Ground Troops

Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna State has reacted to the new the killing of six children and a woman in some herders’ settlements in the Kaura and Lere Local Government Areas of the State.

Kaduna governor wants carpet bombing of forests to eliminate bandits in North-west

July 4, 2021

Scores of the Boko Haram sect feared dead when the armed group clashed with military troops along Maiduguri- Damaturu highway on Sunday morning.

Nigerian troops kill 37 terrorists in Yobe

July 2, 2021

The Director of the Defence Media Operations, Brig. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, gave the assurance when he briefed journalists on the ongoing operations across the country.

DHQ: Troops eliminate 73 terrorists, rescue 55 victims

July 1, 2021

Terrorists in botched attempt to overrun Kaduna Air Force base

June 26, 2021

On Friday, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, died in a plane crash in Kaduna.

Plane crash: House minority caucus calls for investigation

May 22, 2021

At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources told AFP Monday.

Nigerian Army, police kill seven bandits who invaded Niger emir’s farm, killed his son

May 21, 2021

The Director of the Defence Media Operations, Brig. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, gave the assurance when he briefed journalists on the ongoing operations across the country.

DHQ: Military remains resolute in tackling security challenges

May 21, 2021

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff

DHQ: Soldiers kill scores of terrorists, bandits, destroy camps, arms in 3 weeks

May 20, 2021

ISWAP terrorists give Geidam residents with N20,000 each as ‘Ramadan gift’

April 29, 2021

Nigerian troops rallied to flush out Boko Haram rag tag forces in Guzamala

Boko Haram: Nigerian military reinforces troops in Damasak

April 16, 2021

A coordinated operation by the Nigerian and regional troops eliminated scores of Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in camps within Abadam, Borno State.

Troops repel attacks on Muslims breaking Ramadan fast in Borno

April 14, 2021

Seventy-five members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups have been killed by the military across the North East in the last six weeks.

Troops battle Boko Haram terrorists in Damasak

April 11, 2021

Onyema Nwachukwu, acting director for defence information, DHQ

DHQ: No massacre in Benue

April 9, 2021

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says Senate President Bukola Saraki slowed down the progress of the All Progressives Congress (APC)

Minister: Stop gloating at disappearance of NAF fighter jet

April 6, 2021

NAF chief charges troops to remain resolute, undeterred

April 5, 2021