Nigerian Army

Army Chief’s death: Navy cancels 65th anniversary celebration

Following the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and some senior officers, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Awwal...

‘A tremendous soldier and teammate’: Army confirms death of COAS

The Nigerian Army has announced the passing away of its Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. The sad event occurred...

Army headquarters in Abuja hit by fire

  The Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja has been gutted by fire. An electrical fault caused a minor fire at the complex on...

Aiyetoro community to Nigerian Army : Gen. Irefin did not die of COVID-19

  Contrary to claims by the military authorities that Major General Olubunmi Irefin, died of COVID-19-related complications, his kinsmen in Aiyetoro-Gbede in Kogi State said...

Chief of Army Staff Conference attendee, Maj.-Gen. Olubunmi Irefin, dies of COVID-19

  The Nigerian Army has announced the fatality of the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Maj.-Gen. Olubunmi Irefin, from COVID-19 complications...

Idle soldier, in a fit of unwarranted temper, assaults teenage girl in Ogun for “indecent dressing”

  A soldier, who left his core duty of defending the territorial integrity and securing the people, had in a fit of temper...

Buratai to Army generals: Shun invitation by politicians to sack Buhari’s government

  Incensed by some political undercurrent in the polity, the Nigerian Army authorities have sounded a keep-off warning to officers on staging a...

Lekki shootings: CNN video report “shoots down’’ Gov. Sanwo-Olu, Army’s claims, denying live bullets were applied on protesters

    Controverting the claims of Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Nigeria Army chiefs downplaying the October 20 shootings at the...

2021 Armed Forces Day: Honour fallen heroes, veterans, SGF urges Nigerians

  Nigerians have been urged to honour the nation’s fallen heroes and military veterans who paid the supreme sacrifice for the nation’s unity...

Hoodlums attacks, looting: Army says it is deploying troops across Nigeria

  In a bid to restore law and order after the wave of hoodlums attack following #EndSARS protests,  the Nigerian Army says it...

Soldiers, other security agents take over Abuja road, scuttle #EndSARS protest

    Abuja residents and #EndSARS protesters were shocked to find soldiers, Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps men positioned strategically on...

Two “bloody civilians”caught impersonating soldiers in Osun

  By Boye Ajayi The long arm of the law has caught up with two men, who allegedly impersonated soldiers in Osogbo, Osun...

Beyond the sacking of  Service Chiefs

By Victor Mayomi Public Service is a thankless job. The Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs should therefore be comforted by this...

Insurgency: Buhari says state governments, people should appreciate troops sacrifices

  In spite of the inability of the military to win the nearly 10-year-old insurgency war in the Northern part of the country,...

Polytechnic student demands N1bn damages after soldier’s bullet chopped off his leg

        About two-and-a half years after he was amputated following a soldier’s bullet that hit his leg, a polytechnic student,...

Illegal duty: Court orders Nigerian Army to pay N50m for fatally beating man

The beating to death of a man, Otunba Ajayi Oladele, by some soldiers in Warri, Delta State, has cost the Nigerian Army N50...