The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya has advised troops working with other security agencies to always exhibit professionalism in their job to enable them combat the current security challenges in the country. Yahaya spoke at the Sixty Battalion Parade ground at Bonny Camp on Victoria Island in Lagos during his first visit to the…
The Nigerian army has renamed operation Lafiya Dole, the codename for its operation to flush out Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists in the northeastern part of the country to operation Hadin Kai. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement. Yerima said the renaming to Hadin Kai, which means ‘cooperation’,…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has appeared before the House of Representatives’ committee investigating the use of funds meant for the purchase of arms for the military. Before his appearance yesterday, the House Committee had repeatedly summoned Lieutenant General Attahiru and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, but they…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the appointment of new Service Chiefs, following the removal of the previous ones. The new Service Chiefs include Major-General LEO IRABOR as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General IBRAHIM ATTAHIRU as Chief of Army Staff. Others are Rear Admiral ZUBAIRU GAMBO as Chief of Naval Staff; while Air-Vice Marshal I.O AMAO steps in…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has vowed that government will deal with any act of hooliganism in the form of a protest. President BUHARI also said although his government recognize the rights of citizens to protest peacefully, such must be done responsibly. The President spoke while declaring open the annual conference of the Chief of Army Staff from the…
Nigerian troops have killed a total of eight armed bandits in the ongoing “Operation Sahel Sanity” in the northwestern part of the country. Troops have also arrested 33 suspected bandits, as well as 14 informants and collaborators within the first month of the operation. Within the same period of the operation, from July 1 to July 31;…