The special task force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, has said the abductors of Sum Pyem, Mr Charles Mato, have demanded N500 million ransom. Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the Commander of OPSH, said this when officials of Correspondents Chapel of Plateau Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists visited him on Wednesday…
The Northern Governors Forum has lauded the Nigerian Armed Forces for stepping up their operations against bandits, terrorists and insurgents. Dr Makut Macham, the spokesman of Plateau’s Gov. Simon Lalong, chairman of the Forum, stated on Monday in Jos that the Forum appreciated efforts by security personnel to root out the criminals. He quoted Lalong…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, has said no terrorist was ever recruited into the armed forces or other services. This followed apprehensions among Nigerians that some repentant members of Boko Haram may have found their way into the military and para-military services. Speaking at the opening ceremony of Operation Safe Corridor/ stakeholders…
A 24-year-old man, Emmanuel Dominic, was arrested over alleged armed robbery and impersonation of a soldier of the Nigerian Army in Minna, the state capital. Dominic was nabbed by the police dressed as a soldier attached to TRADOC, Minna, when he went to secure the freedom of his friend from police custody. It was gathered…
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a training camp used by an illegal Military outfit known as the Nigerian Merchant Navy, in the Ogudu Stanfield area of the State. Commanding Officer of the unit, Sunday Dakare, 47, was arrested alongside 107 youths: both males and females between ages 19 and 47, who were undergoing…
Nigerian Army eliminate IPOB ESN fighters during a raid of Ebonyi camps The military, On Saturday, announced the elimination of ESN members during a raid on some identified locations of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) militia wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN). Exercise GOLDEN DAWN troops have raided the camps located within Ochokwu village in Ikwo…
President Muhammadu Buhari has pointed out that the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy will buoy the military’s determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country, rather than dampen the morale of the Armed Forces as intended. The president stated this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai has commissioned the newly established Nigerian Army Vehicles Manufacturing Company (NAVMC) and the take-off of the production of the prototype of the light and heavy infantry vehicles. The event held today, Saturday 26th January 2019 at Rigachikun, Kaduna State also featured facility tour of Nigerian Army…
