Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has vowed that the Nigerian Army would stop at nothing to eliminate terrorists and other criminal elements disturbing...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army will stop at nothing to neutralize terrorists, kidnappers and other criminal elements creating challenges...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army will stop at nothing to neutralize terrorists, kidnappers and other criminal elements creating challenges...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has directed field commanders to remain committed in bringing the nation’s adversaries to their knees and restoring...
Taoreed Lagbaja, chief of army staff (COAS), has urged media practitioners to stop amplifying the activities of terrorists and other criminal elements. Lagbaja spoke on...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has on Monday, declared that the military establishment remained committed to defeating insurgents, armed bandits, and other non-state...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has reiterated the commitment and determination of the Nigerian Army to ensure the total defeat of insurgents, marauding...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has restated the Nigerian Army’s commitment and determination to ensure the total defeat of insurgents, marauding bandits,...
By Yushau A. Shuaib Nigerian afrobeat musician Bisade Ologunde is better known by his stage name, Lagbaja. His signature face mask denotes him as the country’s...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the Nigerian army has no plans to truncate the nation’s nascent democracy. He said...
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said that the Nigerian Army has no plan to truncate the nation’s “nascent” democracy. He...
The Chief Of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday downplayed reports of the military truncating Nigeria’s democracy through a coup d’etat. Lagbaja said...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, says that corpses in mortuaries in some barracks of the Nigerian Army are decomposing over an ongoing...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, says that corpses in mortuaries in some barracks of the Nigerian Army are decomposing over an ongoing...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has assured the Nigerian Army of his readiness to dialogue with distribution companies to relieve the Nigerian Army of its electricity...
The military high command, on Sunday said marauding terrorists, who recently killed some of its personnel in Niger State will pay dearly for the dastardly act,...
The military high command, on Sunday, said marauding terrorists, who recently killed some of its personnel in Niger State “would be hunted down by fire by...
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death, in an ambush, of six personnel of 1 Division Nigerian Army deployed to Allawa and Erena, while on a...
Senator Ede Dafinone, representing the Delta Central Senatorial District, has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has sent a fresh warning to criminals in the country, warning them to desist from their evil...
The Nigerian Army says arrangements are in place to build befitting personal homes for all soldiers fighting various forms of insecurity in the country. It...
The Nigerian Army says all arrangements are already in place to build befitting personal homes for all soldiers fighting various forms of insecurity in the country...
Self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa has responded to ridicules by Nigerians after he pledged to support Israel with 15,000...
Taoreed Lagbaja, chief of army staff, has directed an investigation of soldiers allegedly involved in torturing Achimugu Etubi, a hotel manager, to death in Abia....
The Nigerian Army has begun an investigation into the death of a hotel manager, Achimugu Etubi, in Abia State. Naija News reports that some soldiers were said...
The Nigerian Army has assured of an investigation into the alleged unprofessional conduct of some of its personnel in the tragic death of a hotel manager...
The Nigerian Army (NA) has commenced investigation into the alleged unprofessional conduct of its personnel in the tragic death of a hotel manager in Umuahia, Abia...
Chief of army staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the armed forces were aware of the continued contributions of the frontline troops towards ensuring...
The Commander, Joint Task Force, Southeast Operation Udo Ka, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, has said that his commitment to total return of peace to the southeast region...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has said that the Armed forces are aware of continued contributions of the frontline troops towards ensuring...
The Commander, Joint Task Force, Southeast Operation Udo Ka, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, has said his commitment to total return of peace to the southeast region remains...
The leadership of National Rescue Movement (NRM) has condemned in strong terms the “unwarranted circumstances” leading to the arrest of its party chieftain, High Chief Sobomabo...
President Bola Tinubu and other prominent Nigerian leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, and governors, have emphasised the...
The Rivers State chapter of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, is calling for the immediate release of its member, Sobomabo Jackrich, who was forcefully arrested at...
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has commended troops of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army for their resilience and sacrifice in the fight...
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has commended troops of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army for their resilience and sacrifice in the fight...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has commissioned several projects in Nembe National Grammar School (NNGS) situated in Nembe local government area...
The Nigerian Army has told the media to refrain from promoting the activities of terrorists, insurgents and other deviant groups. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt...
President of the South East Development Peace Initiative (SPDI) Hon Vitus Okechi has hailed recent breakthroughs made by the military in the fight against terrorism and...
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has urged troops of the Nigerian Army to remain steadfast, diligent and committed to discharge their constitutional...
No fewer than 11 terrorists have been killed by troops in Katsina and Zamfara states during raid on identified kingpins’ hideouts in the North West. A...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have carried out a series of coordinated operations, and raided terrorists’ enclaves in Katsina and Zamfara States, resulting in the elimination...
Troops of the 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Obinze, Owerri, destroyed the den of notorious terrorists led by one Monday Ogu popularly called...
The Chief of Army Staff, Leutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has implored Nigerians to keep faith with the Nigerian Army amidst the current security challenges in the...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday disclosed that deploying soldiers on missions which may claim their lives is his toughest job....
Clement Ikolo Oghenerukevwe, monarch of Ewu-Urhobo kingdom in Delta, has reported to the police, hours after the military named him as one of the wanted persons...
A sociopolitical group in the Niger Delta region, Niger Delta Youth Council (NDYC), has condemned the invasion of the Kiagbodo country home of elder statesman, Edwin...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Thursday, 28th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday announced...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has revealed that the recent tragic loss of 17 military personnel in Delta State, has left 21...
