The office of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is the highest office in the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). The CDS superintends over the 3 services of the AFN: Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air force. In this capacity, the CDS, as the foremost military commander...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has conducted a 5-day capacity building workshop for medical laboratory scientists at the 661 NAF Hospital (661 NAFH) Ikeja, Lagos. The workshop, which commenced on 10 August, had in attendance, 30 medical laboratory scientists drawn from NAF units across the country. NAF said, the workshop was...
The wife of the current Chief of Defence Staff, Barrister Mrs. Victoria Irabor has assumed office as the 14th president of the Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association DEPOWA. Speaking during the formal handing and taking over ceremony, which was held at the General AG Olonisakin Multi-Purpose Hall, DEPOWA Schools,...
The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, on Monday decorated 10 newly promoted Senior Police Officers at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The decoration ceremony comes on the heels of the recent promotion of 6,601 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force including 1 DIG, 4 AIGs, 3 CPs, 3 DCPs,...
The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, has charged the newly commissioned Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers of Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) Course 29/2020 to positively deploy the knowledge acquired during their training to defend the territorial integrity and national interests of Nigeria. The...
The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole, under its subsidiary, Operation Hail Storm 2 has eliminated several terrorists and destroyed their structures, including logistics facilities, at Arina Woje, Warshale and Valangide in Borno State. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche, made this known in...
As part of efforts to support ongoing operations in the North Western Zone of the country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has today deployed Special Forces (SF) operatives to Southern Kaduna. The SF Team, led by the Commander of the 403 Force Protection Group (403 FPG), Squadron Leader Richard Ngaro,...
The Defence Headquarters has today issued a press statement dissociating itself from 'misleading reports' authored by a news media outlet known as 'Defence News Nigeria', with regards to the acquisition of 8 state-of-the-art armed attack drones last week. The press statement, signed by the Coordinator, Defense Media Operations, Maj. Gen....
The Plateau State Government has indicated interest to immortalize the former Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), late General Domkat Yah Bali (rtd), who died December 4, 2020 at the age of 80. The State Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong disclosed this at the funeral service and...
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has challenged newly graduated personnel of specialized sundry courses at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Kaduna, to be innovative and focused, and to bring the skills acquired during their training to bear in the discharge of...