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Lagbaja Two lawyers – Mr Siraj Hamza and Junaid Sanusi – have called on the Nigerian Army to comply with the judgment of a Borno State High Court directing it to release 14 of their clients from illegal detention. Hamza also called on the Attorney-General of the Federation and […]
•Soldiers No fewer than 1,008 soldiers have resigned from the Nigerian Army. The figure was from media reports of resignations from 2020 to 2024. According to reports, in 2023, the Nigerian Army approved the retirement of no fewer than 59 soldiers, reports The PUNCH. In August this year, 196 soldiers resigned from the Nigerian Army; […]...
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