The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) have rescued more than 40 kidnapped victims, arrested over 20 suspected terrorists, collaborators and other criminal elements during coordinated operations across the country between July 10 and July 16. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement on military operations…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the violence violence in Yelwata, Benue State which claimed about 200 lives is part of a broader pattern of intercommunal clashes in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, primarily between farmers and herders. DDHQ said this while dismissing reports that saboteurs within the Nigerian military contributed to the tragic events. The…
Gunmen Abduct DHQ Official, Two Others In Abuja, Demand ₦100 Million Ransom Gunmen have abducted a Nigerian Navy officer attached to the Defence Headquarters, Lt. Cynthia Akor, along with two others in Abuja. The victims were kidnapped from their residence in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory on Friday night. A source, who…
Contrary to the death rumours making the rounds, Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said that the Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja will soon resume normal duties. DAILY POST reports that there were speculations in some quarters on Sunday, purporting the death of the COAS. But in a statement on Monday by…
The Nigerian military says it has eliminated 108 terrorists and rescued 214 kidnapped hostages across the country in the last week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mr Buba, an army major-general, said troops also arrested 204 suspected terrorists and other criminal elements,…
The Defence Headquarters said troops have eliminated no fewer than 213 terrorists and arrested 283 others in different theatres of operation across the country in the last week. A statement by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba, on Thursday in Abuja said troops within the period also apprehended 67 perpetrators of…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the 112 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) abducted by terrorists in Borno State recently, reportedly went beyond the permissible distance from their camp without informing the camp officials. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, a major general, made this known while giving an update on the operations of the…
