Chief of Naval Staff, received a gift from DG, NAPTIP, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim All is set for what is expected to be a fruitful collaboration between The Nigerian Air Force NAF and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP, in hopes of combating human trafficking and...
The Federal Government has said that a huge amount of money, running into billions of naira, approved for the purchase of weapons under the former service chiefs cannot be accounted for. National Security Adviser NSA, General Babagana Monguno, while disclosing this in an interview with BBC Hausa service on Friday,...
The Ministry of Defence, MOD, has assured of its full support to the Nigerian Navy (NN) in carrying out its constitutional mandate of securing the nation’s maritime environment. Mr. Musa Istifanus, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defense, gave the assurance today, on the occasion of his maiden familiarization visit to the...
The nation's Service Chiefs, led by the Chief of Defense Staff CDS,  Major General Lucky Irabor, have arrived Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. At the Government House, where they were received today by the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, General Irabor gave assurances that the Armed Forces was working assiduously...
The Nigerian Army has appointed Major-General Sagir Yaro as the commandant of the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), a military university based in Kaduna. In a statement on Wednesday, March 10, the academy's spokesperson, Bashir Jagira, disclosed that Yaro is replacing Maj. Gen. Jamil Sarham, who is to proceed on a...
The Ministry of Defence has assured the Nigerian Army of adequate support to defeat terrorism, banditry and other security challenges currently confronting Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Dr Musa Istifanus gave this assurance on Wednesday during a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General...
The Emir of Damaturu, His Royal Highness Alhaji Dr Shehu Hashimi II Ibn Umar El-Amin Kanemi, has disclosed that the Yobe State Traditional Rulers Council are in total support of the ongoing military operations especially Operation Tura Takaibango that was launched by the Nigerian Army, aimed at destroying all...
The combined troops of Sector 1 Operation LAFIYA DOLE and 402 Special Forces Brigade have continued to clear all villages and enclaves hitherto inhabited by the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and their Islamic State West Africa Province ISWAP counterparts  around Chikun Gudu, Kerenoa axis and environs in the ongoing...
In furtherance to the implementation of the presidential order on terrorism and banditry in the country, the nation's Service Chiefs have visited Zamfara State. The Service Chiefs; Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Chief of the Air...
The Nigerian Army has reiterated that neither ethnic nor religious sentiments are considered when troops are being deployed for service. The Nigerian Army, responding to a viral video-cilp showing the renowned and respected Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi alleging among others, that solsiers are divided into Muslims and non-Muslims, refuted...