The Nigerian Army says it has stepped up operations nationwide to ensure a peaceful and conducive atmosphere for all citizens and residents during the peak of the year. Col. Aminu Iliyasu, Army Operations Media Coordinator disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that troops in the various operational theatres across the ...

The Nigerian Army says some Boko Haram terrorists are currently seeking refuge in the homes of some individuals in parts of Borno and Yobe State. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Acting Director Army Public Relations Operation Lafiya Dole, Colonel Ado Isa, the development is a result of the military’s unrelenting onslaught ...

Villagers from two local governments in Borno State; Gubio and Magumeri are now hiding in bushes following a night of terror launched by Boko Haram insurgents. The insurgents had gained free entry into the two towns unchallenged as the army had withdrawn from its locations for unexplained reasons. Civilian Joint Task Force members were the ...

    The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says a media organisation’s headline on its operational deployments for the March 9 governorship and State House of Assembly elections was misleading. NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the headline, Air ...

  The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its troops had successfully foiled attack and killed four Boko Haram insurgents at Malumfatori community in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, made the disclosure in a statement in Maiduguri. Nwachukwu disclosed that gallant troops of the ...

    In determined efforts at wiping the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE have embarked on aggressive clearance operations on suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ hideouts and crossing points with tremendous results. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman According ...

      The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has embarked on operational visit to troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, as part of effort to enhance campaign against Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast. In a statement on Friday in Maiduguri, Brig. Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations, said that ...

    Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have apprehended two female suicide bombers at Mushemiri village in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno. The army said in a twitter post that a suspected suicide bomber and her accomplice were arrested on Wednesday night while attempting to infiltrate the 222 Battalion defensive locations. It said that ...

        The Nigerian Army has announced a reversal of the decision to suspend the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) from the North-East. In a statement, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, said that the the Military premised its rethink on intervention by stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians. The ...

  On Monday December 17, 2018 President Muhammadu Buhari, who is seeking re-election for a second term of office, will be marking his 76th birthday and, in his own words, “still going strong.” His age is no longer an issue in this campaign because by the will of God, not by any design, his main ...