Tag: Nigerian Army
Lagos Schools Set For 4th Tertiary Games
The organisers of the Lagos Tertiary Games say the participating institutions have started preparation ahead of the championship which runs…
Nigerian army explains Zaria explosions
The Nigerian army has explained the reason for the bomb explosions and the gun fire that rocked the Nigerian northern…
Cobham’s Mom Wins Celebrity Show
Mrs Gladys Asuquo, the mother of celebrated singer-song writer-producer, Cobhams, has won the Supermom Celebrity edition. The former clerical officer…
NBA demands apology from Nigeria’s army
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Gombe has issued a seven-day ultimatum to military authorities in the state to apologise…
Nigeria’s Army uncovers bomb factory
The Nigerian Army in Kaduna on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspected member of a terror group after raiding…
Army fines officers for using Lagos BRT lane
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday fined Col. Kayode Yusuf and Staff Sergeant Aliu Adeomi, N25, 000 for violating the Lagos…
Fake Lt. Col., Others Arrested In Ogun
The police in Sango, Ogun State have arrested a man impersonating a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigerian Army. The suspect,…
Nigerian Killings: Army mounts ‘Operation sweep and search’
The Nigerian army said Sunday it plans to raid suspected militant hideouts in several central villages after attacks last weekend…
Killing of army general: Police Arrest 4
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of retired Brigadier-General Sylvester Iruh. He…
One person injured in Kaduna blast
The Nigerian Army has confirmed an explosion from an improvised explosive device along Kaduna-Zaria road. The explosion which occurred between…
Boko Haram: Army chief warns combat troops
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Soldiers deployed as members of the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, have been urged…
Nigerian army to unveil first locally made APCs
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja The Nigerian Army has concluded plans to unveil the first locally made Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), which is…
Soldiers Arrest 14 Cultists At Cemetery
Soldiers from the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Calabar, Cross River State, have arrested 14 members of the KKK…
Army consoles family of Yusuf Ali, Dana crash victim
The Nigerian Army has condoled with the family of Lt. Col. Ali Yusuf who died in the ill-fated DANA plane…
2 Enweremadu princes detained by Nigeria soldiers
The Enweremadu royal family of Ngwaukwu, Isialangwa, Abia state, eastern Nigeria, has appealed to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.…
Army arrests 2 Boko Haram members, kills 1
Soldiers in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed a suspected member of the Boko Haram Islamist sect and wounded…
Army Assault Boats Commissioned
Eight Assault boats and eight Fast Assault Craft imported by the Nigerian Army since 2008 without the necessary combat facilities…
Fake Army Colonel Arrested
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested a middle aged colonel over impersonation. The…
N45m Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Female Architect
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, March 29, 2012 arraigned Architect Nwanne Okengwu Emeh of Dunnel World…
Security Agencies Keep Tab On Alien Influx Into Lagos
Security agencies in Lagos State may soon clamp down on illegal aliens in the tate just as the State Police…
Army Barracks Bombed In Kaduna
Bomb explosions rocked the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria at about 11.15 a.m. today. The…
Army Threatens To Demolish More Houses
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday warned encroachers on its cantonment at Ojo, Lagos to vacate the premises fast or face…
15 Suspects In EFCC Net Over Illegal Bunkering
Fifteen suspects arrested by men of the Nigerian Army and Navy for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products are…
Attempt To Bomb Army Barracks Foiled
Commander of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig-General Tukur Y. Buratai has disclosed the arrest of suspects with links with the…
Lagos Govt: We Didn’t Ask For Soldiers
Lagos State Government has debunked the claim by Nigeria’s military authorities that the deployment of soldiers on the streets of…
Nigerian Army: Lagos Government Deployed Soldiers
The Nigerian Army has disagreed with Bello Haliru Mohammed, the Minister of Defence over whose authority the controversial deployment of…
Boko Haram: Army Acquires Bomb Detectors
The Nigeria Army on Tuesday stated that it has acquired modern explosive detectors and other Hi- Tech equipment in an…
Fake Soldier Arraigned
A suspected fake soldier has been arraigned in the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a one-count charge of impersonating the Nigerian…
Army Parades 19 Cult Suspects
The 82 Division Garrison Anti-kidnapping unit of the Nigerian Army Friday paraded 19 suspected cult members arrested from Enugu State…
‘Soldier Deserves Punishment’
Erstwhile ‘Ewi’ exponent turned businessman, Mr. Olusesan James Adewusi, a.k.a. Tantolorun, has observed that the errant soldier who caused commotion…