A top military officer, Maj. Gen. Nuhu Angbazo, who is the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, has revealed the reason golf is most common sport among personnel of the force, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The Algerian army has arrested five suspects for planning "attacks" against anti-government demonstrations that have swept the North African country since February 22, the defense ministry said on Sunday.

Nigerian troops have freed over 100 women and children from Boko Haram’s stronghold Mafa, Borno State, the military said. The army said the hostages were rescued during "robust and aggressive clearance operations in recent days". "Dozens of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters were annihilated," Sagir Musa, army spokesman,…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday denied indicting commanders and soldiers of lack of commitment to ongoing counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the North-East. He claimed that he was quoted out of context. Buratai had at a leadership transformational workshop for middle cadre officers and soldiers in Abuja on June 18…

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno on Monday assured that the state government would spend its last kobo to support the military and strengthen Civilian JTF and hunters, to eliminate terrorism. Zulum gave the promise when he received the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who visited him in Maiduguri. He vowed that the state…

Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun has urged the Chief of Army Staff , Lt.- Gen. Tukur Buratai, to speed up action on the joint security team to combat rising security challenge in the state. A statement issued in Osogbo by Mr Adeniyi Adeshina, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said Oyetola made the plea…

Operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS), alongside the Nigerian Army and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), yesterday stopped a rally of the Yoruba Summit Group scheduled to hold at Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The deadly crackdown by security forces on protesters in Sudan follows a worsening standoff between the ruling military and demonstrators demanding civilian rule. The unrest started in December 2018, when citizens revolted against a tripling of the price of bread. In April, demonstrators launched a sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum to demand the departure…

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described as highly regrettable the conduct of troops caught on video maltreating suspected bandits arrested along Kaduna/Abuja road. Acting director, Defence Information, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, while reacting to the trending video yesterday, stated that “the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has ordered a thorough investigation into the incident to bring to…

Medical Director of the Akuku-Toru Health Centre in Rivers State, Dr. Aluye Briggs, has accused the Nigerian Army of breaching the Geneva Convention of 1949. He argued that military personnel breached the convention by humiliating and torturing medical personnel who rendered medical assistance to gunshot victims during the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers…

Troops of 22 Brigade, 7 Division of Nigerian Army, in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), have killed seven suspected terrorists in Borno. Army spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Friday, in Maiduguri, said exchange of fire in the axis resulted in the extermination of seven Boko Haram insurgents. “Seven AK-47 rifles…

Angry youths of Gbagyi village in Abuja yesterday blocked the convoy of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo while protesting against alleged seizing of a parcel of land belonging to the community by the Nigerian Army.