Army

Nigerians have taken to micro blogging platform Twitter to call out the Nigeria Army over reported military actions on Orlu, a relatively peaceful urban city with civilian population in Imo state. According to reports making the rounds…
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Guns and 592 rounds of ammunition have been recovered by the Department of State Services (DSS) and the army in a sting operation in Ebonyi state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the arms were recovered at Effium, a town in Ohaukwu local…
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The Centre for African Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has rubbished reports of extra-judicial killing of six Igbo personnel in the Nigerian Army levelled against immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur…
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The Nigerian Army has disbanded its legal team and also pulled out of investigative hearing of the Lagos State Judicial Panel investigating the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate on October 20, 2020. Making the…
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The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says he left the Nigerian Army better than he met. Buratai stated this in his valedictory speech during the Pulling Out Parade by the Nigerian Army on Friday in…
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Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has narrated how former President Olusegun Obasanjo nearly retired him as a young officer in the Nigerian Army 21 years ago. Speaking at the Army headquarters in Abuja during a formal…
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Troops of Operation TURA TAKAIBANGO, a new operation recently launched by the Army said it has killed 28 Boko Haram terrorists in an encounter at Gujba village in Gujba Local Government area of Yobe State. In a statement just released by…
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The year 2020 will be remembered as the year the Nigerian Army recorded its greatest onslaught so far against the evils of banditry, insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria. This year has seen the Nigerian Army tackling all forms of…
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Sixty-six suspected criminals comprising of kidnappers, bandits, armed robbers, gunrunners, bandit collaborators, and informants have been arrested by the personnel of the Nigerian Army Four Special Forces Command. The suspects were…
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By Thomas Uzah PhD It will be twisted logic and misplaced sense of judgment of the exact reality to assert that the Nigerian Army is having good times in infrastructural provisions under the supervision of its current Chief of Army Staff…
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The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, in an article published on Wednesday, said Boko Haram has not been defeated because the terrorist group is backed by the treacherous international community. According to the…
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The report by Cable News Network (CNN) on the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos was a "poor" hatchet job targeted at the Nigerian Army, the International Institute for Investigative Journalism (c) has said. In an electronic…
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The conduct of the Nigerian Army at the Lekki Tollgate has been described commendable and in tandem with international best practices by a British freelance journalist Michael Edwards. Mr. Edwards, who is also an expert in radio-visual…
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The March4Nigeria movement has urged Nigerians and the international community to disregard CNN's report on the Lekki shooting in Lagos, noting that it is targeted at demonising the Nigerian military. The group said after a careful…
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has maintained that the Nigerian Army was professional in its conduct. Buratai made the remark in response to a report by CNN on the shooting of End SARS protesters at Lekki toll gate in…
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Three #EndSARS protesters have revealed the identities of 22 persons alleged to have suffered gunshot wounds during the October 20 shootings by the military and police at the Lekki Toll Gate. They alleged several others were shot dead by…
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The Nigerian Army on Saturday expressed their displeasure with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on two grounds, while speaking at the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other…
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