BOKO HARAM: 85 TERRORISTS KILLED – DHQ
On Thursday, the Defence Headquarters has stated, troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai eliminated 85 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), terrorists in…
FORMER AIR VICE MARSHAL SIKIRU SMITH, KIDNAPPED IN LAGOS
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped retired Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith in the Ajah area of Lagos State. According to an SOS voice note shared by his driver, Corporal Odiji, the…
MILITARY– REASON COMBAT HELICOPTER SHOT BOAT IN RIVERS
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has denied attacking a boat conveying people and food items from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers. In a statement on Monday, Director of Defence Information,…
Boko Haram: Military Airstrikes Destroy Terrorists Hideout, Kill Scores In Sambisa Forest
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has eliminated scores of terrorists in an airstrike in Sambisa forest, Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations,…
Boko Haram: FG To Decide Mercenaries Engagement To Fight Insurgency
The Defence Headquarters says the Federal Government will decide the engagement of mercenaries to assist the military in combating the battle against Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East. It…
Borno Rice Farmers Massacre: Army Dismisses Boko Haram’s Claim
The Defence Headquarters has dismissed the claim by the Boko Haram terrorists that the recent massacre of rice farmers in Borno was retaliation for the arrest of one of them.…
Borno: DHQ Condemned UN Report, Insists 43 Farmers Killed
By Olamilekan Alani The Defence Headquarters, on Monday, faulted a report by the United Nations that 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram in Saturday onslaught on farmers in the…
Why DHQ Won’t Speak On Gana’s Killing – Official
The Defence headquarters has refused to speak on the killing of a notorious militia leader in Benue State, Terwase Akwaza, aka Gana, by the military on Tuesday. The Coordinator, Defence…
Three Soldiers Die, Two Wounded As Troops Battle Bandits In Niger
Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Whirl Punch lost three personnel in an onslaught against bandits in Tashan Kare, Niger State. Two personnel were also wounded in the incident,…
Banditry: Military Kills 135, Urges Troops To Be Resolute
Operation Hadarin Daji has decimated several camps and killed 135 armed bandits in massive air raids. The Defence Headquarters made this known in a statement by the Coordinator, Defence Media…
