The Nigerian Army has taken disciplinary action against six soldiers, dismissing them from service for allegedly fleeing from the scene of a Boko Haram attack in Damboa, Borno State. The soldiers, attached to Operation Lafiya Dole, were said to have withdrawn from the war front after running out of ammunition during the fight against the…
The identities of the soldiers killed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have been revealed. On Friday, the military high command confirmed that five of its troops deployed at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Area adjourning Aba metropolis in Abia State were killed. Those who died include two sergeants,…
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported how the lifeless body of the woman wearing hijab was discovered on Friday by the daughter of an army lieutenant around the division’s officers quarters. Private Mohammed Adamu with service number 21NA/80/0365 has been identified as the alleged killer of the woman who was stabbed inside the 82nd (Airborne and Amphibious)…
The Nigerian Army has dismissed claims of a plot to overthrow the Tinubu administration. Sahara reporters earlier reported that the Guards Brigade is on high alert over “unusual movements, leading to suspicion of a coup plot in Nigeria”. It also claimed that the development prompted an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the Commander…
In a groundbreaking achievement for Nigeria and the African continent, Brigadier General Gabriel Olufemi Esho has been appointed as the Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). It was a momentous occasion when Brigadier General Esho, hailing from Ondo State in western Nigeria, took over the position…
The Nigerian Army (NA) has commissioned several projects in Borno State, bringing smiles to faces and succour to teeming residents, in commemoration of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference 2023. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja inaugurated the projects on Tuesday 12 December 2023, alongside commanders and senior officers…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt Hon Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has commended the resilient spirit of the military in the defence of the Nation’s territorial integrity. He was speaking when he received on a courtesy visit, Nigeria Defence College course 32 who are currently on study tour of the State. He said the military has…
Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff, Major General Chris Alli (rtd), died at the early hour of Sunday. Ali’s death was announced in a statement released via X (formerly Twitter) by the Nigerian Army’s spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu. Ali, served as the COAS between November 1993 and August 1994, died in a military hospital…
The Nigerian Army has announced its first ever Professor among serving personnel Lt. Col. Abubakar-Surajo Imam was promoted to the position of Professor of Mechatronics Engineering at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna. This marks the first time in the history of the Nigerian Army that a serving personnel has been appointed as a…
The Nigerian Army has decried the fake recruitment advertisements currently circulating on social media especially for its Direct Short Service. The service described the advertisements as fake and deliberate attempts to defraud Nigerians. The Army in a statement on Tuesday, by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, urged Nigerians especially those interested in joining…
