Taoreed Lagbaja
16 hours ago
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. TaoreedLagbaja, has urged the field commanders to remain committed and restore sanity in troubled areas across the country.He also told the officers to be more vigilant and circumspect as the country is in an uncertain and volatile season.
11 Apr
On January 4, 2024, a Nigerian senator, Ned Nwoko, proposed a bill that permits civilians to own and bear firearms for protection. The senator explained that security agents are ill-equipped and incapable of protecting Nigerians
2 Apr
Troops of the Nigerian Army have in a series of coordinated operations, raided terrorists’ enclaves in Katsina and Zamfara states, resulting in the elimination of a significant number of terrorists.
21 Mar
Army has blamed the low fence and the absence of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras as largely responsible for inmates’ escape from the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in 2022.
19 Mar
Troops from the Nigerian Army have successfully averted a kidnap attempt by a violent extremist and insurgent group in Tantatu Community in the Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Tuesday also confirmed that the troops deployed in 1 Division area…
18 Mar
The Nigerian Army has condemned the alleged resort to propaganda by Okuama community in Delta State following the gruesome killing of troops who were on a peace mission. Sixteen soldiers of troops of 181 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army were said to have been murdered while on a peaceful and mediatory mission after a…
6 Mar
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to defend the nation’s democracy.
17 Jan
After numerous calls for urgent action to stem the tide of killings and abduction epidemic across the country, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met with his service chiefs and other heads of security agencies at the State House
14 Jan
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, said the Nigerian Army would continue to consult retired senior officers of the Nigerian Army Finance Corps (NAFC), even after their disengagement from active service.
10 Jan
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has charged troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army and Joint Task Force South East Operation UDOKA to remain loyal and committed to their constitutional responsibilities.
10 Jan
The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, said a soldier who criticised Lagos State governor, Babajide San-Olu, in a viral video has been arrested. Lagbaja stated that the conduct of the soldier caught driving against traffic does not represent the entire Nigerian Army. He disclosed that many viral videos showing soldiers criticizing Sanwo-Olu were fake.…
30 Dec
In a momentous event on Friday, December 29, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, previously at the helm of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Whirl Punch, decorated the former Air Component Commander of Operation Whirl Punch, Air Commodore Dogari Apyeyak. While Lagbaja has since been appointed as the COAS, Apyeyak…