Army

The Nigerian Army has said its troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion deployed in ‘Exercise Ayem Akpatuma’ on Wednesday 18 April 2018 while on patrol to Zamban village in Suntai Local Government Area of Taraba state successfully repelled an attack by armed Fulani bandits. Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces ...

The past few days has been a disturbing one in Abia as protesters and army clash. Markets, shops are been burnt, lives has been lost and many have been injured and receiving treatment both civilians and military personnel. early this week there was a 3 day curfew and all were ...

A viral video showing Nigerian soldiers beating up a disabled man for wearing a camouflage outfit was released online and a lot of people condemned the actions of the soldiers. The soldiers were also reportedly arrested by the Nigerian Army and would be prosecuted. The crippled man has since been ...

The Nigerian army has confirmed 14 soldiers were killed with 30 wounded during an operation to reclaim Baga from Boko Haram.. Tough they haven’t confirmed the number of civilians killed by the insurgents, Amnesty international claims over 2000 died in Boko Harams’s deadliest attack since its inception. A statement from ...

13 of 18 Nigerian soldiers who attacked their General Officer Commanding, Major General Ahmed Mohammed at the newly created 7 division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on May 12th 2014 have been sentenced to death by a military court which sat in Abuja on Monday. Five others were discharged ...

The Defence Headquarters has released a statement denying the by a Kaduna-based cleric, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, that there is genocide going on in Borno where security forces/vigilante groups round up young men and kill them in a field for allegedly being Boko Haram members. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has found ...

The Nigerian army have confirmed Al-Mustapha is still in the army, as a soldier of the Nigerian armed forces. Hope For Nigeria was informed by defense sources that Al-Mustapha will be resuming work at the army headquarters on Wednesday and will be decorated with his new rank of Brigadiers General ...

Six AK 47 assault rifles, some ammunitions and bomb making devices were found following an operation by the Nigerian troops in the home of a serving politician, Hussain Dei Dei near Dalet barrack in Kawo area of Kaduna city. A press statement from Nigeria army division 1, internal security force, ...