Senior NATO and Russian officials failed to make a breakthrough Friday in talks on saving the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, raising the spectre of a renewed arms race in Europe. Western capitals allege that Russia's latest generation of medium-range missiles breach the terms of the Cold War era INF treaty, and put European cities at…

The Nigerian Army, in operation Sharan Daji, has neutralised 58 bandits and rescued 75 kidnapped victims at the Dumburum and Gando forests in Zamfara. In a release by the operation’s Acting Force Information Officer, Major Clement Abiade, the troops encountered the bandits and fought them till the "bandits were forced to abandon their camps due…

What is your take on the leadership of the Nigerian military, in view of the rising attacks on military formations in the Northeast? What does it tell of the military and leadership? The leadership of the Nigerian military has been highly applauded for competently combating the Boko Haram threat. The heads of the Army, Navy…

The Nigerian Army has revealed that 23 of its personnel were killed and 31 others wounded when the Boko Haram insurgents overran the military base at Metele in Borno state. This was contained in a statement released by the Army Wednesday night, ten days after the deadly attack. "As at date 23 personnel were killed…

A few months after President Muhammadu Buhari approved $1billion for the purchase of military hardware for the use of the Nigerian Armed Forces, some Nigerian troops have released a video deploring the poor state of their equipment. In the five-minute video seen on Saturday, a soldier, while lamenting that dozens of troops had died in…

Seven local employees of a French drilling firm and a government official were killed Thursday when suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed the compound where they were sleeping in southeastern Niger.

Amnesty International Nigeria has expressed concerns over the clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria known as Shiites and officers of the Nigerian army. Members of Shiites had on Monday, in Abuja held a march to protest the detention of their leader El-Zakzaky and other members by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says in spite of pocket of attacks by remnant of Boko Haram terrorists in Borno North, the army is tightening the noose against them. Buratai, therefore, urged Nigerians and people of the region in particularly not to panic as those attacks do not signal resurgence of insurgency…

Nigerian Army on Friday said it has rescued 21 travellers kidnapped on Wednesday by Boko Haram. Four suspected insurgents were killed in the process, the army said. The insurgents on Tuesday ambushed a passenger bus along Gwoza-Pulka road, Warabe and abducted travellers. The attack was believed to have been carried out by fighters from the…

An Angolan army sergeant was jailed for 18 years on Tuesday for shooting dead a 14-year-old boy at a protest two years ago, in a sentence welcomed by rights groups. Rufino Antonio died after the military opened fire in August 2016 at a demonstration against the demolition of houses for an industrial project in Zango,…

General Officer Commanding 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enobong Udoh has led the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to collaborate and stand up to inter-service and agency rivalry. At the maiden multi-agency solidarity launch yesterday, the GOC together with representatives from the Nigerian police, The Nigerian Air force (NAF), The Nigerian Navy (NN),…

The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of seventeen people allegedly linked with the killing scores in Plateau attack. Many were killed in Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Jos South Local Government Areas of the state According to Army Spokesman, Major Adam Umar, he said three of the arrest persons were linked to killings in the…