By Infactng The management of News Central Television says it stands by its Abuja Bureau Chief, Amadin Uyi as he battles against repression from the Nigerian Army. Mr Uyi, who has covered the military for almost a decade was removed and blacklisted from the Army information portal after he asked ...
By Elohor Igbru Former Lagos governor and a leader in the All Progressive Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called for a massive recruitment into the Nigerian Army amounting to at least 50 million youths. This measure, in Tinubu's view would help to mitigate the high rate of unemployment in ...
By InfactngThe immediate past Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Tukur Yussuf Buratai has said it is only when politicians who are statesmen work with military professionals that Nigeria can surmount the lingering security challenges. Buratai made this known at the Pulling Out ceremony in his honour Friday at ...
By Elohor Igbru, Defence Correspondent Nigeria Army has explained in details the circumstances leading to the death of the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Major General Olu Irefin. General Irefin died while attending the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Abuja from complications arising from Covid-19 infection. ...
By Infactng/ Abuja Indications emerge tonight that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari may deploy the Nigerian military to quell the relentless ENDSARS protests by young Nigerians. In a press statement issued tonight by the Action Director Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, the Army pledged its complete loyalty to ...
By Brigadier General Sani K. Usman (rtd) The news of the demise of Colonel Dahiru Chiroma Bako of 25 Task Force Brigade, Operation LAFIYA DOLE is indeed a shock and heart wrenching to virtually everyone who knows him irrespective of the family. The outpouring of emotions, tributes and prayers over ...
By Elohor Igbru Tragedy struck yesterday in Bama, Borno state as a trooper of the Nigerian Army serving in 202 Battalion of 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama, went beserk, shot and killed an officer (a Subaltern). In a statement released by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, ...
By Senator Iroegbu Time, it is said, is a revealer of all things as it would help to unravel lies and perpetuate the truth. This is exactly the case with a former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika who was at the helm of the Service from ...
Major General Irabor By Elohor Igbru ( Defence Correspondent) Former Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Leo Irabor has been appointed as the 40th Commander of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Minna in what the Nigeria Army (NA) calls a “routine/normal exercise intended to reinvigorate the system for greater ...
By David Otto The recent military offensive nicknamed “Operation Boma Wrath” by the Chadians in which they claimed to have killed about 1,000 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, has no doubt dealt a devastating blow against the jihadists. Consequently, there is very strong indications that the jihadists have amassed over 5,000 newly ...
