Tag: Military
Nigerien Army declares support for military coup
Niger’s army command, on Thursday, July 27, 2023, declared support for a coup instigated the previous day by soldiers of the presidential guard, saying...
2 pilots die in Greece military plane crash
Two pilots died when their water-bombing plane crashed while battling a blaze on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday.
Greece's fire department said the...
Tinubu: Nigeria, others must reform military to end insecurity in Lake...
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria and the neighbouring countries in the Lake Chad region must display courage in reforming their military doctrine and practices.
Tinubu...
Ex-CDS Irabor: I’m leaving military bigger, more capable to deliver
The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, says he left the Nigeria Armed Forces bigger, stronger, and more capable to...
Military orders 100 Generals to retire from service
No fewer than 100 Generals have been given a July 3, 2023, deadline to retire from the service, following the appointment of new service...
CDS: Military’ll go after terrorists, bandits in full force
The new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has declared that the military would go after terrorists, bandits, and other criminals in...
Troops rescue 2 Chibok girls, victim delivers baby in military custody
The troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, nine years after their...
2 women speak on forced abortions in Nigerian Army
Amidst the hearings on reports of a mass, army-run forced abortion programme in the North-East by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), two more...
El-Rufai lauds military as troops kill bandit leader, other in Kaduna
The troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed a notorious bandit leader, Isiya Danwasa, who was responsible for several killings, kidnappings, and cattle rustling...
DHQ: Interim government, mischievous, unconstitutional
The Defence Headquarters has described the call for interim government by some persons in the country as unfortunate and unconstitutional.
The Director, Defence Media Operations,...
