military
25 Aug
The Minister of Defence and the entire military high command are presently at the military cemetery to pay their last respect to officers who died in an ambush in Niger State. Present at the cemetery are the minister of Defence, Alhaji Badaru Mohammed, and minister of state, Bello Mattawale. Others are Chief of Defence Staff,…
12 Aug
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the call for the military to interfere in the nation’s democracy is highly unpatriotic and wicked. A statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau on Friday in Abuja, said it was an attempt by unpatriotic elements to distract the military from performing its constitutional responsibilities. Gusau said the…
20 Jun
Emergency crews and Canada's air force on Tuesday searched for two missing crew members after a large Canadian military transport helicopter crashed in a river near a base west of the capital Ottawa.
15 Jun
North Korea fired a ballistic missile, South Korea's military said Thursday, the latest in a string of banned weapons tests carried out by Pyongyang so far this year.
14 Jun
A new military recruit shot and killed two fellow soldiers and wounded a third at a training range in central Japan on Wednesday, the military said, with the 18-year-old suspect detained at the scene.
7 Nov 2022
Spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Emma Powerful, yesterday, commended its members, who staged a peaceful protest at Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, demanding unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu
7 Nov 2022
Leader of the apex body of the Yoruba nation self-determination struggle, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has condemned the attack on a military base at Ado/Odo-Ota in Ogun State by some people
6 Nov 2022
The Taliban on Sunday revealed the final resting place of the movement's founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years.
3 Nov 2022
North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile is "illegal and destabilizing," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday.
30 Oct 2022
A security expert, Dr Saddiq Hassan, on Sunday advised the Federal Government to increase the funding of the military and other security
29 Oct 2022
Though demand for fabrics such as uniforms for school children, military, police personnel, as well as officials of paramilitary organisations across the country is swelling, Nigeria is obviously losing out
23 Oct 2022
Thursday, October 20, 2022, wives of military men gathered in Lagos to celebrate the launch of their book, The Military Wife.
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged African leaders to deliver on good governance as a way of reducing the incidences of military coups in West Africa. Ganduje made this known when he received a delegation from the ruling party in Ghana, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), led…
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Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, has commiserated with the families of the victims of the Sunday petrol tanker explosion at Koko Junction, in Delta. The governor, in a statement on Monday in Benin, expressed sadness over the unfortunate incident, noting that the loss of lives was regrettable. He said, “We are saddened by the news…
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The Police Command in Delta says five persons lost their lives in a petrol tanker explosion in the state, police sources said. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Warri, saying the incident occurred on 1 October at Ugbenu in Ethiope West Local Government Area (LGA) of…
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Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Senate President, has debunked reports that an office was created for the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Unoma Akpabio, in the National Assembly. Eyiboh, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the story showed that it was essentially designed to malign…
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