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The Nigerian army, while parading 10 recently arrested Boko Haram members on Wednesday opened up on the arrest of a Borno LG chairman who was caught harboring a Boko Haram commander. Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Leo Irabor, confirmed the arrest of Chairman of MAFA...

On Friday night, the Nigerian Army hosted President Muhammadu Buhari to Guards Brigade Regimental Dinner in Abuja and presented to him the captured Boko Haram flag.

The Nigeria Army has announced that it had rescued additional 605 women and children during its operation in Sambisa forest. According to the Theatre Commander, Maj.-Gen. Leo Irabor, “69 male adults, 180 females, 227 male children and 129 female children, were rescued during the operation...

Several human and pro-democracy activists have condemned the blockade of the Niger Bridge by the Nigerian Army as part of its ‘Operation Python Dance.' The exercise was recently launched by the army in South East Nigeria to ensure security of the area. Chairman of International Society for...

The Nigerian army has launched a military exercise, Operation Python Dance, in 5 South eastern states to ensure a hitch free yuletide period. As a result, the region will see an increase in the number of soldiers and check points in the zone, and army troops would also be moving from one point...

The Nigerian army recently killed a kidnapped pastor and afterwards labelled him a militant to save face, Premium Times is reporting. Excerpts: A man the Nigerian Army said its soldiers killed as a senior militant in the restive Niger Delta, was actually a clergyman who had been kidnapped...

Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has stated that a large amount of the Boko Haram insurgents are not Nigerian. He said this when he was visited by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, at the headquarters of the Theatre Command of...

The Bakassi Strike Force, a militant group in the Niger Delta region has begged Nigerian authorities for amnesty, Punch reports. Members of the group, which operates in Akwa-Ibom and Cross River States, said they're ready to stop further hostilities on oil facilities and accept amnesty...

Several Boko Haram members late Friday night attacked a 119 Battalion Nigerian Army location at Mallam Fatori, northern Borno State, killing 5 army officials and suffering heavy casualties as well. The soldiers fought gallantly and killed 14 terrorists. Four other soldiers sustained various...

Five Nigerian soldiers have been killed and 19 others injured after suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed military troops in Damboa LGA, Borno state. According to a statement from Army Spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, three vigilantes were also killed. “Operation Lafiya Dole troops carrying out...

The Nigerian army has announced that a sizeable chunk of the 39 soldiers declared missing after a fight with Boko Haram insurgents last week in Gashigar, Borno have returned. “I want to inform you that a sizeable number of our soldiers had returned to base,” Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theater...

Nine Nigerian citizens suspected of collaborating with the Boko Haram sect to perpetrate attacks have been arrested by the Nigerian army in the northeast. This brings the total number of arrests in the past two days to 30 Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman on Tuesday said in a statement on...

The Nigerian Army has confirmed holding some miscreants alleged to be in possession of sensitive election materials. Soldiers of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) were alleged to have raided a hotel where some people alleged to be...

An equipment belonging to the Nigerian Army on Wednesday exploded at a workshop in Damaturu, Yobe state. According to Daily Trust, the pipe-like equipment was brought to Usman Musa, a fabricator to be cut into specific size. However, the equipment exploded killing the fabricator on the spot. A...

The Nigerian army has backtracked, making a U-turn on declaring Journalist Ahmad Salkida and two others wanted over their alleged Boko Haram ties, Channels reports. Speaking on Tuesday, Army Spokesman General Rabe Abubakar, said that the three persons declared wanted by the military over the...

The Nigerian military asked a man it declared wanted to go home after he reported at one of its facilities in Borno State. Ahmed Bolori, the coordinator of the Fa’ash Foundation and the Partnership Against Violent Extremism and resident of Maiduguri, was declared wanted alongside two others on...

Ambassador Ahmed Umar Bolori, one of the men declared wanted by the Nigerian Army has reacted on his Facebook account that nobody contacted him or invited him officially from the military authorities. He wrote: "I have received several calls, that the Nigerian Army have declared me and other 2...

Here's a list of Military-Police Security Operations across Nigeria: Operation Lafiya Dole: Launched in northeastern Nigeria in July 2015 by the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen TY Buratai, to fight Boko Haram. (Lafiya Dole means 'Peace By All Means') Operation Delta Safe: Created in June 2016 to...

The Nigerian army has made a huge discovery in their operation against militants in Lagos and Ogun state creeks, The Nation says in a report. Military troops which moved into the creeks after the Air Force bombardments, have recovered pictures and a register containing names of suspected...

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has stated that it is unperturbed by the announcement of a change Boko Haram leadership today. Read: ISIS Appoints Abu Musab Al-Barnawi As New Boko Haram Leader According to Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, the Nigerian military...