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Nigerian Army has appointed Lieutenant Colonel Onyinyechi Anaele as the Acting Director, Department of Army Public Relations. Anele, a member of Direct Regular Course 15 and a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, takes over from Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, who has been redeployed to the Nigerian Army Heritage and Future Centre. Her appointment […]
Continue ReadingA far-reaching condemnation has attended the detention of Fisayo Soyombo, founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), by the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Soyombo, a renowned investigative journalist celebrated for exposing corruption and systemic failures, has been held for three consecutive days. The detention has sparked nationwide […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Army has on Sunday debunked reports circulating that Nigerian Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has died. Several reports, originating from a social media post by a Nigerian journalist announcing the death of the Army chief, had gone viral. The journalist claimed that Lagbaja had died of cancer 48 hours ago. […]
Continue ReadingIn this day and age of social media, journalism, one of the few fearless professions, treats soft news with almost the same attention it treats hard news. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, hard news refers to stories that are usually timely, important and consequential, such as politics, international affairs and […]
Continue ReadingLife is a peaceful war. It’s a funny dirge. Life is the mystery of the eyeball and the proverbial pointed stick the Yoruba call ‘igi ganganran’. Igi ganganran, the pointed stick, aims to rupture the pupil, but a blink and the eye is saved from eternal darkness by the eyelids. Life could be a close shave, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that he joined the Nigerian army where he retired as a Major General, to escape the pressure of getting married. The President revealed this during a visit to the Emir of Daura, Faruk Faruk, after inaugurating two roads in Katsina state. Presidential aide, Femi Adesina, further revealed that Buhari […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Army has dismissed two soldiers, Lance Corporal John Gabriel with service number N/A13/69/1522 and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon N/A13/70/6552 attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, Yobe State, after finding them guilty on two-count charge. According to the Acting Commanding Officer of the Battalion, Lt. Col. Ibrahim Abdullahi Osabo, the suspects were found guilty on […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Army on Thursday, December 30, made history by decorating two siblings known as the Gagariga brothers, from the same parents, as Major General. One of them, who is the elder and Corps Commander, Nigerian Army Artillery, Major Gen TA Gagariga, decorated his younger brother Teriworie Gagariga with his new rank of Major General. Both […]
Continue ReadingGoliath and Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, is the highest-ranking military officer in the Nigerian Armed Forces. His duties include formulating operational policies and programmes for the Army, Navy and Air Force with a view to attaining national security. The Defender of the Nigerian Universe, General Irabor, has able lieutenants in the Chief […]
Continue ReadingSentinel Forensic Limited, a forensics company, has said bullets expelled from firearms during the #EndSARS protest at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, were from the Nigerian Army. This was disclosed by the company’s representative, Joseph Funsho, during an appearance before the Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution which sat on Friday. According to […]
Continue ReadingFormer provost of the Nigerian Army and a director at the Army Headquarters in Abuja, Maj. Gen. Hassan Ahmed, has been killed by yet to be identified gunmen. The army spokesperson, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, has confirmed the sad incident, which happened in the late hours of Thursday, July 15. Major General Ahmed was said […]
Continue ReadingSpokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, has denied that troops from the army invaded the residence of an agitator for Yoruba Nation, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho in Ibadan earlier on Thursday. Nwachukwu said he was not aware of the incident, adding that the Nigerian Army did not carry out any attack […]
Continue ReadingOutgoing Nigerian Army spokesperson, Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said in a statement on Thursday, that the Nigerian Army has redeployed some of its senior officers in a major shakeup. Notable amongst the new appointments was that of C.G. Musa, a major general, who was named the new Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, the counter insurgency […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Army has announced that its Chief, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others, died in an ill-fated Nigerian Air Force plane near Kaduna International Airport on Friday. The plane was en route Kaduna from Abuja when the crash happened. Without disclosing the names of the other victims, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, […]
Continue ReadingBrigadier General Ahmed Ibrahim Taiwo, representing the Nigerian Army at the Lagos #EndSARS Judicial Panel said on Saturday that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, lied about the Lekki shooting and that the army was unhappy about it. The Commander, 81 Division and Head, Military Intelligence Brigade, said this while testifying before the Lagos Judicial […]
Continue ReadingThe Yoruba anticipated the fate of Mrs. Aishat Mohammed. In the aftermath of the murders, horrendous plunder and arson on the city of Lagos about two weeks ago, Mohammed was one of the captives of the law. Or lawlessness. Gagged like sardines in a can among about 500 persons paraded and labeled as culprits of […]
Continue ReadingThe 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA) has denied the allegation that soldiers opened fire on #ENDSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday, October 20. In a statement released by the Acting Director Army Public Relations (ADPR), Major Osoba Olaniyi, the Division confirmed the involvement of soldiers in restoring order in Lagos […]
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