The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, conducted a visit to troops wounded in action currently receiving treatment at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Appolonia Anele, on Friday. Anele noted that the…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu, on Monday stormed Kebbi State in a decisive show of force, directing troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA to leave no stone unturned in the ongoing search-and-rescue operation for students abducted from Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) Maga in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. The COAS,…
The Kebbi State Police Command says operatives attached to the 36 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadron in Birnin Kebbi have arrested five suspected bandits along the Zuru–Tadurga axis and recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and over ₦2.6 million in cash. The arrests were made around 1 a.m. on Sunday during an operation under the…
he operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested one Musa Abubakar suspected to be a key arms dealer linked to armed groups in Plateau State and other part of the north. This followed a precise intelligence received by the DSS which led to his arrest on November 12, 2025. The DSS source…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has recaptured a top commander of the Ansari terrorist group, Abdulazeez Obadaki, believed to have masterminded the August 7, 2012 mass shooting of Christian worshippers at a Deeper Life Bible Church, near Okene, in Kogi State. At least 19 worshippers, including the pastor were killed, with several others sustaining…
Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have intensified operations across the country, neutralising scores of terrorists, rescuing 67 kidnapped victims and arresting 94 criminal suspects in two weeks. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Olatokunbo Bello, a major general, disclosed on Friday in Abuja, while giving an update on military operations conducted between…
Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), North East Operation Hadin Kai, have rescued 74 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from a possible abduction by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists along the Buratai–Kamuya road in Borno State. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the corps members’ vehicles broke down near a notorious kidnapping…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu has promised to sustain and improve on the “soldier-first” concept initiated by his predecessor to sustain morale and enhance operational efficiency. The COAS made the pledge while speaking with defence correspondents during his operational tour of the North-East Theatre in Maiduguri on Thursday. Shaibu promised that…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has directed air component commanders across all ongoing military operations in the country to intensify air strikes against terrorists and criminal elements thr+atening Nigeria’s security. Aneke gave the order during a high-level strategic meeting with commanders from all operational theatres at the Nigerian Air Force…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the dismissal of 115 personnel as part of ongoing reforms in the agency. In a notice published on Tuesday, the secret police advised members of the public to desist from dealing with the dismissed personnel on behalf of the service. The press release reads: DSS Dismisses 115…