The Nigerian Army has arrested 12 people connected to Mahmuda, a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, in Kwara State.
The arrests took place during a series of raids in Kainji Lake National Park, which spans both Kwara and Niger states.
Major General...
The Nigerian Army’s 6 Division in Port Harcourt, in collaboration with other security agencies, has seized 60,000 litres of petroleum products and dismantled 32 illegal refineries in operations carried out from January 6 to January 12, 2025.
According to a...
The Nigerian Army has dismissed social media claims suggesting the presence of a French military base in Borno State, labelling the reports as false and misleading.
This follows a statement by activist Mahdi Shehu, who shared a video on X...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has categorically denied news making rounds it appointed an acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS) saying no such position exist in its hierarchy. The Army had clarified on Saturday that the Chief of Army Staff...
The Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has said the Nigerian military is ill-equipped and lacks the wherewithal to end Boko Haram or banditry. Ndume, who is a former chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, made the revelation...
The acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Jonah Danjuma, has announced that troops of the division intercepted 60,000 liters of stolen petrol and recovered two AK-47 rifles and seven boats from suspected oil thieves in...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that its troops, in coordination with other security forces, successfully neutralized many terrorists during a raid operation to dismantle a terrorist base in the Mandara mountains.
The Army said that Consequent to the offensive, some...
Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army announced they arrested 21 suspected oil thieves, deactivated illegal refineries and confiscated over 120,000 litres of stolen oil across the Niger Delta. The Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Danjuma Jonah...
Armed men, suspected to be bandits, terrorizing border communities in Sokoto state, reportedly planned an ambush on a group of soldiers deployed to the region, killing 4 of them and seriously wounding 7 others in a gunfight.
The attack happened...
Operatives of the Nigerian Army say they have handed over more than three hundred rescued victims of kidnapping to the Borno state government. The Theatre Commander, “Operation Hadin Kai”, Major General Shuaibu Waidi, who made the announcement said the...
