•US aircraft and soldiers International media reports at the weekend indicated that United States military aircraft and an initial batch of American troops have arrived in north-east Nigeria, in what many describe as a possible expansion of counter-terrorism cooperation between Nigeria and Washington. According to a report by The New York Time...
•CDS Olufemi Oluyede (C) The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Olufemi Oluyede, has warned troops deployed to the Niger Delta against involvement in oil theft or any form of compromise while carrying out their constitutional duty of protecting critical oil and gas infrastructure vital to Nigeria’s economic sustainability. The warning was delivered...
•American soldiers The United States is currently making plans to send 200 troops to Nigeria, according to New York Times. This is in addition to the special forces that are already on ground to help Nigeria tackle its war against insecurity. Last week, the Commander of the United States Africa Command, Gen Dagvin R. Anderson, […]
•Troops Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled a major Boko Haram attack in Ngamdu town, Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing scores of terrorists in a fierce gun duel that also claimed the lives of four soldiers. The incident, which occurred along the Maiduguri–Damaturu–Kano/Jos road — about 100 kilometres from Maiduguri me...
•Troops The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the troops of Operation UDO KA, have apprehended three suspects in connection with the kidnap of Anambra State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations...
•Troops are seen on motorcycles during a coordinated operation in Taraba State Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have announced the arrest of 18 serving soldiers and 15 police officers for allegedly selling arms to terrorists and other criminal elements. Addressing journalists in Maiduguri on the activities of troops in the North-East, the ...
•Nigerian troops The Senate today asked the military to urgently redeploy personnel and advanced equipment to Borno and Yobe states, following a resurgence of attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in the areas. The resolution followed renewed insurgent attacks in the North-East region, including the killing of over a dozen soldiers in Marte town of...
•Terrorists Unspecified numbers of Nigerian military personnel have been missing in a recent ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Baga, at the fringes of the Lake Chad. Personnel of the armed forces, who spoke to our correspondent in anonymity, said soldiers were ambushed while trying to recover dead bodies of 40 residents killed by the [&hellip...
•Nigerian troops The acting Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede, visited the 8 Division of the Nigerian Army in Sokoto yesterday as part of efforts to combat the new terror group, Lukarawa. Olukoyede ordered the troops to crush the new terror group which was reportedly inducing youths in the state into its fold, […]
•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel’s army chief told soldiers today to prepare for a possible ground offensive to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon as the air force conducted hundreds of deadly strikes around the country. “We are attacking all day, both to prepare the ground for the possibility of your entry, but also to continue [&hel...