Families of the slain soldiers have said they have been left without any support following the gruesome murder of their breadwinners by Okuama youths. The families,...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday disclosed that deploying soldiers on missions which may claim their lives is his toughest job....
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has expressed deep sorrow over the recent killing of military personnel in Delta State, labeling the incident...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has accused youths of Okuama community in Delta State of removing vital body parts of the 17...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the 17 slain soldiers in Okuama community of Delta State left behind 10 widows and...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Wednesday disclosed that that 17 troops of the Nigerian Army, who were killed in Delta State on...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has accused youths of Okuama community in Delta State of removing vital body parts of the 17...
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged President Bola Tinubu to leave no stone unturned to fish out the culprits involved in the killing of...
In line with the federal government’s policy on the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) programme, the Nigerian Army (NA), commenced conversion of 30 operational vehicles...
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has cautioned the traditional rulers against protecting any of their subjects involved in the killing of 17 military personnel in...
The Nigerian Army says troops will not leave the creeks in Delta State until those who killed 17 military personnel in Okuama community of Delta state...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam has assured that troops conducting operations, over the murder of officers and soldiers...
The Defence Headquarters in response to the recent tragic incidents in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, where 16 soldiers and several civilians...
The General Officer Commanding, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army and the Land Component Commander, Joint Task Force, South South, Operation Delta State, Major General Jamal...
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday blamed the July 5, 2022, Kuje prison break on the absence of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and a low fence...
The Senate has commenced investigation over the killing of 17 military personnel at Okuoma community in Delta State, an incident which has led to tension in...
The Senate Joint Committee on Defence, Army, Navy and Air Force met with Service Chiefs, on Wednesday, over the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama...
The federal government of Nigeria has embarked on an ambitious initiative aimed at slashing fuel costs by up to 70 per cent through the adoption of...
Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed in 1 Division area of responsibility in Kaduna State have rescued 16 kidnap victims in Kajuru local government area.Also, troops...
Taking advantage of the full authority granted it on Sunday by President Bola Tinubu to go after killers of its men, the military high command, on...
The Nigerian Army’s forces stationed in 1 Division in Kaduna State have effectively liberated 16 individuals who were kidnapped by violent extremists and terrorists in Kaduna...
Nigerian Army says its troops deployed in 1 Division area of responsibility in Kaduna State have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and...
Nigerian Army troops deployed in 1 Division area of responsibility in Kaduna State have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and insurgent group...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta State that they should brace themselves for the full force of legal repercussions. This follows after...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. In a statement signed...
The Nigerian Army has accused residents of Okuama community in Delta State of being complicit and engaging in media propaganda rather than supporting the military to...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. This follows the killing...
The Nigerian Army has warned the Okuama community in Delta state, to “be ready to face the full wrath of the law”. This follows the killing...
The Senate has called for justice for the officers and soldiers killed by unknown gunmen during a peace mission to the riverside Ijaw and Urhobo communities...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has advocated investment in research and development to surmount insecurity in the country. Lt.-Gen. Lagbaja said the...
It was a major jolt when the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) issued a 10-day notice to 86 strategic Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to...
Bandits responsible for the kidnap of 287 schoolchildren and teachers in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, are reportedly using their victims as human...
Without a single police station to its name and only two military checkpoints in the two-hour journey that leads to Kaduna city, Kuriga in Chikun LGA...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have raided and destroyed the supreme headquarters of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at Mother Valley, Orsu council area of...
Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has stated his commitment to improving the welfare of armed forces personnel to boost their morale. Naija News reports that Badaru’s...
Good morning Nigeria. Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Wednesday, 6th March 2024 President Bola Tinubu has directed the...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has dismissed reports of a plot by the military to overthrow the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration,...
The Nigerian Army says troops of Armed Forces of Nigeria do not have desire to truncate Nigeria’s democracy, which he described as “nascent”, insisting that democracy...
Presidential arrow deflectors were right. Weeks back, unable to counter the mass discontent and the barrage of criticisms against the slipshod, slovenly sloppy regime that has...
A socio-political organisation under the aegis of Forum of Fulbe Professionals in Africa (FOFPRA), on Friday apologised to the Nigerian Army over its earlier statement linking...
Troops of the Nigerian Army swooped on the stronghold of Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Timbuktu triangle in the Lake Chad Region....
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has harped on the importance of Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps, NAIC, in the fight against insurgency and other...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has harped on the importance of Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps, NAIC, in the fight against insurgency and other...
A report has indicated that the Nigerian Army has reviewed the Ration Cash Allowance (RCA) for its personnel. According to SaharaReporters, the allowance was increased from...
Seventeen soldiers who allegedly committed murder and other crimes are facing court martial as the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, has inaugurated...
The Nigerian Army has rewarded ten soldiers for their outstanding contributions in combating banditry and kidnapping across the nation. Naija News understands that the commendable soldiers...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, said the army will embed journalists in low-risk military operations. Lagbaja said this on Monday during the maiden...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has urged the troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) to remain diligent and continue to discharge...
Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Friday, said despite the huge investments of the federal government in the power sector, it is still being...
Corpses in mortuaries in several Nigerian Army bases are reportedly decomposing due to the ongoing power outage, according to Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Taoreed...