Tag: Nigerian Army

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, regrets to announce the passing of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56. Contained in ...

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). According to a release issued on Wednesday by the Adviser to the ...

The Nigerian Army has declared that the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja is on leave. The development follows reports that the COAS is currently incapacitated due ...

Hamidat Kelani reports - The Defence Headquarters said that Nigeria troops killed 6,886 terrorist and other criminal elements, arrested 6970 suspects and rescued 4,488 kidnapped hostages between January to December ...

Lagos State Police Command has asked the Nigerian Army to fish out soldiers behind the torture and murder of Inspec­tor Monday Orukpe who was among the five policemen at­tacked for ...

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Monday, gave a cash gift of N5 million to soldiers injured during an encounter with Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, has ordered troops to gun down bandits and criminals terrorising the state and bring their corpses and weapons. He gave the ...