The Nigerian Army has inducted 6,195 newly recruited soldiers into its ranks, as part of renewed efforts to enhance national security and combat insurgency, banditry, and other emerging threats across ...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has approved the posting/appointment of some senior officers to various command, staff and instructional positions. Army spokesman, Maj.-Gen.

The COAS said the organisation’s intervention had significantly contributed to the Army’s efforts at managing the country’s economic challenges. Chief of Army Staff ( COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a nationwide security emergency and ordered the army and police to ...

This was revealed to newsmen by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman. Usman said “Following a tip off by well-meaning citizens, troops of 3 Division yesterday (Thursday) swooped ...

FILE - Nigeria Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja salutes during a funeral ceremony for officers in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File) ABUJA, ...

By Mohammad TijjaniThe Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Waidi Shaibu on Sunday assured wounded-in-action soldiers of best medical care, saying that their sacrifices to the nation would never be in ...

Militants from Islamic State West Africa Province said on Monday they had executed a senior Nigerian army officer captured during a deadly ambush on a military convoy, in what would mark an ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s army chief who led soldiers through a critical period in the fight against Islamic extremists in the West African nation’s hard-hit northeast has died, President Bola Tinubu ...