Tag: Military

By Babatunji Wusu New details have come to light regarding the tragic passing of Brigadier-General O.O. Braimoh, who lost his life during a violent insurgent raid on a military base…

|By Adejumo Adekunle – Reports indicate that Nigerian Army forces are locked in an intense firefight with bandits led by infamous gang leader Bello Turji in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State.…

According to the Military Pensions Board, the payment of the outstanding Security Debarment Allowance to qualifying military retirees or Next of Kin of deceased military personnel has begun. A Security…

On Monday,  a Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned that military’s action against armed herders would worsen the insecurity situation rather than solve it. Gumi, revealed this in…

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,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned would-be terrorists and bandits targeting schools. In a statement issued on Saturday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, the president said the country would not allow…

The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Tuesday in Abuja, officially pulled out of the Nigerian Army in a parade at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro.…

South Korea has caught a suspected North Korean man after he crossed the heavily fortified de-militarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries. Troops tracked him for three hours on Tuesday…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja has fixed April 22, 2021, to deliver judgment in a case on killings, raping, maiming of Nigerians and other residents, and destruction of property…

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, elder statesman and a chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), has described late Rear Adm. Ndubuisi Kanu as a dedicated loyalist to the cause of restructured…